| 单词 | club-land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclub-land club-land n. see 15; (also clubland); hence, any area in which there is a large number of clubs; these clubs or their members collectively; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > area club-land1885 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > other areas friars1479 foreign1514 acropolis1570 sestiere1599 shopping district1837 downstreet1865 Latin Quarter1869 midtown1882 club-land1885 flat-land1889 brick area1895 turf1953 grey area1959 office park1963 bed-sitter-land1968 edge city1968 1885 Whitaker's Almanack 129 The vapid conversation now to be heard in Club-land generally. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Oct. 6/1 Clubland proper is still and will remain pretty much what it was in the days of Major Pendennis. 1894 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (1895) 264/2 Club-land, that part of the West End of London where the principal clubs are situated; the members of such clubs. 1912 ‘Saki’ Chron. Clovis 242 The brains of clubland were much exercised in seeking out possible merit. 1916 in H. Barnett Canon S.A. Barnett (1918) II. xxxiv. 72 The influence of Canon Barnett impressed itself strongly in East London clubland. 1953 R. Usborne Clubland Heroes 5 The heroes of the books I am examining were essentially West-End Clubmen, and their clubland status is a factor in their behaviour as individuals and groups. 1970 Guardian 22 Apr. 8/6 SET and rising land values in Central London are choking clubland like unwelcome smoke from a cheap cigar. < as lemmas |
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