| 单词 | cosy corner |
| 释义 | > as lemmascosy corner 5. cosy corner [compare A. 3] , an upholstered seat which fits into a corner of a room; such a corner, cosily furnished; also attributive and figurative; cosy stove (proprietary name), a free-standing enclosed stove. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > [noun] > specific part of ruellec1400 nook?a1425 ingle-nook1773 area1839 living space1882 slip1886 cosy corner1894 bed-space1895 diner1907 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > in corner cosy corner1894 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove bath-stove1591 pech1591 stewpot1688 kitchen range1733 cockle1775 copper-hole1785 Franklin stove1787 kitchen stove1795 gas stove1818 calefactor1831 thermometer-stove1838 Vesta1843 airtight1844 ship-hearth1858 base-burner1861 wood-stove1875 box1878 tortoise1884 wood-burner1901 Quebec heater1903 pot belly1920 cosy stove1926–7 oil stove1934 paraffin stove1995 1894 Country Gentlemen's Catal. 115/1 Our patent cosy corners. Elegant and comfortable additions to any room. 1898 A. Bennett Man From North xvi. 138 The ‘cosy corner’, an angle of the room furnished with painted mirrors and a bark bench of fictitious rusticity. a1899 in J. Gloag Victorian Comfort (1961) iii. 73 (advt.) Handsome Enamelled White or any colour Cosy Corner, complete with drapery of cretonne. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 279 The ‘cozy’ stove. Continuous burning. 1950 D. Gascoyne Vagrant 8 Lying resigned in cosy-corner crow's-nest. 1955 M. Hastings Cork & Serpent viii. 98 There was a cosy stove in the grate. 1956 B. Goolden At Foot of Hills vii. 172 In the dining-room the doors of the cosy stove were closed. 1968 C. P. Bracken Rom. Ring ii. 7 Cosy corner was the correct period terminology for the chintz-covered sofa and low table. < as lemmas |
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