单词 | fauteuil |
释义 | fauteuiln. 1. An armchair. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > learned association > membership of French Academy fauteuil1744 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair armchair1585 elbow-chair1655 fauteuil1744 great chair1749 1744 Gray in Gosse Life (1882) 74 Squatted me into a fauteuil. 1771 H. Walpole Let. 11 Aug. in Corr. (1965) XXXII. 57 The mountain-gods of Parnassus and Ida pulling their fauteuils across a continent. 1813 Examiner 1 Feb. 71/2 Sofas, fauteuils, console-tables, girandoles. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve (1874) xxiv. 299 Her grandmamma's fauteuil. 2. Sometimes pronounced /ˈfəʊtɪl/. A seat in a theatre, an omnibus, etc., designed to resemble an armchair; spec. = stall n.1 5c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > seat or place > types of seat pigeonhole1732 box seat1779 stall1828 orchestra seat1843 orchestra stall1849 fauteuil1859 sofa stall1862 stall seat1920 house seat1927 riser1945 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > types of seat in knife-board1852 banquette1859 garden seat1884 fauteuil1931 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 253 The stalls... Those comfortable fauteuils. 1901 Playgoer 15 Oct. 38/1 Fine fauteils for sixpence; or stage box seats for ninepence. 1925 A. P. Herbert Laughing Ann 37 Oh, I likes a bit of enjoyment on a Friday, I like to sit in the fautles an' be grand. 1931 Morning Post 20 Aug. 8/3 With their covered-in tops, resilient springs, and voluptuous fauteuils, the latest omnibuses have become so attractive that one often feels..disinclined to get off. 1970 Wykehamist 11 July 498/2 The real critic..settles down in his luxurious fauteuil on the lower slopes of the Theatre Workshop Parnassus to have a good laugh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744 |
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