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单词 fauteuil
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fauteuiln.

Brit. /fəʊˈtəːi/, U.S. /foʊˈtəi/
Etymology: < French fauteuil, < Old French faudeteuil , faldestoel < medieval Latin faldistolium faldstool n.
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).
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