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单词 firehouse
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firehousen.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪəˌhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌhaʊs/
Forms: see fire n. and house n.1 and int.; also Old English fyrhyses (genitive, perhaps transmission error).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., house n.1
Etymology: < fire n. + house n.1Compare the parallel formation Old Icelandic eldhús hall, parlour, (also) kitchen ( < eldr fire (see eld n.1) + hús house n.1).
1. (a) A room in a house, containing the main fireplace (cf. house n.1 1c); (b) a house with a fireplace in it, as distinguished from the outbuildings; a dwelling house. Now rare (Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [noun]
houseeOE
homeOE
houseOE
roofa1382
housinga1400
bike1508
dwelling-house1530
firehouse1530
standing house?1532
mansion house1533
maisonc1540
beinga1616
smoke-housea1687
drum1846
khazi1846
casa1859
shack1910
kipsie1916
machine for living (in)1927
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > warm room or room with fire
stewc1374
stove?1542
fire room1591
firehouse1632
stove-room1706
zeta1706
OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 125 Caminatum, fyrhus.
OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) xxxiv. 241 Siððan hi of beoderne gan, drincan innan heora fyrhuse tuwa oððe þriwa.
c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 18 (MED) To haue tribute..of euery fir-hows in his realme.
1530 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 292 Every fyer howse wt in the parishing of Acclome.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 170/1 This Iue was the first king that graunted a pennye of euery firehouse through his dominion to be paid vnto the court of Rome.
1632 in S. O. Addy Hall of Waltheof (1893) 182 The Hall or Fierhouse of the now mansion house of the said John Parker.
1680 in Notes & Queries (1866) 2 June 452/1 All that ancient Messuage or Firehouse wherein one C.M. now dwelleth.
1729 in H. Paton Penninghame Parish Rec. (1933) II. 118 It was begot about the last of March 1728 in the fire house of Glenvernock.
1748 in Sc. Notes & Queries (1892) Nov. 85/2 (table) To his fire-house and pantrie.
1830 T. D. Lauder Moray Floods (ed. 2) 196 The gable o' the firehoose partly fell, an' the water began to come in on us.
1872 C. Innes Lect. Sc. Legal Antiq. iv. 204 Cain fowls are sometimes called reek hens—one payable from every house that reeked—every fire house.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Fire-house, the dwelling—in contradistinction to the outbuildings.
1920 C. Murray In Country Places 32 Syne when the milkin's by, an' the fire-hoose clean, An' ye daunder oot for a breath o' the gloamin' air.
2007 H. R. French Middle Sort of People i. 54 The prevalence in rural settlements of the one-hearth ‘firehouse’ (with its multi-functional hall).
2. A tower or other structure housing a fire which serves as a beacon or signal; a lighthouse. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > light beacon or lighthouse
fire towereOE
lightc1425
firehouse1450
pharec1450
pharos1550
light tower1588
lantern1601
watchtower1601
lighthouse1606
lowlight1655
sea-light1691
obeliscolychny1694
light1791
leading light1796
cage1867
flare1883
fanal-
society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > fire signal > signal station or watch-tower
firehouse1450
beacon1611
signal station1803
1450–2 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 520 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 For a hundred of wood, had at the firehowse, to make wacche firys there 5d.
1455–6 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 521 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 To withstonde the Kynges enemyes comyng uppe on londe, at the Fyre howse and at the Brokys Ende.
1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 138 He shows wise Princes all the Sea-marks..; Here lies the flats, there the Beacon; here the Buoy, there the Fire-house.
1746 R. Rauthmell Antiqvitates Bremetonacenses vi. 61 The [Roman] garrison at Overborough erected a beacon, fire-house, or watch-tower upon the rocky hill of Ingleborough.
3. Chiefly U.S. The office or headquarters of a local fire brigade; = fire station n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a. Cf. fire hall n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fire-brigade > headquarters of fire-brigade
fire station1819
station1833
fire hall1866
firehouse1869
fire command1941
1869 Daily Milwaukee (Wisconsin) News 26 Mar. I will leave the matter for the inspection of any of the Rochester fireman that choose to go and examine the fire houses of Buffalo for themselves.
1901 Rep. Fire Dept. N.Y. 1900 6 A number of sites for new fire-houses..have been acquired.
1945 Sat. Rev. 7 July 21/1 Sometimes it's as elevated as the conversation in back of the firehouse in Salem, Ohio.
1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. xi. 296 ‘What's it like in the firehouse?’..‘Like an army barracks.’
2012 N.Y. Mag. 12 Nov. 32 Floodwaters from the bay had started to slip under the north wall of the firehouse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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