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单词 front room
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front room
front room n. a room situated at the front of a house, esp. a sitting-room; spec. one kept as the best room in the house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > best room
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1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 133 If your Shop stand in an eminent Street, the Front Rooms are commonly more Airy than the Back Rooms.
1827 A. N. Royall Tennessean ii. 12 What were you doing in this front room? I was sweeping it.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 658 He..reascended the stairs, reapproached the door of the front room, hallfloor, and reentered.
1976 T. Sharpe Wilt ii. 11 She got the washing-up done and the front room vacuumed.
1986 N.Y. Times 23 Feb. i. 18/4 Mr. Tutuola sits in the front room of his apartment, tugging constantly on his metal-stemmed pipe.
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