单词 | garden room |
释义 | garden roomn. 1. A room in a house, or a building (esp. an ornamental one) in a garden, with a door or window opening out on to or providing a view of the garden. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > others hell1310 summer hall1388 summer parloura1425 paradise1485 fire room1591 garden room1619 ease-room1629 portcullis1631 divan1678 but?1700 sluttery1711 rotunda1737 glass casea1777 dungeon1782 hall of mirrors1789 balcony-chamber1800 showroom1820 mirror room1858 vomitorium1923 mosquito room1925 refuge room1937 quiet room1938 Florida room1968 roomset1980 wet room1982 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > others garden room1619 tablinum1715 garden apartment1751 piazza1773 turret-room1803 shed-room1843 hall-room1859 return room1869 mid-place1871 stoep-room1880 sun space1907 1619 Two Wise Men & All Rest Fooles v. ii. 60 I haue remoued my stuffe into your garden roome; but there it is not safe from robbing. 1679 W. Lodge tr. G. Barri Painters Voy. Italy 19 In a Ground-room of this Palace you see the Study of Painting, and in a little Garden-room is the famous Galatea. 1788 J. Cobb Love in East ii. 25 Scene, The Garden-Room belonging to Col. Bentley's House. 1854 H. F. Chorley Mod. Ger. Music II. iii. ii. 124 A garden-room or pavilion commanding the stream,..where one could dine with open windows. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xx. 317 The garden-room, whither Lady Ann had now retired. 1909 House & Garden June 195/1 Beneath the staircase..is the garden room which gives directly upon one of the garden walks through glazed doors. 1971 Country Life 24 June 1593/1 At the end of this wall Captain Radcliffe built a terrace and portico or garden room of stone in the Grecian style. 2005 Independent 23 Nov. (Property section) 2/6 The clever use of a hidden, pull-down ‘Murphy’ bed allows this room to function as a garden room with the bed folded into the wall. 2. Space in a garden, esp. that available for planting. ΚΠ 1622 E. Wynne Let. 28 July 4 in R. Whitbourne Disc. containing Invitation for Advancem. Plantation in New-found-land (new ed.) Of Garden roome about halfe an Acre. 1736 London Evening Post 4 Dec. There are..very commodious Stables and Out-Houses, and about two Acres of Garden Room. 1750 ‘R. Roe’ Let. to Dr. A. Johnson 19 Where Garden-Room enough is to be had. 1840 Western Farmer & Gardener Oct. 16/1 We have apples, pears, and peaches..; some few are good, but by far the greater part unworthy of garden room. 1870 Tilton's Jrnl. Hort. May 282 The houses are surrounded with ample garden room. 1921 Rhode Island Red Jrnl. Jan. 528/2 Be sure to try it, even if garden room is limited. 1970 H. G. W. Fogg Garden Planning i. 9 Most keen growers would like more garden room. 2014 Scunthorpe Tel. (Nexis) 30 Oct. 2 There is also no shortage of space outside, with plenty of garden room for entertaining. 3. A section of a garden viewed as a discrete space, typically defined by plants, hedges, etc., esp. one designed to capture a particular theme or feel, or to serve a particular purpose. ΚΠ 1940 V. Seeley Harmony in Interiors vi. 168 Just as the rooms of a house have different purposes and are furnished differently, so one garden room may be a playroom for badminton, tennis, croquet, or clock golf; another, a quiet remote garden room for reading. 1975 Garden Hist. 3 45 On a wild windswept mountain top he created a series of terraces and topiary garden rooms, commanding magnificent views but sheltered from the wind, which in essence suggest the castle gardens seen in Renaissance miniatures. 1986 Old-house Jrnl. Apr. 133/1 Stylish gardens also featured an eclectic array of specialized little gardens, sometimes conceived as garden ‘rooms’. 2012 B. Glickman Capital Splendour 160 Further on, there are about 15 different garden rooms, each displaying a unique theme, color, or plant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1619 |
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