| 单词 | grandfather clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrandfather clock grandfather clock n. (also grandfather's clock) [with allusion to a song: see quot. c1876] (originally a commercial name for) a weight-and-pendulum eight-day clock in a tall case. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > pendulum clock pendulum clock1663 pendule clock1664 pendulum1664 pendulum-piece1734 wag-at-the-wall1825 longcase clock1851 grandfather clock1883 trunk dial1884 grandfather1894 grandmother clock1898 longcase1899 granddaughter clock1926 grandmother1931 granddaughter1968 c1876 H. C. Work Grandfather's Clock (sheet music) My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor.] 1883 Decorator & Furnisher Mar. 186/3 This old English grandfather's clock was made by Fromanteel of London. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 552/2 The long or ‘grandfather’ clock dates from about the fourth quarter of the 17th century. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill v. 139 The soothing tick of the grandfather clock, the blue-flamed peat fire offsetting the night's chill, the company of friends. 2006 A. Goodman Intuition v. v. 246 Thayer Houghton-Smith..litigated high above the Boston skyline from offices fitted out with wing chairs and nautical paintings, grandfather clocks and china urns. < as lemmas |
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