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单词 guest-chamber
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guest-chambern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈguest-ˌchamber.
A room used for the lodging or entertainment of a guest.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of occupant > [noun] > guest room
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guest-room1638
spare room1814
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xxii. f. cxijv Where is the gest chamber, where I shall eate myne ester lambe wyth my dissciples?
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 835 He sends Peter and John into the City, telling them that..they should find a guest-chamber ready furnished by the good man of the house.
1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 213 I will conduct you to the guest-chamber, where you may repose yourself.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iii. xii. 228 The guest-chambers which were attached to Jewish synagogues.
figurative.1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xxii. 635 How often..hath thy great Master attempted to enter into thy heart and to make that his guest-chamber!
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