单词 | armed chair |
释义 | > as lemmasarmed chair armed chair n. a chair with arms; an armchair.In later use rarely as a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1635 in W. Fraser Mem. Earls of Haddington (1889) II. 302 Thrie armed chyres. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 326 My Lord Viscount Tarbat..came into a House and sat down in an Arm'd Chair. 1884 Peterson's Mag. Oct. 344/2 The woman standing there..glided into the armed-chair. 1934 H. Nicolson Curzon: Last Phase ii. 48 Curzon lowered himself stiffly into the armed chair which fronts the desk of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 2006 R. Melrose Why Students Underachieve vi. 99 Children are encouraged to begin noticing what surfaces they find most comfortable—an armless chair, an armed chair, a cushion, or the floor. < as lemmas |
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