单词 | hell house |
释义 | > as lemmashell house hell house n. an unpleasant house or other place, a hell-hole. ΚΠ OE Guthlac A 677 In helle hus, þær eow is ham sceapen, sweart sinnehte, sacu butan ende, grim gæstcwalu. 1584 G. Whetstone Mirour for Magestrates f. 4 v Ye euil disposed knew where to stawle companions euen in the fore named Hell houses,..among the scum of the Cittie. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ix. 314 The embattled towers of that hell-house of France. 1902 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 30 Aug. 1/4 ‘You are running a hell house,’ cried she in a loud voice. 2000 C. A. Palmer in D. G. Kelley & R. E. Lewis To make our World anew i. 20 The Crown was concerned about the poor working conditions in these hell houses. < as lemmas |
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