英语词汇“houses of parliament”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

houses of parliament n. (now usually with capital initials) in the United Kingdom, the Houses of Lords and Commons taken together, or the building which houses them, the Palace of Westminster; (hence) the two main legislative houses of a system modelled on the British parliament (as in Australia, Canada, India, etc.), or the building where they meet. Cf. parliament house n.Occasionally also in singular: one of the Houses of Parliament.The English Houses of Parliament originally had no purpose-built meeting place but met in the (Old) Palace of Westminster, the chief royal residence in London. In the early 16th cent., after it was damaged by fire, Henry VIII ceased to use it as a residence; the building complex then became the permanent seat of Parliament, being thereafter known as the Houses of Parliament. The palace was destroyed by fire in 1834 and the current Houses of Parliament (the New Palace of Westminster), designed by Sir Charles Barry and decorated by Augustus Pugin, were formally opened in 1852.

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1584 J. Rainolds & J. Hart Summe of Conf. iv. 161 Princes and Counsailours in matters of State, Nobles and Commons in the houses of Parlament.

1621 J. Ussher (title) The substance of..a sermon before the Commons House of Parliament, in St. Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February, 1620.

1642 J. March Argument Militia 11 The Law will..inable the two Houses of Parliament, to put the Kingdome into a posture of warre.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 168 He [sc. James I] concluded that some sudden danger was preparing by gun-powder; and it was thought adviseable to inspect all the vaults below the houses of parliament.

1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 4 668/1 The weaving of as pretty a garland of red-hot, bigoted, and immovable Toryism, as ever was sent up to vote in either House of Parliament.

1843 Mrs. H. Wood Change for Amer. Notes 20/2 The new Houses of Parliament are in course of erection close to the river; they will form a fine object from..Westminster Bridge.

1889 J. E. C. Munro Constit. Canada 27 In 1867 the Canadian Houses of Parliament adopted a joint address to Her Majesty.

1912 Americana 13 at Melbourne, Australia The [Victorian] Houses of Parliament form a remarkable pile with a splendid west facade.

1991 Economist 2 Nov. 55/1 The 460 seats in the Sejm (the lower house of parliament) were allotted among scores of parties.

2004 New Yorker 1 Mar. 94/1 Upriver from Tate Modern, across from the Houses of Parliament..is..the..Saatchi Gallery.

单词	houses of parliament
释义	> as lemmas houses of parliament houses of parliament n. (now usually with capital initials) in the United Kingdom, the Houses of Lords and Commons taken together, or the building which houses them, the Palace of Westminster; (hence) the two main legislative houses of a system modelled on the British parliament (as in Australia, Canada, India, etc.), or the building where they meet. Cf. parliament house n.Occasionally also in singular: one of the Houses of Parliament.The English Houses of Parliament originally had no purpose-built meeting place but met in the (Old) Palace of Westminster, the chief royal residence in London. In the early 16th cent., after it was damaged by fire, Henry VIII ceased to use it as a residence; the building complex then became the permanent seat of Parliament, being thereafter known as the Houses of Parliament. The palace was destroyed by fire in 1834 and the current Houses of Parliament (the New Palace of Westminster), designed by Sir Charles Barry and decorated by Augustus Pugin, were formally opened in 1852. ΚΠ 1584 J. Rainolds & J. Hart Summe of Conf. iv. 161 Princes and Counsailours in matters of State, Nobles and Commons in the houses of Parlament. 1621 J. Ussher (title) The substance of..a sermon before the Commons House of Parliament, in St. Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February, 1620. 1642 J. March Argument Militia 11 The Law will..inable the two Houses of Parliament, to put the Kingdome into a posture of warre. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 168 He [sc. James I] concluded that some sudden danger was preparing by gun-powder; and it was thought adviseable to inspect all the vaults below the houses of parliament. 1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 4 668/1 The weaving of as pretty a garland of red-hot, bigoted, and immovable Toryism, as ever was sent up to vote in either House of Parliament. 1843 Mrs. H. Wood Change for Amer. Notes 20/2 The new Houses of Parliament are in course of erection close to the river; they will form a fine object from..Westminster Bridge. 1889 J. E. C. Munro Constit. Canada 27 In 1867 the Canadian Houses of Parliament adopted a joint address to Her Majesty. 1912 Americana 13 at Melbourne, Australia The [Victorian] Houses of Parliament form a remarkable pile with a splendid west facade. 1991 Economist 2 Nov. 55/1 The 460 seats in the Sejm (the lower house of parliament) were allotted among scores of parties. 2004 New Yorker 1 Mar. 94/1 Upriver from Tate Modern, across from the Houses of Parliament..is..the..Saatchi Gallery. extracted from housen.¹int. < as lemmas
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