| 单词 | lap-robe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslap-robe lap-robe n. U.S. a rug or cloth to cover the lap of a person seated in a vehicle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > cloth or textile > for the person > when travelling in a vehicle railway rug1850 lap-robe1875 1875 H. B. Stowe We & our Neighbors xxxix. 373 He took her to ride in such a stylish carriage, white lynx lap-robe, and all! 1897 R. M. Stuart Simpkinsville 94 They step forward to the buggies of such ladies as drive up for quinine and capsules without so much as displacing their linen lap robes. 1901 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 418/2 He asked if the other man wouldn't like a silver-mounted harness and a lap-robe thrown in. 1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 121 He smiled..into her..eyes and tucked the lap-robe about her. 1948 Chicago Tribune 15 Jan. 3/2 I loved the sleighrides too—snuggled under great buffalo hide lap robes. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. iv. 846 Engulfed in the flow of a tartan lap robe..he stared fixedly at an open book. 1974 ‘I. Drummond’ Power of Bug xvi. 220 The thin cotton lap-robe which protected the passenger's legs and feet from the dust. < as lemmas |
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