| 单词 | lavatory period |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslavatory period C2. With the sense ‘resembling or typical of a lavatory or lavatories’, as lavatory period, lavatory style n. and adj., etc.Sometimes facetiously applied to a supposed style of architecture, having features resembling those typical of public lavatories; cf. lavatorial adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > other styles transition1730 pasticcio1750 symmetrophobia1809 rococo1835 flamboyantism1846 collegiate Gothic1851 vernacular architecture1857 Neo-Grec1867 modernism1879 wedding-cake1879 Queen Anne1883 Colonial Revival1889 Chicago school1893 Dutch colonial1894 English colonial1894 monumentalism1897 vernacular1910 international style1911 Churrigueresque1913 postmodernism1914 prairie style1914 rationalism1918 lavatory style1919 functionalism1924 Mudéjar1927 façadism1933 open plan1938 Wrenaissance1942 pseudo1945 brutalism1953 open planning1958 neo-Liberty1959 Queen Annery1966 Jugendstil1967 moderne1968 strip architecture1976 high-tech1978 1919 Times 7 June 11/1 A few houses have already been rebuilt—I regret to say in a ‘lavatory’ style quite unworthy of the opportunity which now presents itself for beautifying the town. 1944 J. Agate Red Letter Nights 141 Liliom commits suicide, and is projected into a celestial police court, the architecture of which is copied from the Early Lavatory style of the National Liberal Club. 1952 A. Christie They do it with Mirrors iii. 24 ‘It's pretty ghastly, really,’ said Gina cheerfully. ‘A sort of Gothic monstrosity. What Steve calls Best Victorian Lavatory period.’ 1983 Rotarian May 30/1 If you hate ‘lavatory-style decor’, don't eat at Fran's. 1994 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 Nov. c9 An excuse to cut out anything aesthetic and get back to the early lavatory style of the first subway on Yonge St. 2008 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 29 Mar. 14 Vast skyscrapers clad in lavatory-style tiles. < as lemmas |
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