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单词 li-lo
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Li-Lon.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪləʊ/, U.S. /ˈlaɪloʊ/
Forms: Also Lilo, lilo.
Etymology: < to lie low.
The proprietary name of a type of air-bed or inflatable rubber mattress. Also figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > air-bed
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Li-Lo1936
1936 Trade Marks Jrnl. 16 Sept. 1150 Li-Lo... Air-beds, air-pillows and air-pillow-bags, all made principally of india-rubber. P. B. Cow & Company Limited,..London,..manufacturers.
1939 ‘N. Shute’ What happened to Corbetts? i. 1 Sophie their nurse was lying on a Li-Lo on the oil-stained floor, covered with an eiderdown.
1949 O. Lancaster Drayneflete Revealed 63 And Dido on her lilo à sa proie attachée.
1954 W. Noyce South Col iv. 58 The really experienced expeditioners, Ed and George Lowe, had their Li-Los inflated.
1960 V. Gielgud To Bed at Noon i. iv. 27 If the chairs were no more than adequate there were lilos and cushions in abundance.
1969 Listener 24 July 114/3 We've been looking at grand pianos... This is one likely spot where a nudist with an eye to the main chance might well secrete himself. A lilo across the wires.
1972 N. Bentley Events of that Week 39 I left Theresa on a Li-lo and put my sandals on.
1973 Guardian 13 Oct. 10/1 The social service Lilo has become too easy to loll on.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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