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单词 lubritorium
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lubritoriumn.

/l(j)uːbrɪˈtɔːrɪəm/
Forms: Also ˈlubritory.
Etymology: < lubri- (in lubricate v.) + -torium as in auditorium, sanatorium.
Chiefly U.S.
A greasing bay in a service station; a service station.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > service station > parts of
petrol pump1905
gas pump1911
bowser1921
lubritorium1930
pump island1932
petrol bowser1942
forecourt1958
pump1972
1930 Amer. Speech 5 329 In New Philadelphia, Ohio, there is a ‘lubritorium’ which I presume is intended to assist automobiles to a proper degree of lubricity. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, there is a ‘Lubritory’ which serves the same purpose.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §544 Lubritory, a gas station.
1954 Encounter June 13/1 The effort to ‘professionalise’ work has become the major means of giving one's job a badge of honorific quality... So the garage becomes the ‘lubritorium’.
1963 Punch 24 Apr. 579/3 The sign outside a Glasgow service station: Lubritorium.
1969 M. Pei Words in Sheep's Clothing (1970) xxi. 209Lubritorium’ is so much more learned a word than ‘service station’.
1969 West Australian 5 July 71/5 (advt.) Lubritorium and driveway attendant..required.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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