单词 | lounger |
释义 | loungern. a. One who lounges, an idler, a do-nothing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer lurdanc1330 player1340 moochera1425 loon?c1450 lounger?a1513 idler1534 rest man1542 holiday-woman1548 baty bummill1568 bummill baty1568 friar-fly?1577 idol1579 lingerer1579 loll1582 idleby1589 shit-rags1598 blaitie bum1602 idle1635 Lollard1635 loiterer1684 saunterer1688 scobberlotchera1697 bumble1786 quisby1789 waffler1805 shoat1808 loafer1830 bummer1855 dead beat1863 bum1864 scowbanker1864 schnorrer1875 scowbank1881 ikey1906 layabout1932 lie-about1937 spine-basher1946 limer1964 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 204 Lene, larbar loungeour, baith lowsy in lisk and lonȝe. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 122 Quhat bern be thou in bed..Lurkand like a longeour? 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 54. ⁋6 I shall enquire into such about this Town as have arrived at the Dignity of being Lowngers by the Force of natural Parts. 1750 Student 1 No. 1. 21 Idle people called Lowngers, whose whole business it is to fly from the painful task of thinking. 1804 M. Edgeworth Manufacturers iii, in Pop. Tales II. 366 Our hero was ridiculed most unmercifully..by all the Bond-street loungers. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlviii. 431 The loungers of the bath and porticoes sallied forth from their cool retreats. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 7 He went to Europe as a student, not as a lounger. b. An article of furniture or of dress designed to be used for relaxation. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > lounging or relaxing > article of lounger1964 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] reclinatoryc1425 crabat1483 coucha1500 daybed1597 squab1664 repose1685 settee1716 sofa1717 long chair1750 duchesse1794 canapé1795 chaise-longue1800 sultane1803 chaise lounge1807 lounge1830 dormeuse1865 takht1884 méridienne1925 Berbice1951 lounger1964 1964 G. Sims Terrible Door xviii. 98 She wore..blue woollen stockings and highly polished, brown moccasin loungers. 1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 3 Ankle length loungers with their own carefully constructed Bra sewn right in. 1969 A. Laski Dominant Fifth v. 182 I am sitting in a lounger under an umbrella. 1971 Daily Tel. 11 May 13/5 The best ‘loungers’ are those which allow the legs to be raised slightly above the body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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