单词 | lounging |
释义 | loungingn. The action of lounge v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > behaviour lomperingc1315 truandisea1400 sleuthingc1450 slugging1532 truanting1532 lusking1579 concessation1623 lazinga1626 lounging1793 loafing1838 bumming1857 mooch1859 loaf1860 sluggarding1864 flânerie1873 slobbery1912 spine-bashing1941 slobbing1960 lepak1993 lepaking1994 1793 Ld. N. Spencer in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 121 Two or three hour's lounging in a place called a club. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI lxvi. 136 His afternoons he passed in visits, luncheons, Lounging, and boxing. 1901 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 439 Seldom or never is the pulpit used..to denounce idleness, lounging or laziness. Compounds General attributive. lounging-book n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book for specific occasion > [noun] > specific Christmas book1769 lounging-booka1797 lounge-book1800 railway novel1849 birthday book?1859 livre de chevet1883 bed-book1906 pillow book1906 bedside book1920 bedside literature1920 a1797 H. Walpole Walpoliana (1799) II. cxliii. 93 A catalogue raisonnée of such [novels] might be itself a good lounging book. 1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 159 We assure our readers that the compilation is..an excellent lounging-book. lounging-chair n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > chair for reclining in sleeping-chair1675 reclining chair1827 lounging-chair1841 reclining seat1857 lazy-back-chair1887 recliner1892 lounge-chair1902 power seat1952 incliner1978 1841 R. P. Ward De Clifford III. viii. 123 See these superb sofas, carpets, tables, and lounging~chairs. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxv. 217 [He] was sitting in a lounging-chair and smoking a cigar. 1971 Daily Tel. 11 May 13/5 Now, this year, Vogue have a lounging chair which lets you get your head down. lounging-coat n. ΚΠ 1920 B. E. Stevenson Gloved Hand 11 I paused only to open my bag, change into a lounging-coat, and brush off the dust of the journey. 1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 87 A chiffon lounging coat printed with cinnamon flowers. lounging-hall n. ΚΠ 1785 ‘M. Careful’ in Lounger No. 8. 30 If you will make Dun's rooms a Lounging Hall instead of a Chapel. lounging-jacket n. ΚΠ 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xvii. 323 The owner of the mansion was seated at table in a lounging jacket. lounging-place n. ΚΠ 1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) II. xii. 183 Peter had long absented himself from his former lounging-places. lounging robe n. ΚΠ 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 1117 (heading) Long kimonos or negligees and bath or lounging robes. 1945 R. Chandler Let. 13 Oct. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 44 The great man appeared.., clad in an expensive lounging robe. lounging-room n. ΚΠ 1863 E. C. Gaskell Dark Night's Work iv. 42 He used the study for a smoking and lounging-room principally. 1887 C. D. Warner Their Pilgrimage (1888) i. 2 In the spacious office and general lounging-room, sea-coal fires glowed in the wide grates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018). loungingadj. a. That lounges. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > leisurely or careless slouching1668 lounging1674 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > idling or loafing loiteringa1533 truanting1635 sauntering1672 dawdling1773 shackling1788 lounging1789 louting1836 lubbering1837 loafing1857 mitching1857 scowbanking1868 shacking1881 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 35 The foul stalking lundging body of that Og of Bashan. 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde I. v. 108 There is not any of his..lounging, tonish friends of his half so well looking. b. Characterized by, occupied in, or adapted for lounging. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > [adjective] at loll1709 upon the (high) loll1709 lolling1713 lolloping1745 lounging1851 lollopy1857 1807 J. Jebb Let. 20 Apr. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) I. 326 There is..much of what is ‘flat, stale, and unprofitable’, in a lounging life. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 16 He..walked with a sort of lounging stoop. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xv. 239 The horses..stand, in lounging attitudes—asleep. 1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 29 May in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 250 The library is..lounging and luxurious. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1785adj.1674 |
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