单词 | lying-in-asylum |
释义 | > as lemmaslying-in-asylum b. attributive, as lying-in-asylum, lying-in-chamber, etc. ΚΠ 1771 W. Hewson in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 412 The British Lying-in-Hospital. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 190 A lying-in ward has been lately established. 1823 J. Constable Let. 24 Aug. in Corr. (1964) ii. 282 Miss Cookson is on a visit with another lying in sister. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxvi. 303 ‘The lying-in room, I suppose that means?’ said Mr. Bumble. 1861 D. G. Rossetti Let. 20 Apr. (1965) II. 396 Dr. Babington, head of the Lying-in Hospital. 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 May 1101/1 Such sanitation..might be of service in lying-in institutions. 1895 Daily News 9 Dec. 3/7 A system of registration of all..lying-in houses. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 797 Statistics of lying-in hospitals show that [etc.]. 1912 Q. Rev. July 60 A slight increase in the ratio of lying-in claims to the number of members... A lying-in benefit of 30s. 1964 D. Owen Eng. Philanthropy i. ii. 50 The years 1749–65 saw the founding of..the British Lying-In (1749), the City of London Lying-In (1750),..these in addition to the Lying-In Charity,..established in 1757. 1975 Country Life 2 Jan. 50/3 Villages which had a mutual aid or ‘lying-in society’. < as lemmas |
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