单词 | mountain-chair |
释义 | > as lemmasmountain-chair mountain-chair n. (a) a chair-shaped depression in a mountain; (b) (now historical) a kind of sedan chair or palanquin for use in mountainous country. ΚΠ 1822 W. Tennant Thane of Fife iii. 135 The mountain-chair of granite proud, Whereon Ben Nevis sits commanding either flood. 1857 R. Fortune Resid. among Chinese ix. 177 Our coolies being at last engaged and loaded with some few necessaries, and our mountain-chairs all ready, we despatched our boats. 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 457 A courteous constable, who kindly procured me a mountain-chair. < as lemmas |
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