单词 | back green |
释义 | > as lemmasback green back green n. Brit. /ˌbak ˈɡriːn/ , U.S. /ˌbæk ˈɡrin/ , Scottish English /ˌbak ˈɡrin/ Scottish a rear garden or yard; (in later use esp.) the communal open space at the rear of a tenement building.ΚΠ 1799 Acct. Proceedings (Soc. Propagating Gospel at Home) 28 Came to Dingwall. Preached in a back-green to between 400 and 500 people. 1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 18 Mar. 49/2 There are various things about a house..which appear to the wife as each the most cardinal of all cardinal points. One of these, for instance, is a back-green. 1913 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 May 1185/2 At each end of the building there is a fire-escape iron stair which leads to the back green. 2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 3 Mar. 25 Holyrood's public petitions committee heard descriptions of green slime dripping off close walls, rats roaming back greens and infestations of cockroaches and bedbugs. < as lemmas |
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