单词 | natatorium |
释义 | natatoriumn. Originally and chiefly North American. A swimming pool, esp. an indoor one; a complex containing one or more such pools. Occasionally also: an area of a sea, lake, etc., suitable for swimming. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > swimming > [noun] > swimming pool swimming-bath1742 natatorium1832 piscina1832 swimming-pond1833 swimming pool1899 pool1906 above-ground pool1957 infinity pool1992 1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. v. 82 The roof of the natatorium or piscina of the baths. 1869 Sci. Amer. 20 187/1 A German, by the name of Gebhard, was employed by one of his countrymen to construct a whale, to be exhibited..at his ‘natatorium’. 1890 Harper's Mag. Dec. 54/1 Bathing is good, with a little care in regard to the undertow. But there is a safe natatorium on the harbour side close to the hotel. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 Oct. 1/5 Plans have been completed for the immediate construction of an up-to-date natatorium in Vancouver. 1966 Punch 21 Dec. 921/2 Only in Texas..will a man in search of somewhere to swim pick up the Yellow Pages and look under Natatoriums. 1999 G. Kissick Winter in Volcano (2000) xxiii. 209 A brightly lit pleasure boat had passed the ruined natatorium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832 |
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