单词 | officina |
释义 | officinan. a. A workshop or place of production. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > workshop > [noun] workhouseOE officinec1425 shopc1450 working-house1474 working place?1505 frame housea1555 workshop1556 framing house1559 working-shop1566 shophouse1567 frame building1574 operatory1651 shopping1684 officina1832 atelier1882 craft shop1896 skunk works1960 1832 Biblical Repertory Jan. 49 We wish to let the public know what the signs of the times are in the great officina of the learned world. 1835 J. W. Croker Ess. French Revol. (1857) vi. 332 The Legislative..showed..it was..the real officina of business, the chief mart of popularity, and the widest arena for political struggle. 1891 Dict. National Biogr. XXV. 304/2 Hayter was..sent to Naples to take charge of the ‘Officina’ and direct the work. 1912 H. S. Jones Compan. Rom. Hist. 347 Each mint embraced a number of officinae, which worked independently. 1985 Antiquaries Jrnl. June 329 The officina of Ulpianus has not previously been recorded. b. = oficina n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] mill1403 work1581 factory1618 manufacture1623 manuary1625 manufactory1641 fabric1656 hong1726 plant1789 machinery1799 usine1858 oficina1889 officina1906 1906 Westm. Gaz. 24 May 11/3 At the present rate of production the officina might be counted on lasting between thirty or forty years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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