| 单词 | other body |
| 释义 | > as lemmasother body other body n. U.S. Politics (with the) the U.S. Senate as referred to in the House of Representatives (historically, explicit mention of Senate proceedings was proscribed by House rules); (also occasionally) the House of Representatives as referred to in the U.S. Senate; cf. other place n. 2. ΚΠ 1809 Ann. Congr. U.S. (1853) XIX. 1423 The House should be careful not to infringe on the rights of the other body. 1835 Reg. Deb. Congr. U.S. 3 Mar. 1657 ‘I said no such thing [i.e. the word “Senate”]. I said the other body.’.. The Chair decided that the gentleman was not in order in alluding to the proceedings of the ‘other body’. 1929 N.Y. Times 11 June 24/4 Mr. Garner, Democratic floor leader, asked whether Mr. Denison did not think he was ‘intensifying the situation’ by referring to something that had happened in the other body. 2001 National Jrnl. (U.S.) 28 July 2395/2 They want that bill to be similar enough to the bill passed in the other body so that we can avoid a conference committee. < as lemmas |
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