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单词 padded cell
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padded celln.

Brit. /ˌpadᵻd ˈsɛl/, U.S. /ˈpædəd ˈsɛl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: padded adj.2, cell n.1
Etymology: < padded adj.2 + cell n.1
1. A cell in a psychiatric hospital, prison, etc., with padding on the walls, where a violent or uncontrollable person may be kept to prevent self-injury. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital for the mentally ill > room in
rubber room1844
padded room1846
padded cell1862
pad1938
quiet room1938
1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe 425 One long, wild shriek, as from a lunatic in the padded cell in Bedlam.
1882 Cornhill Mag. (European ed.) July 79 If..the man becomes obstreperous, he will be strait-waistcoated and put into a dark padded cell where he may scream and kick at the walls to his heart's content.
a1936 R. Kipling Something of Myself (1937) vii. 176 A ‘comfortable nursery’ proved to be a dark padded cell at the end of a discreet passage!
1963 P. G. Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves xxii. 167 Stiffy, who is pure padded cell from the foundations up, was planning to marry the Rev. H. P. Pinker.
1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 28 May j7/2 They're probably looking for the nearest padded cells to deal with their cases of the screaming meemies.
2. In extended use: a place offering comfort and seclusion from the outside world.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge
havenc1225
infleeinga1300
leinda1300
harbourc1300
reseta1325
harbouryc1325
refutec1350
asylec1384
receipta1393
refugec1405
port salut?1407
recept1423
porta1425
receptaclec1425
place (etc.) of refuge?a1439
retreat1481
port haven1509
stelling-place1513
refugie1515
retraict1550
safe haven1555
havening place1563
sanctuarya1568
safe harbour1569
sheepfold1579
subterfuge1593
arka1616
lopeholt1616
latebra1626
asylum1642
creep-hole1646
harbourage1651
reverticle1656
creeping-hole1665
a port in a (also the) storm1714
receptory1856
padded cell1876
funk-hole1900
1876 G. W. Thornbury Hist. & Legendary Ballads & Songs 275 Ye abbots, tremble in your padded cells!
1973 Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 14/5 To give readers some idea of what passes for dialogue in the padded cell of the drama department, here is the kind of exchange in which Mr Mackie specialises.
1990 M. Freeland Kenneth Williams (BNC) 112 Away from what most other people would regard as glamour, he retreated to that padded cell off the Edgware Road.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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