| 单词 | place of repair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplace (also house) of repair P2. place (also house) of repair: a place visited habitually or frequently; esp. a sanctuary, refuge. Cf. sense 4. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] to-draughta1400 repair1423 repairing1487 resorting place1525 common house1537 resort1565 place (also house) of repairc1595 purlieu1611 howff1711 crib1819 joint1821 hang-out1852 costa1964 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xci. 6 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 137 Iehoua is my fort My place of safe repaire. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 373 The ArchBishops of Yorke being dispossessed and hauing no house of repayre. 1611 Bible (King James) Joel iii. 17 The Lord will be the hope [margin place of repaire or harbour] of his people. View more context for this quotation 1720 R. Erskine Gospel-canticles ii. 68 That Place of Sweet Repair, Where thy long absent Lord did find Thy husband. 1821 T. Chalmers Christian & Civic Econ. I. ii. 59 Every arrangement..should be promoted, which brings out the indwellers of one vicinity to one common place of repair, and brings upon them one common ministration. 1834 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 171 There are no naughty houses of repair, Where one may find or take the willing fair. 1910 H. Black Comfort 114 Many a man has cause to bless the stroke that snatched him from the fret and fever of the world and drove him to a place of repair. 2002 R. P. Dawson Contested Quill vi. 306 The educated, middle-class man's work could take place in an increasingly hostile and competitive environment, partly because he had a place of repair to which he could daily return. < as lemmas |
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