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单词 pleasure dome
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pleasure domen.

Brit. /ˈplɛʒə dəʊm/, U.S. /ˈplɛʒər ˌdoʊm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pleasure n., dome n.
Etymology: < pleasure n. + dome n.
A large, often luxurious building used for leisure, esp. as a venue for entertainment. Cf. pleasuredrome n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > assembly rooms or halls
redoubt1702
assembly-room1744
drum-room1749
assembly house1762
pantheon1772
casino1789
pleasure dome1816
palace1831
melodeon1840
kursaal1850
winter garden1859
music hallc1883
Met1896
1816 S. T. Coleridge Kubla Khan in Christabel 55 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree.
1892 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 18 June This lordly pleasure dome and all its appendages Mr. Washington Potts had bought for himself.
1957 Observer 3 Nov. 19/2 The triumphal renaissance, last Thursday night, of the New Shakespeare Theatre in Liverpool. This lambent pleasure-dome..was built in the eighties.
1973 G. Beare Snake on Grave xvi. 93 It's a kind of floating pleasure dome, they have a restaurant, night-club, casino.
1995 Wire Jan. 49/3 Prince, or whatever he is calling himself this month, exposed his tacky love-nest pleasure-dome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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