单词 | poolside |
释义 | poolsiden.adj.adv. A. n. The area beside a pool, now esp. a swimming pool.In early use chiefly with reference to the biblical pool of Bethesda. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bank > [noun] > of lake or pool lake-side1560 stank-brae1579 poolside1655 1655 S. Rutherford Covenant of Life Opened ii. x. 340 They are at the pool side, near the fountain, and dwell in Immanuels land. 1698 M. Henry Acct. Life P. Henry i. 11 If we lay our Children by the Pool-side, who knows but the blessed Spirit may help them in and heal them. 1712 J. Warner Salvation & Necessary Means of It 100 The nearest Step to get into it, and so to be healed, was to sit at the Pool-Side. 1854 J. Benson in New Test. I. 552/2 (note) Still he continued lying by the pool side, hoping that some time or other help would come. 1899 Living Age 16 Sept. 789/2 In the forest itself, these flowers hardly exist, except beside some pool-side or in the meadow-like corner of a bog. 1927 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 12 July 14/5 Bend one leg at knee, resting other at pool side. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 31 Sitting by the poolside at the Trinidad Hilton. 2000 A. L. Kennedy Everything you Need 163 At poolsides, on patios, on boat decks: all the fashionable spots for carcinogenic lounging. B. adj. Located beside a pool, esp. a swimming pool. ΚΠ 1870 W. Barnes Select. from Unpublished Poems 5 The poolside wall is glowing hot, The pool is in a dazzling glare. 1921 W. de la Mare Veil & Other Poems 6 Wan glow-worms greened the pool-side grass. 1973 H. Nielsen Severed Key iv. 39 Zachariah O'Hara..sat at a poolside table. 2003 Caribbean World Winter 30 The inviting poolside lounge features a fountain and wet bar. C. adv. Beside a swimming pool. ΚΠ 1960 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 25 Sept. 29 a/5 Gathered poolside will be honored guests of the 11 groups composing the San Fernando Valley chapter of Hadassah. 1988 R. Rayner Los Angeles without Map (1989) 168 We were poolside at a derelict mansion near Griffith Park. 1992 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 20 Sept. 2/3 We meet poolside in Santa Barbara, about 150km north of Los Angeles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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