| 单词 | pupil-room |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspupil-room pupil-room n. (a) (in a public school) the room in which a tutor teaches; the work done there by a pupil; (b) Law the room occupied by a pupil in a barrister's chambers. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > pupils' room in chambers pupil-room1766 1766 Let. in F. M Hawtrey Hist. Hawtrey Family (1903) I. 150 Mr. Norbury used to Sleep in his Pupil-room in a press-bed. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxix. 285 In the pupil-room of Mr. Hodgeman, the special pleader,..six pupils were scribbling declarations. 1898 J. G. Cotton Minchin Old Harrow Days 7 My purgatory took the shape of Mr Bull's pupil room. 1899 A. Lubbock Mem. Eton i. 5 [He] was..allowed to roast them [sc. chestnuts] over the pupil-room fire while pupil-room was going on. 1927 J. D. Hills Let. Dec. in Ld. Drogheda Double Harness (1978) ii. 17 Moore..is a light-hearted boy..whose company I enjoy in pupil room. 1998 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 52 273 This unimposing legal novice sitting in pupil-rooms off Chancery Lane drew inspiration directly from such 18th century masters as Laplace, Cramer and Vandermonde. < as lemmas |
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