单词 | best room |
释义 | > as lemmasbest room b. Of a room in a dwelling: furnished especially well and hence reserved for special occasions, entertaining guests, etc. Frequently in best room. Also: designating a household article of superior quality, used similarly. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [adjective] > other spec. best1663 good1809 social1861 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > best room chamber1644 front room1679 best room1719 fore-room1728 spence1786 parlour1825 speak-a-word room1825 1663 in F. W. Steer Farm & Cottage Inventories Mid-Essex (1950) 98 More in the best chamber..one Glasse Case, two lookinge Glasses. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 24 Aug. (1976) IX. 287 My wife is upon hanging the long chamber..with the sad stuff that was in the best chamber. 1691 R. Baxter Certainty Worlds of Spirits iv. 86 Once they found their best Linnen taken out, the Table covered with it, Napkins, as if they had been used, yea and Liquor in their Cups, as if Company had been there at Meat. 1719 S. Sewall Diary 30 Oct. (1973) II. 933 Had a very good Dinner..in the best room. 1788 Brit. Mercury 4 Feb. 175 I advise ye also to be very careful to use the best china at dinner, and the best glasses after it. 1800 J. Austen Let. 8 Nov. (1995) 55 The little Table..has most conveniently taken itself off into the best bed-room. 1849 H. Martineau Househ. Educ. xxv. 200 When visitors come, why should not the girls have the chief pleasure which ‘company’ gives to them,—the making the custard and the tarts, dishing up the fruit, and bringing out the best table linen? 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson ii. 7 The sun streamed through the bay-window of a ‘best’ bedroom in the Warden's house. 1949 F. Towers Tea with Mr. Rochester (1952) 20 The old gentleman had been treated to his wife's best china and the silver muffin-dish. 1999 M. Syal Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2000) v. 193 Chila found herself sitting in her mother's Best Room.., surrounded by chattering women and clinking tea cups and plates. < as lemmas |
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