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单词 rusbank
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rusbankn.

Brit. /ˈrʊsbaŋk/, U.S. /ˈrʊsˌbæŋk/, South African English /ˈrɪsbʌŋk/, /ˈrʊsbʌŋk/
Inflections: Plural rusbanks, rusbanke, rusbanken.
Forms: 1800s– rustbank, 1900s– rusbank.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch rustbank; Afrikaans rusbank.
Etymology: < South African Dutch rustbank and its reflex Afrikaans rusbank, specific use of Dutch rustbank bench for sitting on (17th cent.) < rust rest (see rest n.1) + bank bench n. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (rö·sbaŋk) /ˈrøsbaŋk/.
South African.
A wooden bench typically having a back and seat made of woven leather thongs.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > bench > [noun] > other types of bench
rout seat1819
banquette1851
rusbank1868
park bench1874
1868 W. R. Thomson Poems, Ess. & Sketches 167 With a waive [sic] of the hand in the direction of the rustbank..at the other end of the room, she says ‘Zit!’
1880 J. Nixon Among Boers 216 Hans was seated on the ‘rustbank’, smoking a short wooden pipe.
1902 W. Dower Early Ann. Kokstad 25 The few very rough seats and the rust banken..were occupied by the men, the women sat on the floor.
1935 P. Smith Platkops Children 76 After that was a long white house with a big stoep an' rus'-banks at each end.
1971 Daily Dispatch (East London, S. Afr.) 8 Sept. 18 Old Rusbank-type Lounge Suite.
2006 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 13 Oct. 21 A Cape neo-classical rusbank..features in the South African furniture section.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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