单词 | screened-off |
释义 | > as lemmasscreened-off screened-off adj. divided, separated, or enclosed by or as by a screen or partition.Often with the connotation of concealment: cf. sense 2a(a). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > screen > [adjective] screened-off1833 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. xi. 285 A screened-off place was made up for the maids. 1865 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. II. 46 Sometimes the bar is at the side, screened off, and genteelly disguised under the name of ‘sample room’. 1973 J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 78 They led him..to the ward, and pointed out the screened-off bed. 2001 D. Wilson In Lion's Court xxxiv. 507 Clergy fussing round an ‘altar’ in some screened-off sanctuary. < as lemmas |
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