showroomn.

Brit.

/ˈʃəʊruːm/,

/ˈʃəʊrʊm/, U.S.

/ˈʃoʊˌrum/,

/ˈʃoʊˌrʊm/

Forms: see show n.¹ and room n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: show n.¹, room n.¹

Etymology: < show n.¹ + room n.¹

1. A room used to display goods for sale, (now) esp. large items such as vehicles, appliances, or furniture. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > showroom

show house1505

showroom1616

show shop1787

1616 R. Cocks Diary 2 Jan. (1883) I. 95 To keepe the shopp or shew rowme.

1617 R. Cocks Diary 23 July 283 We delivered divers sortes merchandiz to Jno. Japon to sell in the shopp or shew roome over the way.

1781 S. Neville Diary 30 Oct. (1950) xii. 280 The finished goods are placed in a long shew room for the inspection of strangers.

1829 T. Carlyle Voltaire in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) II. 163 Voltaire's knowledge is not a mere show-room of curiosities, but truly a museum for purposes of teaching.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby x. 93 Madame Mantalini's show-rooms were on the first floor.

1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience II. xxi. 160 From the busy workshops into the great show-room.

1936 Motorboating Jan. 78/2 The importance to a customer of seeing his prospective purchase in the water and not only on the showroom floor.

1959 News Chron. 28 Nov. 6/8 At many hi-fi showrooms you can hear the relative performances of different speakers.

2007 Independent 10 Feb. (Save & Spend section) 9/1 One of the first Audi R8 supercars, coming to a showroom near you.

2. A room in which a show (in various senses) takes place. Now esp.: a room in a hotel, nightclub, etc., in which entertainment is performed.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > [noun] > place for > room or showcase

showroom1699

show-glass1708

showcase1803

panopticon1836

vitrine1880

1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xi. 6 Bumpkin took Courage, and ventur'd into the Show-Room.

1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus xiv. 51 in A. Pope Wks. II The Dwarf who kept the gates of the Show-room.

1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard II. iii. x. 265 The prison gates were besieged like the entrance of a booth at a fair; and the Condemned Hold..had quite the appearance of a show-room.

1851 N. Hawthorne Snow-image 35 Be pleased..to walk into the show-room, and take your seats before yonder mysterious curtain.

1891 Fancier's Jrnl. 10 Jan. 31/4 (advt.) My record in the show room the past five years stands unequalled by any other breeder in America.

1920 Everybody's Poultry Mag. Dec. 864/1 (advt.) The winnings of Hillview Leghorns in America's largest showrooms..were never equalled by any other breed.

1987 Cruise Trav. Feb. 37/3 Forward on this deck is Atlantis lounge, the dramatic six-level, two-deck-high main showroom, which seats over 900.

2008 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 2 July 60 A gay club decked out with a cabaret showroom upstairs.

3. Any of the rooms in a mansion, stately home, or the like which are regularly open to the public for viewing. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > others

hell1310

summer hall1388

summer parloura1425

paradise1485

fire room1591

garden room1619

ease-room1629

portcullis1631

divan1678

but?1700

sluttery1711

rotunda1737

glass casea1777

dungeon1782

hall of mirrors1789

balcony-chamber1800

showroom1820

mirror room1858

vomitorium1923

mosquito room1925

refuge room1937

quiet room1938

Florida room1968

roomset1980

wet room1982

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] > others

enfilade1727

subhouse1818

showroom1863

master suite1966

1820 T. Creevey Let. 23 Jan. in J. Gore Creevey (1948) xiii. 179 She is like one of her numerous gold and silver musical dickey birds, that are in all the show rooms of this house.

1820 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 29 Sept. (1941) II. 322 Having paced through every show-room of the palace, we surveyed again the exterior.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 12 We were guided through the show-rooms [at Blenheim] by a very civil person.

1906 Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. & Antiq. Field Club 27 p. lvii The party then drove to Longleat, the seat of the Marquess of Bath, and were conducted over the ‘show’ rooms by the housekeeper.

1997 P. Mandler Fall & Rise of Stately Home iv. ix. 384 The owners lived exclusively in self-contained apartments and never in the showrooms.

Compounds

showroom condition n. pristine condition, such as that of goods, vehicles, etc., which are in or have just left a sales showroom; often in in showroom condition (of something second-hand, as a used car, boat, etc.) in new, or as good as new, condition.

ΚΠ

1915 Motor World 17 Mar. 18/1 His demonstrating car he simply stood in one corner of the garage; inasmuch as he used it all the time it probably wasn't in showroom condition.

1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 19/2 (advt.) 1968 Vauxhall Victor 101, only 27,000 miles, showroom condition.

1999 Teesdale Mercury 1 Sept. 12/7 (advt.) S Reg. Malaguti Firefox Scooter. 50 c.c. Must be seen. Brand new—Showroom condition.

2013 F. A. Smith Trav. Happy Hooligan 26 Whoever owned this nifty ocean cruiser kept it in showroom condition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	showroom
释义	showroomn. Brit. /ˈʃəʊruːm/, /ˈʃəʊrʊm/, U.S. /ˈʃoʊˌrum/, /ˈʃoʊˌrʊm/ Forms: see show n.¹ and room n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: show n.¹, room n.¹ Etymology: < show n.¹ + room n.¹ 1. A room used to display goods for sale, (now) esp. large items such as vehicles, appliances, or furniture. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > showroom show house1505 showroom1616 show shop1787 1616 R. Cocks Diary 2 Jan. (1883) I. 95 To keepe the shopp or shew rowme. 1617 R. Cocks Diary 23 July 283 We delivered divers sortes merchandiz to Jno. Japon to sell in the shopp or shew roome over the way. 1781 S. Neville Diary 30 Oct. (1950) xii. 280 The finished goods are placed in a long shew room for the inspection of strangers. 1829 T. Carlyle Voltaire in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) II. 163 Voltaire's knowledge is not a mere show-room of curiosities, but truly a museum for purposes of teaching. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby x. 93 Madame Mantalini's show-rooms were on the first floor. 1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience II. xxi. 160 From the busy workshops into the great show-room. 1936 Motorboating Jan. 78/2 The importance to a customer of seeing his prospective purchase in the water and not only on the showroom floor. 1959 News Chron. 28 Nov. 6/8 At many hi-fi showrooms you can hear the relative performances of different speakers. 2007 Independent 10 Feb. (Save & Spend section) 9/1 One of the first Audi R8 supercars, coming to a showroom near you. 2. A room in which a show (in various senses) takes place. Now esp.: a room in a hotel, nightclub, etc., in which entertainment is performed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > [noun] > place for > room or showcase showroom1699 show-glass1708 showcase1803 panopticon1836 vitrine1880 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xi. 6 Bumpkin took Courage, and ventur'd into the Show-Room. 1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus xiv. 51 in A. Pope Wks. II The Dwarf who kept the gates of the Show-room. 1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard II. iii. x. 265 The prison gates were besieged like the entrance of a booth at a fair; and the Condemned Hold..had quite the appearance of a show-room. 1851 N. Hawthorne Snow-image 35 Be pleased..to walk into the show-room, and take your seats before yonder mysterious curtain. 1891 Fancier's Jrnl. 10 Jan. 31/4 (advt.) My record in the show room the past five years stands unequalled by any other breeder in America. 1920 Everybody's Poultry Mag. Dec. 864/1 (advt.) The winnings of Hillview Leghorns in America's largest showrooms..were never equalled by any other breed. 1987 Cruise Trav. Feb. 37/3 Forward on this deck is Atlantis lounge, the dramatic six-level, two-deck-high main showroom, which seats over 900. 2008 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 2 July 60 A gay club decked out with a cabaret showroom upstairs. 3. Any of the rooms in a mansion, stately home, or the like which are regularly open to the public for viewing. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > others hell1310 summer hall1388 summer parloura1425 paradise1485 fire room1591 garden room1619 ease-room1629 portcullis1631 divan1678 but?1700 sluttery1711 rotunda1737 glass casea1777 dungeon1782 hall of mirrors1789 balcony-chamber1800 showroom1820 mirror room1858 vomitorium1923 mosquito room1925 refuge room1937 quiet room1938 Florida room1968 roomset1980 wet room1982 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] > others enfilade1727 subhouse1818 showroom1863 master suite1966 1820 T. Creevey Let. 23 Jan. in J. Gore Creevey (1948) xiii. 179 She is like one of her numerous gold and silver musical dickey birds, that are in all the show rooms of this house. 1820 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 29 Sept. (1941) II. 322 Having paced through every show-room of the palace, we surveyed again the exterior. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 12 We were guided through the show-rooms [at Blenheim] by a very civil person. 1906 Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. & Antiq. Field Club 27 p. lvii The party then drove to Longleat, the seat of the Marquess of Bath, and were conducted over the ‘show’ rooms by the housekeeper. 1997 P. Mandler Fall & Rise of Stately Home iv. ix. 384 The owners lived exclusively in self-contained apartments and never in the showrooms. Compounds showroom condition n. pristine condition, such as that of goods, vehicles, etc., which are in or have just left a sales showroom; often in in showroom condition (of something second-hand, as a used car, boat, etc.) in new, or as good as new, condition. ΚΠ 1915 Motor World 17 Mar. 18/1 His demonstrating car he simply stood in one corner of the garage; inasmuch as he used it all the time it probably wasn't in showroom condition. 1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 19/2 (advt.) 1968 Vauxhall Victor 101, only 27,000 miles, showroom condition. 1999 Teesdale Mercury 1 Sept. 12/7 (advt.) S Reg. Malaguti Firefox Scooter. 50 c.c. Must be seen. Brand new—Showroom condition. 2013 F. A. Smith Trav. Happy Hooligan 26 Whoever owned this nifty ocean cruiser kept it in showroom condition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1616
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