单词 | sitkamer |
释义 | sitkamern. South African. A sitting room or living room in a private house. Also: a public lounge. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > sitting room parlourc1384 street parlour1734 sitting room1763 keeping-room1771 room1795 voorhuis1822 voorkamer1827 lounge1881 sitkamer1897 sitter1899 sit1911 1897 Temple Bar Nov. 378 In the ‘sit-kamer’—i.e., the parlour of the house—refreshments were set forth. 1902 ‘Intelligence Officer’ On Heels of De Wet 88 Those cushions you have on your front seat came out of the Nieuwjaarsfontein sitkomer. 1912 F. Bancroft Veldt Dwellers 31 It was smoke-room, bar-room, and general zit-kamer combined. 1929 J. G. Van Alphen Jan Venter, S.A.P. 249 The sitkamer was packed with visitors. 1964 J. Neintjes Manor House 7 We entered a lounge on the right, the sitkamer—a large room with a high ceiling on beams. 2016 @XuroMilton1 10 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) We woke in the sitkamer saying how the hell did we get so drunk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897 |
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