单词 | skylighted |
释义 | skylightedadj. Of a roof or building: fitted with a skylight or skylights; lit by means of a skylight or skylights. Cf. skylit adj.In quot. 1788 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > without darkness > lit by a skylight skylighted1783 skylighty1848 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [adjective] > skylight skylighted1783 skylit1825 1783 Weekly Entertainer 3 Nov. 418 Up two or three pair of stairs, to a gloomy, shabby, sky-lighted apartment. 1788 R. Burns Let. 13 Nov. (1985) I. 337 He drudges about..with leaky shoes, a sky-lighted hat & knee-buckles. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxiii. 246 The sky-lighted offices of Spenlow and Jorkins. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 136 The compartment had the appearance of a skylighted hall. 1912 J. S. Currey Chicago II. xxxiv. 267 There are now..fifty public exhibition galleries, of which twenty-seven are skylighted. 1991 B. Greensfelder et al. Belize, Guatemala & Yukatán (2001) 218/2 Siriacos..is flashy but informal, with..a skylighted patio courtyard. 2015 Business Mirror (Philippines) (Nexis) 17 June A large skylighted bathroom with free-standing bathtub. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1783 |
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