单词 | sleep-out |
释义 | sleep-outn.adj. A. n. A veranda, porch, or outbuilding providing sleeping accommodation; a sleeping area not in the main building. Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > verandah veranda1711 piazza1724 stoop1755 stoep1797 porch1819 lanai1823 pial1869 screen porch1889 pendopo1927 sleep-out1941 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom > outside main house sleeping-porch1915 sleep-out1941 1941 Coast to Coast 84 ‘A nice scone and a nice cup of tea and a lay-down in the sleep-out,’ Mrs Smith was saying in her warm, motherly voice. ‘You'll be fine then.’ 1962 A. Seymour One Day of Year 7 A multiple set, main areas being the kitchen; the ‘lounge’; and Hughie's study, which is a glassed-in sleepout at the side of the house. 1977 N.Z. Herald 5 Jan. ii. 15/8 (advt.) Well-established country tearooms with 3-brm attached acom... There is almost an acre of grounds plus a sleepout to go with this bargain. 1979 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 29 Apr. 26/3 The sleep-out..is now back to veranda play space. B. adj. Of a person: that sleeps away from the premises, non-resident. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep > specific sleep-out1958 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in (regular) employment > non-resident sleep-out1958 1958 V. P. Johns Servant's Probl. i. 11 It concerned the household in which she was the sleep-out, full-time maid. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The sleep-out cooks and maids were coming to work. New Yorker. Draft additions 1993 The act or instance of sleeping out of doors, esp. as a form of collective protest on behalf of the homeless. Cf. sleep-in n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > types of demonstration or protest counterprotest1595 student demonstration1856 lie-in1867 rent strike1881 hunger strike1889 march1908 protest march1914 occupation1920 lie-down1936 sit-down1936 sit-in1936 freedom march1947 vigil1956 freedom walk1957 swim-in1960 freedom ride1961 sitting in1961 sleep-out1961 fish-in1964 live-in1964 stall-in1964 sleep-in1965 Long March1967 love-in1967 talk-in1967 write-in1967 die-in1970 dirty protest1979 blanket protest1982 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 2140/3 Sleep-out,..an outing on which the participants sleep outdoors. 1967 V. W. Musselman Making Children's Parties Click x. 126 The sleep-out and the slumber party can be planned for either boys or girls. 1984 N.Y. Times 3 Dec. b7/5 To those who occasionally accompanied the officials on such hamlet sleepouts, the experience could be mentally and physically harrowing. 1987 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 8/8 The streets of Washington were littered with celebrities last night as actor Martin Sheen led a ‘sleep-out’ to spotlight the plight of the homeless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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