单词 | space saver |
释义 | > as lemmasspace saver space saver n. something which takes up as little space as possible or is designed to make the most economical use of available room. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > sufficient space or room > device or appliance designed to save space space saver1934 1934 Music & Lett. 15 188 His style, it is true, is tightly packed with epithets, but they are space-savers rather than space-fillers, and would expand into whole sentences of our looser English prose. 1946 Business Week 23 Feb. 19/2 (caption) Developed for proximity fuses, radio circuits ‘printed’ on ceramic plates are space savers adaptable to miniature pocket receivers. 2001 Times 4 Apr. ii. 24/3 Spiral staircases don't need to be anchored to a wall so they are often viewed as space-savers. < as lemmas |
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