单词 | sunbathing |
释义 | sunbathingn. The action or practice of sitting or lying in the sun, esp. in order to acquire a tan. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [noun] > to heat of sun > sun-bathing aprication1623 sunbathing1814 sunbath1816 sunbaking1910 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [noun] > to heat of sun > sun-bathing > in order to acquire a tan sunbathing1814 suntanning1864 1814 J. Baillie Let. 28 Aug. (1999) II. ix. 543 Barmouth had a good many strangers in it for sun bathing. 1886 Good Health Jan. 23/1 By means of numerous rooms for sunbathing, patients are enabled to obtain the full value of this important therapeutic agent. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 3/2 [Walt Whitman] was convinced that sun-bathing was a fine tonic. 1947 Flying July 75/2 Sulphur baths, pool swimming, hiking, sightseeing and sunbathing are also offered. 2005 Food & Trav. Feb. 32/3 Delightful days of sunbathing, entertainment and culture. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1924 Times 14 July 18/3 (caption) A sun-bathing centre for children. 1959 New Statesman 26 Sept. 384/2 Unguents, oils, special sun-bathing attire, bikinis and play-suits..have become big business. 1989 Coastweek (Mombasa) 21 July 13/4 (advt.) A 15m. swimming pool, with..sun-bathing terrace. 2013 Time Out N.Y. 11 July 9/1 Prime sunbathing time is between 10:30am and 3pm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sunbathingadj. That sits or lies in the sun, esp. in order to acquire a tan; that sunbathes.Quot. 1600 appears to be an isolated early use. ΚΠ 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. G A company of ragged knaues, Sun-bathing beggers, lazie hedge-creepers. 1879 Bismarck (Dakota Territory) Tribune 30 Aug. 1/2 Two lonely gulls..lazily flapping through the air with a keen eye for some luckless sun-bathing fish. 1890 Burlington (Vermont) Free Press 23 Aug. 4/2 A state of absolute exemption from all outer covering, such as is enjoyed by the sun-bathing Hottentots. 1935 Manch. Guardian 31 July 7/5 (caption) A sun-bathing group on the site of the old Foundling Hospital. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 9 May 7 Car chases, fistfights and sunbathing nubiles. 2006 S. K. Mathews Between Breaths ii. 21 The sunbathing twins..woke up from their lazy slumber on the raft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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