| 单词 | sunk storey |
| 释义 | > as lemmassunk storey sunk storey n. a storey of a building below ground level; a basement; cf. sunken storey n. at sunken adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > floor or storey > below ground level basement1730 sunk storey1769 below stairs1771 sunken storey1791 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. i. 59 Such servants, as are obliged to live for the most part in cellars and sunk stories, seldom continue long in health. 1840 J. W. Carlyle Let. 16 Oct. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1985) XII. 287 The sunk-story of this respectable, æsthetic house was..converted into a lively epitome of St. Giles's. 1996 M. Glendinning et al. Hist. Sc. Archit. vi. 304 The Edinburgh Public Library..comprised an ornate upper structure perched on a massive, rock-faced base of sunk storeys. < as lemmas |
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