α. 1700s–1900s thorough-draft, 1700s– thorough-draught Brit. /ˈθʌrəˌdrɑːft/, /ˈθʌrəˌdraft/, U.S. /ˈθərə ˌdræft/ (now rare).
β. 1800s– through-draft, 1800s– through-draught.
单词 | through-draught |
释义 | through-draughtn.α. 1700s–1900s thorough-draft, 1700s– thorough-draught Brit. /ˈθʌrəˌdrɑːft/, /ˈθʌrəˌdraft/, U.S. /ˈθərə ˌdræft/ (now rare). β. 1800s– through-draft, 1800s– through-draught. A draught or current of air passing through a room, passageway, compartment, etc. Also: †a place subject to such a draught (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > a movement of air > a current of air > passing through a room, etc. through-draught1728 through blow1872 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe funnel1555 ventiduct1615 ventoso1698 air pipe1748 ventilating tube1754 ventilation-pipe1823 airshaft1846 through-draught1852 duct1884 α. β. 1852 Suppl. Liverpool Mercury 1 Oct. 786/3 Like too many modern cottages, little besides pretty papers, windows down to the ground, and plenty of ‘obligato’ through draughts.1862 Aide-mémoire to Mil. Sci. (ed. 2) III. 560 Set up with a ‘through draft’, or without side flues, or flues of any kind.1905 Daily Chron. 22 July 8/5 The drawing-room is..spared the desecrating through-draught.1976 B. Lecomber Dead Weight vi. 73 I..opened the pilots' side-windows in the pious hope of creating a through-draught of fresh air.1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle viii. 104 When Eve opened the front door the through-draught caused the drawing-room door to bang closed.1728 R. Castell Villas of Ancients Illustr. i. 4 By opening all the Windows it has a thorough Draught of the Western Breezes. 1782 T. Poole Treat. Strong Beer x. 62 Put them into any passage, where ther is a thorough draft of air. 1802 W. Sabatier Hints Health & Cleanliness N.Y. vii. 12 When two rooms are contiguous, it is convenient to have a window between them, in order that a thorough draught may be had in hot weather. 1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe II. ix. 141 Three rooms..opening into each other..so that it was possible to produce a thorough draught. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life iii The narrow streets are bitter thorough-drafts. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 438 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The windows are closed and matted, and no thorough-draught is allowed. 1904 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 727 In the SW. corner an octagonal projection with windows on all sides where operations with chlorine or bromine can be conducted in a thorough draft. 1956 Irish Times 10 Apr. 6/4 Quick drying in a thorough draught can follow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728 |
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