| 单词 | watering-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatering-house watering-house n. now historical and rare an inn or public house where coach-horses can be watered. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. schooleOE hospitalc1300 khanc1400 xenodochy?c1550 posting inn1556 vent1577 caravanserai1585 yam1587 serai1609 venta1610 post-house1611 xenodochium1612 imaret1613 seraglio1617 rancho1648 hospitium1650 watering-house1664 choultry1698 accommodation house1787 stage-house1788 spital1794 stand1805 resthouse1807 hospice1818 resting1879 stopping house1883 truck stop1961 1664 H. Bold Poems 143 I askt for th' Wat'ring-house. 1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband II. 240 The numerous watering-houses upon the Kentish road, where postillions and stage coachmen generally refresh their horses. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 27 Watermen..who have been..rushing about, for the last two hours, retire to their watering houses. 1954 N. M. Penzer Paul Storr 36 A watering-house for hackney-coaches which kept open all night. < as lemmas |
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