| 单词 | weather-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweather-house weather-house n. a toy hygroscope in the form of a small house with figures of a man and woman standing in two porches; by the varying torsion of a string the man comes out of his porch in wet weather and the woman out of hers in dry. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > hygroscope > in form of toy cottage baby house1725 weather-house1726 weather-box1847 weather-cottage1906 1726 Post-Man 1–3 Sept. 2/2 (advt.) The Gentlemen, Ladies and Farmers famous new invented Weather Houses. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 211 Peace to the artist, whose ingenious thought Devis'd the weather-house, that useful toy! 1800 F. Lathom Dash of Day i. i He is always in bed when I am up, and I am always at rest, when he is stirring; our movements put me in mind of the man and woman in the Dutch weather-house. 1915 A. Quiller-Couch Nicky-Nan xiii. 156 A man has no business to stand grimacing in his own doorway..like a figure in a weather-house. < as lemmas |
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