单词 | within doors |
释义 | within doorsadv.adj.n. archaic. a. In (or into) the house: = indoors adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > indoors within-door1579 within doors1581 indoors1813 therein1822 indoor1884 in-a-door1932 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions viii. 54 One to be vsed within dores, and the other abroade. 1690 H. Maurice Remarks from Country 3 It seems..odd..that [he] should..make his final Appeal to the People, before he had tryed the force of one of his Reasons within-doors. 1789 S. Shaw Tour West of Eng. 459 Rain confined us within doors several hours. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 112 All within-doors is very plain and simple. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 2 Nov. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 495 An English coal-fire, if we could see its honest glow within-doors, would compensate for all the unamiableness of the outside atmosphere. 1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare vi Judith's father would have no serving-men..come within-doors. 1895 T. Hardy Jude i. ii. 8 An animated conversation in progress within-doors. b. (with hyphen) †attributive or as adj. = indoor adj. 1; also as n. that which is, or those who are, indoors. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adjective] > indoor within doors1625 indoor1709 indoors1799 within-door1821 under-cover1854 the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > that which is within > that which is or those who are indoors within doors1858 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 177 Sedentary, and Within-doore [1612 within-doores] Arts. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 29 That there be more addicted to arts manly, than unto sedentary and within-doores occupations. 1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 286 All the within-doors of the village empties itself there. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmaswithin door (also doors) P6. within door (also doors): in a house or building, indoors; also figurative so as not to be heard outside the door. ΚΠ 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions viii. 54 One to be vsed within dores, and the other abroade. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 148 Speake within dores. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War To Rdr. sig. A4 Well, now go forward, step within the dore. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 272 I kept..within Doors. < adv.adj.n.1581 as lemmas |
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