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单词 by-room
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by-roomn.

Etymology: < by- comb. form 2c(a)(i) + room n.1 and int.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈby-room.
A side or private room; a smaller room opening out of another.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > outlying room
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1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 29 Doe thou stande in some by-roome, while I question my puny drawer. View more context for this quotation
c1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses iii. 545 Himself lay in a by-room, far above.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Cabbage Lay them in some Cellar or by-room.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. By-room, a private room within another. [Also in mod. Dicts.]
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