单词 | smoking lamp |
释义 | smoking lamp in American English Obsolete a lamp lit aboard a ship to indicate when the crew might smoke smoking lamp in American Englishnoun formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed The smoking lamp is lit Word origin [1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, highball, impressionism, irredentist |
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