| 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 Englishnounformerly, 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 |