单词 | pembroke table |
释义 | Pembroke table in British Englishnoun a small table with drop leaves and often one or more drawers Word origin perhaps named after Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561–1621), who originally ordered its designPembroke table in American Englishnoun a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt Also: pembroke table Word origin [1770–80; perh. named after Pembroke, English aristocratic family]This word is first recorded in the period 1770–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: advisory, colonial, crescendo, jungle, parkaWord lists with table |
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