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单词 Woolsack
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Definition of Woolsack in English:

Woolsack

nounˈwʊlsakˈwʊlsæk
  • 1(in the UK) the Lord Chancellor's wool-stuffed seat in the House of Lords. It is said to have been adopted in Edward III's reign as a reminder to the Lords of the importance to England of the wool trade.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other evidence includes the statue in Stratford-upon-Avon in which the Bard is portrayed as sitting on the Woolsack, the prerogative of the Lord Chancellor in Parliament.
    • In 1621 the Standing Orders of the House of Lords stated: ‘That the Lord Chancellor sitteth upon the Woolsack as Speaker of the House.’
    • The Lord Chancellor was not on the Woolsack to hear the debate, which Lord Goodhart insisted was not directed at him personally.
    • By Friday, the hyper-crony was seated on the Woolsack, smirking like a small boy who had been allowed to drive his father's car.
    • Her husband - an Earl - became nearly as notorious when he leapt on the Woolsack in the House of Lords and exclaimed ‘Treason!’
    1. 1.1the Woolsack The position of Lord Chancellor.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had no objection, he said, to the Woolsack; but a career of political distinction was growing slowly but surely to be his leading aim in life.
 
 

Definition of Woolsack in US English:

Woolsack

nounˈwʊlsækˈwo͝olsak
  • 1(in the UK) the Lord Chancellor's wool-stuffed seat in the House of Lords. It is said to have been adopted in Edward III's reign as a reminder to the Lords of the importance to England of the wool trade.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1621 the Standing Orders of the House of Lords stated: ‘That the Lord Chancellor sitteth upon the Woolsack as Speaker of the House.’
    • The Lord Chancellor was not on the Woolsack to hear the debate, which Lord Goodhart insisted was not directed at him personally.
    • By Friday, the hyper-crony was seated on the Woolsack, smirking like a small boy who had been allowed to drive his father's car.
    • Her husband - an Earl - became nearly as notorious when he leapt on the Woolsack in the House of Lords and exclaimed ‘Treason!’
    • Other evidence includes the statue in Stratford-upon-Avon in which the Bard is portrayed as sitting on the Woolsack, the prerogative of the Lord Chancellor in Parliament.
    1. 1.1the woolsack The position of Lord Chancellor.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had no objection, he said, to the Woolsack; but a career of political distinction was growing slowly but surely to be his leading aim in life.
 
 
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