| 单词 |
play-room |
| 释义 |
play-room|ˈpleɪruːm|
Also play room, playroom.
[f. play n. + room n.1]
A room used for children to play in; a nursery. Also attrib.
1819M. Wilmot Let. 31 Oct. (1935) 25 The children's Nursery and play room are lovely. 1838Knickerbocker XI. 12 One Saturday afternoon when seated with two or three other children in my little play-room. 1840H. Cockton Valentine Vox xi. 82 He nevertheless contended within himself, that they were games which ought strictly to be confined to the play-room. 1847J. H. Newman Let. 26 Jan. (1962) XII. 26 At Christmas..we find him in the playrooms (cameratas) with the little boys about him, they dressed up as the Magi. 1865Mrs. Stowe House & Home Papers 45 Charlie and Jim..detesting the dingy lonely play-room, used to run the city streets. 1890O. Wilde Pict. Dorian Gray viii, in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. July 61 He had used it first as a playroom when he was a child and then as a study. 1895Kipling Day's Work (1898) 365 The two rooms..that had been his nursery and his play-room. 1905F. H. Burnett Little Princess iii. 32 Is it true that you have a play-room all to yourself? 1909Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 2/3 We will wander hand in hand, Like a boy and girl in a playroom land. 1927Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 12/1 Jessica's song and the children's noise, every sound in the play room, broke off short. 1932New Yorker 23 July 22/2 My quarters would inevitably be under the play room, where my host's little ones would indulge in matutinal exercises. 1957J. Masters Far, Far the Mountain Peak 105 Her brother..who..stands in a lordly manner in front of the play-room fire. 1966New Statesman 13 May 691/3 There can be no denying that the most obvious method of bettering the circumstances of these working-class mothers is to improve their housing and to raise their standard of living, so that they have gardens or playrooms where the children may run loose. 1973Country Life 14 June Suppl. 1 (Advt.), Georgian house..3 reception rooms..Playroom. Outside studio. 1979G. St. Aubyn Edward VII ii. 114 Alix..doted on her son. All her instincts were to keep him in the playroom, while his wife tried to interest him in serious matters. |
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