| 释义 |
‖ guichet|giʃe|
[Fr.]
A wicket, grating, or hatch, spec. one through which tickets are issued.
1839Thackeray in Corsair (N.Y.) 26 Oct. 521/2 The porter closes the guichet behind us. 1848H. Greville Diary (1883) 280 Hundreds of prisoners have been shut up. In the Church of L'Assomption..they are fed through a guichet. 1907Westm. Gaz. 22 July 3/1 The Bigliettaio, ducking his gold-braided cap through the guichet, triumphantly gave us a ticket. 1926‘C. Barry’ Detective's Holiday 131 The post-mistress herself came to the guichet. 1931H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness of Mankind (1932) ix. 381 Within are the familiar bank desks and counters with their brass rails and guichets. 1961Times 6 Nov. 11/4 Not everybody is a guichet user. Some there are so insulated from the bustle of life that they would not go to a theatre or a football match unless someone provided them with a ticket in advance. |