common roomn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒmən ruːm/,

/ˈkɒmən rʊm/, U.S.

/ˈkɑmən ˌrum/,

/ˈkɑmən ˌrʊm/

Forms: see common adj. and adv. and room n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: common adj., room n.¹

Etymology: < common adj. + room n.¹ Compare earlier common chamber n., common hall n.

1. A room which is open to or free to used by everyone; a public room; spec. (in a hospital, prison, etc.) a room provided for shared recreational use.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of occupant > [noun] > public room

common room1667

common area1748

1667 O. Heywood Heart-treasure xvii. 207 There's no keeping a treasure in a common room.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 208 Our joy reached even to the common room, where the prisoners themselves sympathized.

1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord 5 I, who have sat in the leathern arm-chair, on the left-hand side of the fire, in the common room of the Wallace Inn.

1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. ix. 65 The sweeping and sawdusting of the common room.

1975 Daily Jeffersonian (Cambridge, Ohio) 21 Nov. 11/4 Jurors are allowed to watch television or listen to radio only in a common room.

2017 J. Cohen Moving Kings 59 The [rehab] bungalow was a warren of rooms around a common room—four other recoverers lodged there.

a. A shared room in a college, school, etc., typically used for rest or relaxation, to which a certain category of people are allowed access.Originally spec. denoting such a room for fellows in a college at Oxford University. At Cambridge University, combination-room n. is the more usual term.Also with adjective denoting the category of people having access; cf. junior common room n., middle common room n., senior common-room.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [noun] > college or university buildings > common rooms

common chamber1668

combination-room1675

common room1683

senior common-room1774

J.C.R.1892

middle common room1958

common area1996

1683 Contract New Coll. Oxf. 12 Apr. in A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (1781) 197 And shall erect a wall with Battlements on the Masters Common Roome answerable to the wall and Battlements of the other side.

1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. xii. 237 He desired the Master of the College to convene all the Fellows in the Common-room.

1885 J. Morley in Littell's Living Age 25 Apr. 221/1 Pattison never stayed in the common-room later than eight in the evening.

1953 E. M. Brent-Dyer Bride leads Chalet School iv. 62 The other three congregated near the radiator in their common-room and discussed Loveday's departure with eagerness.

2003 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter & Order of Phoenix xiv. 264 They spent the whole of Sunday in the common room, buried in their books.

b. The members of a common room (sense 2a) collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > postgraduate student > collectively

common room1708

middle common room1958

1708 J. Hudson Let. 3 Aug. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 124 My Service to all y^e Common-room, particularly to M^r. Dugdale.

1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 252 They [i.e. Some peculiarities of character and of manners] made him the delight of the common-room.

1909 J. C. Snaith Araminta xi. 146 It was the opinion of the fourth form common room that the finest clotted cream and the finest strawberry jam in the world came from Widdiford.

2020 @SleepinqS 22 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 2 Nov. 2020) Today the whole common room decided to sing GFDI dave and im honestly just done with this.

Compounds

C1. As a modifier, designating a steward or servant of a common room at Oxford University (see sense 2a), as in common room man, common room steward.

ΚΠ

1754 F. Webber Def. Rector & Fellows Exeter Coll. 47 A Complaint was brought to him against the Common-Room-Man of his own College.

1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green iv. 29 Old John, the Common-room man.

1898 S. D. Collingwood Life & Lett. L. Carroll viii. 303 It was [the Curator's]..job to select and purchase wines, to keep accounts,..to see that the two Common Room servants performed their duties, and generally to look after the comfort and convenience of the members.

2004 Times (Nexis) 20 Oct. As common-room steward for six years he took great interest in organising interesting menus for the Fellows.

C2. As a modifier, designating the familiar or informal language, attitudes, or behaviour associated with or characteristic of the members of a common room (sense 2a).

ΚΠ

1852 Christian Remembrancer Jan. 2 Science of a physical kind was but just dawning on the minds of literary men, and had hardly penetrated into the casual dreams of common-room talk.

1867 H. Kingsley Silcote of Silcotes III. xvii. 235 Arthur has heard little in his life but crass common-room talk.

1962 E. Wilson Jrnl. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 189 His learning of the old-fashioned British classical sort and his common-room geniality, his celibacy and eccentricity, had made him a kind of pillar.

2016 TVEyes (Nexis) 24 Feb. The politically incorrect public schoolboy, common room mentality which was actually what made Top Gear so popular with many people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	common room
释义	common roomn. Brit. /ˈkɒmən ruːm/, /ˈkɒmən rʊm/, U.S. /ˈkɑmən ˌrum/, /ˈkɑmən ˌrʊm/ Forms: see common adj. and adv. and room n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: common adj., room n.¹ Etymology: < common adj. + room n.¹ Compare earlier common chamber n., common hall n. 1. A room which is open to or free to used by everyone; a public room; spec. (in a hospital, prison, etc.) a room provided for shared recreational use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of occupant > [noun] > public room common room1667 common area1748 1667 O. Heywood Heart-treasure xvii. 207 There's no keeping a treasure in a common room. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 208 Our joy reached even to the common room, where the prisoners themselves sympathized. 1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord 5 I, who have sat in the leathern arm-chair, on the left-hand side of the fire, in the common room of the Wallace Inn. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. ix. 65 The sweeping and sawdusting of the common room. 1975 Daily Jeffersonian (Cambridge, Ohio) 21 Nov. 11/4 Jurors are allowed to watch television or listen to radio only in a common room. 2017 J. Cohen Moving Kings 59 The [rehab] bungalow was a warren of rooms around a common room—four other recoverers lodged there. 2. a. A shared room in a college, school, etc., typically used for rest or relaxation, to which a certain category of people are allowed access.Originally spec. denoting such a room for fellows in a college at Oxford University. At Cambridge University, combination-room n. is the more usual term.Also with adjective denoting the category of people having access; cf. junior common room n., middle common room n., senior common-room. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [noun] > college or university buildings > common rooms common chamber1668 combination-room1675 common room1683 senior common-room1774 J.C.R.1892 middle common room1958 common area1996 1683 Contract New Coll. Oxf. 12 Apr. in A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (1781) 197 And shall erect a wall with Battlements on the Masters Common Roome answerable to the wall and Battlements of the other side. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. xii. 237 He desired the Master of the College to convene all the Fellows in the Common-room. 1885 J. Morley in Littell's Living Age 25 Apr. 221/1 Pattison never stayed in the common-room later than eight in the evening. 1953 E. M. Brent-Dyer Bride leads Chalet School iv. 62 The other three congregated near the radiator in their common-room and discussed Loveday's departure with eagerness. 2003 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter & Order of Phoenix xiv. 264 They spent the whole of Sunday in the common room, buried in their books. b. The members of a common room (sense 2a) collectively. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > postgraduate student > collectively common room1708 middle common room1958 1708 J. Hudson Let. 3 Aug. in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 124 My Service to all y^e Common-room, particularly to M^r. Dugdale. 1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 252 They [i.e. Some peculiarities of character and of manners] made him the delight of the common-room. 1909 J. C. Snaith Araminta xi. 146 It was the opinion of the fourth form common room that the finest clotted cream and the finest strawberry jam in the world came from Widdiford. 2020 @SleepinqS 22 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 2 Nov. 2020) Today the whole common room decided to sing GFDI dave and im honestly just done with this. Compounds C1. As a modifier, designating a steward or servant of a common room at Oxford University (see sense 2a), as in common room man, common room steward. ΚΠ 1754 F. Webber Def. Rector & Fellows Exeter Coll. 47 A Complaint was brought to him against the Common-Room-Man of his own College. 1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green iv. 29 Old John, the Common-room man. 1898 S. D. Collingwood Life & Lett. L. Carroll viii. 303 It was [the Curator's]..job to select and purchase wines, to keep accounts,..to see that the two Common Room servants performed their duties, and generally to look after the comfort and convenience of the members. 2004 Times (Nexis) 20 Oct. As common-room steward for six years he took great interest in organising interesting menus for the Fellows. C2. As a modifier, designating the familiar or informal language, attitudes, or behaviour associated with or characteristic of the members of a common room (sense 2a). ΚΠ 1852 Christian Remembrancer Jan. 2 Science of a physical kind was but just dawning on the minds of literary men, and had hardly penetrated into the casual dreams of common-room talk. 1867 H. Kingsley Silcote of Silcotes III. xvii. 235 Arthur has heard little in his life but crass common-room talk. 1962 E. Wilson Jrnl. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 189 His learning of the old-fashioned British classical sort and his common-room geniality, his celibacy and eccentricity, had made him a kind of pillar. 2016 TVEyes (Nexis) 24 Feb. The politically incorrect public schoolboy, common room mentality which was actually what made Top Gear so popular with many people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1667
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