单词 | day-room |
释义 | > as lemmasday-room day-room n. a room occupied only during the day; spec. (in an institution, as a hospital, prison, army base, etc.) a room provided for use during the day, esp. for recreational activities. ΚΠ 1728 R. Castell Villas of Ancients Illustr. i. 27 This [sc. Cubiculum in Aspida], as well as the Cubiculum last-mentioned, seem to have been Day-Rooms belonging to this Appartment, and made proper to be enjoyed in different Seasons. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 577 A Small County Prison..A spacious day room on the ground floor. 1942 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 220 52/1 The Service Division plans the recreational facilities to be constructed in Army camps. Standard construction calls for a day room for every company. 2003 Church Times 28 Feb. 9/2 Patients in various stages of extremis were shoved into the day-room for a couple of hours. < as lemmas |
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