单词 | amusement room |
释义 | > as lemmasamusement room a. As a modifier, with the sense ‘that provides recreation or entertainment; of or relating to amusements (sense 5)’, as in amusement room, amusement hall, amusement industry, etc.See also amusement arcade n., amusement park n. ΚΠ 1834 Caledonian Mercury 3 May Suppose they shut up the clubs of the rich as well as the amusement rooms of the poor. 1870 D. J. Kirwan Palace & Hovel (1873) xxxivi. 493 The cheap amusement halls of London are of the very lowest kind to be found anywhere. 1936 Discovery Sept. 267/1 All the resources of amusement that a great amusement-centre [sc. Blackpool] can offer. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 June 11- c/6 (advt.) The new amusement machine, Pachinco, is sweeping the country like the pong games did five years ago. 1994 Which? Aug. 34/1 In order to clarify how the Act applied to fairgrounds the Health and Safety Executive working with the amusement industry, drew up a Code of Safe Practice. 2003 Disability Now July 30/3 If the kids in your party fancy thrills of a more man-made variety, they can go into the amusement area, which includes the rhino rollercoaster. < as lemmas |
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