单词 | dormitory |
释义 | dormitoryn. 1. a. A sleeping-chamber; spec. a room containing a number of beds, or a gallery or building divided into cells or chambers each having a bed or beds in it, for the inmates of a monastery, school, or other institution. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom > dormitory dortourc1290 dormitory1485 dormer1605 dortory1636 common chamber1684 dorm1900 sleeping-quarters1919 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. bvj/1 The kyng charles beyng in his dormytorye..began to say the psaulter. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 397 And lay altogither in one dormitorye as a flocke of sheepe. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 167 Thorow-lights are best for rooms of entertainment, and windows on one side for dormitories. a1782 W. Cowper Jackdaw A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. 1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) i. 11 Public or private schools, where a number of children or young persons sleep in the same dormitory. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 86 The canons..were made..to sleep in a common dormitory. b. In universities and colleges: a building in which students reside; a hall of residence; a hostel. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [noun] > college or university buildings > students' residence hospital1536 hostel1536 pensionary1583 inn1655 hotel1748 residence1828 bursa1831 residence hall1857 dormitory1865 hall1879 hospice1895 hospitium1895 1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 551 He worked with them, studied with them,..slept in the same dormitory. 1892 Univ. of Chicago Quart. Cal. 9 Students are advised to make their residence in the dormitories. 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 7 Oct. 7 There are four regular dormitories or halls for women at Oxford. 1913 J. K. Lord Hist. Dartmouth Coll. 487 In 1899 the old home..was converted into a small dormitory for twenty men. 1964 G. B. Schaller Year of Gorilla x. 239 Through the generosity of Makerere College she was permitted to live in the girls' dormitory on the campus while I finished my work. c. A small town, or a suburb of a large town, containing residences of those who work in the metropolitan area. Esp. attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > satellite or dormitory town satellite1841 dormitory1923 sputnik town1958 1923 Westm. Gaz. 6 Feb. The steady expansion of London's working centres and the ever-increasing sprawl of its surrounding dormitories. 1930 Times 12 May 9/5 Moreover, it is said, West Fulham is but a London dormitory—a place where voters sleep, and have their interests elsewhere. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Sept. 736/1 Self-contained residential or ‘dormitory’ towns. 1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Nov. 25/1 Otaki has a number of Dunlop-Rubber and Rimutaka-tunnel workers, but otherwise is a dormitory suburb. 1955 Times 30 June 5/1 The choice before the nation was either dormitory development, cutting into the green belts, or country town development well outside the large towns. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xvii. 549 This daily shuttling between dormitory and work-place. 1962 Punch 30 May 812/3 Orpington is a dormitory suburb. 1971 Daily Tel. 3 July 9/2 Wilmslow's commuter dormitories. 2. figurative. A resting-place. ΚΠ 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 108 His gray haires might goe in peace to an eternall Dormitory. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 6 Hee presumes also to cite the Civil Law, which, I perceav by his citing never came within his dormitory. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 1 Truths..lie bed-ridden in the dormitory of the soul. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] littenc900 charnel1377 burying-place1382 fosse?a1425 churchyard1477 golgotha1604 God's acre1605 cemetery1613 burial-place1633 dormitory1634 burying-ground1711 burial-field1743 graveyard1767 burial-ground1803 burial-yard1842 boneyard1866 Boot Hill1901 necropole1921 memorial park1927 grave-site1953 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > vault vault1548 dormitory1634 burial-vault1766 chamber1799 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 126 Our Ambassadour..died..we obtained a Dormitory for his Body among the Armenian Christians. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 172. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 79 The Choktah use the like in the dormitories of their dead. 1891 St. John Tyrwhitt in Colleges Oxf. 305 This is called ‘the dormitory’, being the burial-place of several deans and canons. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > lullaby cradle-song1398 lulling1398 lullaby1592 balow1619 dormitory1656 berceuse1876 1656 S. Holland Don Zara i. v. 36 Soto sang this Dormitory. Compounds C1. General attributive (see also sense 1c above), as dormitory-door, dormitory-maid. ΚΠ 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 14/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Vndersparring the gates, and bearing vp the dormitorie doore. 1892 Church Times 1 Apr. 332 (advt.) Wanted..two Dormitory Maids. C2. Categories » dormitory-car n. U.S. a sleeping-carriage on a railway. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † dormitoryadj. Obsolete. Tending to or causing sleep; sleepy, drowsy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep sleepingc1369 sleepy1398 lullingc1440 somnolentc1475 sleepery1513 sleeprife1513 narcotic1526 opiate1543 breed-sleep1582 somnoriferous1583 drowsy1590 dormitive1593 soporiferous1601 somniferous1602 sleep-bringing1605 dormitary1609 hypnotic1625 dormitory1631 papaverous1646 dormant1654 hypnotical1657 somnifyinga1661 sleepifying1662 slumberous1667 soporific1690 somnific1721 somniculous1820 somnorific1865 soporous1866 drowsing1881 narcoleptic1984 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep sleepingc1374 sleeper1530 slumbered1590 dormant1623 dormient1643 reposing1655 dormitory1797 shut-eye1899 flaked (out)1942 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xii. §2. 118 Of Poppy, or Opium, or such dormitory potions. 1797 Gentleman's Mag. 1 467 The dormitory proceedings of the American General. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1485adj.1631 |
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