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单词 dormitory
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dormitoryn.

/ˈdɔːmɪtəri/
Etymology: < Latin dormītōrium sleeping-place, substantive use of neuter of dormītōrius (see dormitory adj.). Compare obsolete French dormitoire.
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.
3. A resting-place for the dead; a cemetery, vault, grave. Obsolete.
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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.
4. A song sung to lull to sleep; a lullaby. Obsolete. rare.
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.
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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.

Etymology: < Latin dormītōrius, < participial stem of dormīre to sleep: see -ory suffix2.
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).
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