| 单词 | amenity kit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasamenity kit amenity kit n. a collection of items (typically relating to personal hygiene, such as toiletries, grooming equipment, etc.) intended to make a person comfortable; (now usually) spec. such a kit provided free of charge to a passenger on an aircraft, typically in the form of a small bag or case containing travel-sized toiletry items, a sleeping-mask, etc.In quot. 1957 with reference to the work of the United States Escapee Programme, established in 1952 to assist in the resettlement of refugees from the communist countries of the Soviet bloc (cf. quot. 1953). ΚΠ 1953 Warwick (Queensland) Daily News 2 July 2/6 Help from the ‘escapee programme’ gets under way the moment the refugees set foot in a non-Communist country... The first gift is a ‘welcome kit’ containing toilet articles and other small necessities to give comfort and restore self-respect.] 1957 Mutual Security Act 1957: Hearings before Comm. Foreign Affairs (U.S. House of Representatives, 85th Congr., 1st Sess.) 1066 USEP helped equip camp installations, distributed 120,000 amenity kits, and provided medical care, bedding, stoves, food, and warm clothing. 1983 Register (Orange County, Calif.) 3 Apr. (Travel section) e2/1 The pre-flight ritual of passing out papers, dinner menus, earphones and amenity kits began as we pulled away from the gate. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Oct. c8/5 Premium-class international fliers often compare notes on the little zippered amenity kits that airlines hand out free in first-class and business-class cabins. < as lemmas |
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