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单词 eastlake
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Eastlaken.

Brit. /ˈiːstleɪk/, U.S. /ˈistˌleɪk/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Eastlake.
Etymology: < the name of Sir Charles Locke Eastlake (1836–1906), English architect and furniture designer.
attributive. Designating furniture in the Arts and Crafts style associated with C. L. Eastlake's book Hints on Household Taste, published in 1868.
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1873 Old & New Aug. 240/1 So-called ‘Eastlake furniture’ (made of varnished white pine, framed like a frigate, and decorated with bits of blue cloth and tacks).
1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes iii. 141 There is lovely Queen Anne furniture, successor to the more ponderous ‘Eastlake’.
1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence ii. xxi. 206 His new library..had been carried out as he had dreamed, with a dark embossed paper, Eastlake bookcases and ‘sincere’ arm-chairs and tables.
1967 Boston Sunday Herald 9 Apr. (Show Guide) 15/1 Eastlake furniture..was and still is second-rate.
1992 Cent. Home Feb.–Mar. 24/3 Yours is an Eastlake rocker, made around 1875.
2000 J. Nicoletta Buildings of Nevada 116/1 Genoa's more prominent nineteenth-century dwellings have Greek Revival and Eastlake elements.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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