单词 | foyer |
释义 | foyern. 1. a. = focus n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > seat of disease grief1577 focus1663 foyer1878 storm centre1894 1878 A. M. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 157 But that when the softening follows typhus fever, puerperal, and other general diseases, the foyers will be multiple. b. Pathology. The focus or centre of an outbreak of infection. ΚΠ 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 51/1 Each nation is pledged to notify the others of the existence within its own borders of a ‘foyer’ of cholera. c. Hearth, home. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > hearth or fire symbolic of fireeOE astre?a1500 hearthsteada1500 reek1542 reek house1542 hearth1585 smoke1605 home fire1611 fireside1613 ingle-side?a1750 foyer1908 1908 Daily Chron. 28 Jan. 4/6 The love of parents for their children..makes the every-day life of the foyer lovely. 1959 R. Postgate Every Man is God xxiii. 210 Happy families are centripetal; they have a heart, a centre to which all the rest are attracted..there is a warm foyer of love to hold that group together. 2. Originally, the green-room in French theatres; now usually, a large room in a theatre, concert-hall, etc., to which the audience may retire during the intervals of the performances; the entrance hall of a hotel, restaurant, theatre, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > entrance-hall or vestibule > of public building foyer1859 concourse1862 atrium1967 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 263 This model foyer is to have something of the Haymarket and something of the Adelphi. 1882 Harper's Mag. Feb. 327 Twice a year it is held in the foyer of the Academy of Music. 1901 Dial. Notes 2 140. 1910 Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. 1116 The Restaurant with Foyer is one of the prettiest Dining Rooms in London. 1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship iv. 77 There were at least half a dozen mothers in the foyer of the big..hotel. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. iv. 380 She had proposed to meet him in the entrance foyer of Quayne and Merrett's. 3. = focus n. 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > position of being in the midst > point which forms centre for its surroundings > centre of activity, operations, etc. metropolis1599 metropolitana1620 focus1796 foyer1799 nerve-knot1832 hub1858 nerve centre1870 storm centre1894 nexus1971 1799 T. R. Malthus Diary 29 May (1966) 36 The Emperor of Russia had..been..misinformed in supposing that Hamburgh was the foyer of Democrats. 1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 36 A political foyer for acts of religious creation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmasˈfoyer ˈfoyer n. one who does this. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > one who brings provisions or assists in distress foyer1830 1830 Beauties Thanet I. 71 The Foyers of this town form a numerous and hardy class. < n.1799 as lemmas |
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