| 单词 | hope chest |
| 释义 | > as lemmashope chest hope chest n. chiefly U.S. a chest or box in which a young woman hopefully collects articles towards a home of her own in the event of her marriage; cf. bottom drawer n. at bottom n. and adj. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > goods contributed by wife > container for wedding-chest1874 cassone1882 wedding-coffer1904 hope chest1911 1911 G. Stratton-Porter Harvester xx. 504 It was a big, burl-maple box, designed after the hope chests that he saw advertised in magazines. 1922 M. B. Houston Witch Man vii. 80 The bedspread that three years before she had laid unfinished in Kaid's hope chest. 1959 ‘J. R. Macdonald’ Galton Case (1960) xi. 88 A metal box about the size of a hope chest. 1960 New Left Rev. Nov. 12/2 The bride..had a good six patents dealing with biochemistry in her hope chest. 1973 Welcomat (Philadelphia) 10 Oct. 12 Liza Minelli has just bought her third wedding dress and packed it away along with the others in her hope chest. < as lemmas |
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