单词 | konak |
释义 | konakn. A large house, palace, or official residence, in Turkey, or in the (former) Ottoman Empire. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > official residence > [noun] solen1447 mansion house1546 residency1801 konak1852 white house1854 1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 175 We..had a man who alwayes went before to every Conáck, or stage, and brought in muttons, beafes, veales, and the like.] 1852 C. T. Newton Let. 30 Sept. in Trav. Levant (1865) I. vii. 87 We asked for the konak, or official residence of the Aga. 1878 S. L. Poole People of Turkey I. ix. 221 When in the interior I had the opportunity of visiting some Konaks worthy of note. 1897 E. A. Bartlett Battlefields of Thessaly iv. 88 The Konak was deserted by all except the Mushir's valet. 1908 tr. P. Draganof's Macedonia & Reforms ii. 23 The latter drove them from the konak. 1926 Spectator 17 July 88/2 The delicate ‘konak’ or palace of Prince Milosh Obrenovitch. 1957 L. Durrell Bitter Lemons 163 There is also a wretched Konak and prison. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1852 |
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