| 单词 | martin box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmartin box martin box n. a nest box for martins. ΚΠ 1828 Farmer's Almanac 1829 (Wendell, Mass.) sig. F3v Whose house is that with white capped chimnies, black sashed windows, and a nice little marten [sic] box just an epitome of the State House? 1854 B. F. Taylor January & June 60 A martin-box of a cottage scuds round the corner of the Meeting House. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 21 June in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) v. 331 Its lofty, machicolated and battlemented tower..looking exceedingly like a martin-box on a pole. 1871 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 108 Your questions tumbles over each other thick as martins out o' a martin-box. 1946 J. Stuart Tales from Plum Grove Hills 85 I know what Mom is thinking when she looks at the martin boxes. < as lemmas |
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