单词 | meuble |
释义 | meublen. A piece of furniture. Frequently in plural. Formerly also (in plural): †furniture (obsolete). ΚΠ 1786 W. Cowper Let. 26 Nov. (1981) II. 599 This house,..since it has been occupied by us and our meubles is [etc.]. 1835 H. Greville Diary (1883) 78 The apartments of Louis XIV..are filled with many of the old meubles originally taken from the old palace. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vii. 157 For the benefit of those who are not ‘au fait’ to the mysteries of the ‘Jew-basket’ and ‘Missionary-basket’..these ‘meubles’ are willow-repositories. 1975 H. Acton Nancy Mitford x. 144 Nancy mentioned that she had bought an exquisite Louis XVI meuble with drawers to keep her letters in. 1980 T. Paulin Strange Museum 43 Soon the rosewood meubles Will shake in the drawing-rooms On the Malone Road. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1786 |
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