| 单词 | model dwellings |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmodel dwellings model dwellings n. now historical (originally in London) large buildings divided into flats and intended to supply better arrangements for sanitation and comfort than were otherwise available, at low rents. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [noun] > collectively > type of model dwellings1851 model1887 tenantry1905 row housing1920 social housing1928 open housing1958 tobacco housing1960 twilight housing1971 co-housing1988 1851 (title) Plans and descriptions of the model dwellings in London, erected by The Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes. 1891 M. Williams Later Leaves 369 In the case of many cleared areas,..model dwellings have been erected for the accommodation of the persons displaced. 1920 J. Galsworthy Foundations ii Poor little things, livin' in they model dwellin's. Therr's no air for 'em. 1988 Amer. Hist. Rev. 93 314 In the spirit of Lord Shaftesbury's philanthropic model dwellings movement..James Lumsden..hired architect James Wylson to design a tenement for working-class residents. < as lemmas |
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