| 单词 | baby house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaby house baby house n. a doll's house; (also occasionally) †a barometer or hygrometer in the form of a small house, from which dolls emerge to indicate changes of weather (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > doll's house baby house1725 doll's house?1783 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > hygroscope > in form of toy cottage baby house1725 weather-house1726 weather-box1847 weather-cottage1906 1725 H. Carey Namby-Pamby (single sheet) Now the venal Poet sings Baby Clouts and Baby Things, Baby Dolls, and Baby Houses. 1750 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann II. 359 The Prince is building baby-houses at Kew. 1779 H. Mackenzie in Mirror No. 21. ⁋2 The little Dutch barometers, known by the name of Babyhouses. 1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 24 I see neither..dressed dolls, nor baby houses! 1992 N. N. Baxter All Bright Sons of Morning viii. 166 The girls watched a while, murmuring among themselves about the differences between the baby house I was building and their own models. < as lemmas |
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