| 单词 | next door but one |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnext door but one 2. next door but one: (the occupant(s) of) the house, room, etc., two doors away. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > neighbour > living in the house two doors away next door but one1935 1770 N.-Y. Gaz. & Weekly Mercury 23 Apr. 3/3 (advt.) He is removed from the house where Mr. Baltus Dash formerly lived, to the next door but one. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol ii. 59 Trying to hide himself behind the girl from next door but one. 1935 Punch 27 Nov. 590/1 Next-door-but-one was rather a strain. Have you ever imagined canvassing through a speaking-tube? 1988 K. M. Peyton Who, Sir? Me, Sir? (BNC) The put-put of tennis balls came from next door but one. next door but one 3. next door but one: in, at, or to the house, room, etc., two doors away. Frequently with to. ΚΠ a1745 J. Swift Poems (1937) I. 211 If you will Vouchsafe to send me an Answer, direct it to me next door but one to the Harrow. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xix. 234 This lady lodged at a bird-fancier's: next door but one to the celebrated mutton-pie shop. 1854 E. C. Gaskell North & South xvii I take up John Boucher's cause, as lives next door but one, wi' a sickly wife. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xviii. 261 The Locker Room was next door but one to the Sister's Room, on the side nearest to me. 1979 A. McCowen Young Gemini 16 His father..owned ‘McCowen's Music Centre’ next-door-but-one in Monson Road. < as lemmas |
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