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单词 nightstand
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nightstandn.

Brit. /ˈnʌɪtstand/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌstænd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., stand n.1
Etymology: < night n. + stand n.1
North American.
A small, low bedside table, typically having drawers.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > small table
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a1852 A. J. Downing Archit. Country Houses (1859) 416 (caption) A Zomno, or Night-stand.
1872 Appleton's Jrnl. 16 Nov. 556/1 He unpacked the parcel, made his eau sucrée, placed it on the nightstand, and went to bed.
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. iv. 47 She looked sleepily at the little clock on the night stand.
1961 John o' London's 28 Sept. 345/1 This won't be a show-off collection [of books]. Rather, a cross-section of what's on my night-stand.
1995 Maclean's 17 Apr. 88/2 Gingrich used to put snakes in jars on the nightstand next to his grandmother's bed to scare her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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