| 单词 | partitioned-off |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspartitioned-off 2. Produced by partitioning, esp. in a room or building; separated off from a larger whole. Also partitioned-off. ΚΠ 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Players 575 These houses, or rather partitioned rooms, for poor old and infirm persons. 1790 Aberdeen Mag. 3 473/2 The Queen also made her appearance, in a partitioned place immediately behind the King's chair. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxv. 341 A little partitioned-off counting-house. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 147 Partitioned spaces for their reception. 1937 D. Jones In Parenthesis v. 126 The Signals Officer passed through to the partitioned-off space behind the curtain of grey blanket. 1953 E. Merriam Tomorrow Morning 56 You can no longer tell us What made you choose and climb the difficult stairs From your partitioned room. 1994 N. Parker Parkhurst Tales xii. 141 Parkhurst chokey was not housed in a separate building. It was merely a partitioned-off section of ‘B’ wing. < as lemmas |
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