| 单词 | portal house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPortal house In full Portal house. A steel-framed, prefabricated house of a type proposed in 1944. Also attributive: of or relating to a house of this type. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific material or construction thatch-house1521 slate house1554 thack housec1600 frame house1627 log-house1662 straw1665 thatch1693 tin-house1798 fog house1799 leaf house1811 rock house1818 black house1819 blockhouse1821 white house1824 slab-and-bark house1826 brown house1845 brush house1854 soddy1877 hurdle-housea1879 bottle house1913 stucco1922 prefab1942 Portal house1944 Airey1945 yali1962 1944 Times 17 May 8/4 It will take about six months after approval of the prototype of the Portal prefabricated houses for jigs and tools to be got ready. 1944 Times 5 June 2/4 Mr. C. W. Gibson..said that the Portal House was an example of the tendency to reduce standards of construction and appearance. 1945 Punch 16 May 425/1 My aunt was good for me when I was a child, and will possibly offer me accommodation if I cannot secure a Portal when I go home. 1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 at Portal, Sir Wyndham Raymond He initiated the programme of prefabricated houses which became known as ‘Portal houses’. 1998 G. Sebestyén Construction ii. 49 In Britain the first new systems after 1945 were the Portal House (with pressed steel and plywood), the Aluminium Bungalow.., Arcon and Uni-Seco. < as lemmas |
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