| 单词 | accommodation house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaccommodation house accommodation house n. a lodging house for travellers; (also) a brothel. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. schooleOE hospitalc1300 khanc1400 xenodochy?c1550 posting inn1556 vent1577 caravanserai1585 yam1587 serai1609 venta1610 post-house1611 xenodochium1612 imaret1613 seraglio1617 rancho1648 hospitium1650 watering-house1664 choultry1698 accommodation house1787 stage-house1788 spital1794 stand1805 resthouse1807 hospice1818 resting1879 stopping house1883 truck stop1961 1787 [see Compounds 1]. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 2 Accommodation-house. The Reader had better consult ‘Fubbs’ than we explain the minute difference that exists between these and a ‘Dress-house’ or a ‘Bodikin’. 1857 H. W. Harper Lett. from N.Z. 1 Sept. (1914) 17 There I found what is known as an accommodation house. 1862 B. Hemyng in H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) Extra vol. 249/1 Those who gain their living by keeping accommodation houses,..are of course to be placed in the category of the people who are dependant on prostitutes. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Nov. 21/3 An accommodation-house that has never received its due meed of notoriety. 1951 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs vi. 149 On losing my bullocks I would go to the nearest accommodation house and stand occasional drinks to travellers. 2006 F. Zhao Maximize Business Profits through E-Partnerships v. 123 Room prices can then be updated by the accommodation house as they become available. < as lemmas |
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