| 单词 | queen's chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasqueen's chair queen's chair n. a makeshift seat; spec. = queen's cushion n. 1; cf. king's chair n. at king n. Compounds 5b. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > makeshift seat queen's chair1894 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 305 King's Chair. Two children join hands, by crossing their arms, so as to form a seat. A third mounts on the crossed arms, and clasps the carriers round their necks... Jamieson says..this method of carrying is often used as a substitute for a chair in conveying adult persons from one place to another, especially when infirm. In other counties it is called ‘Queen's Cushion’ and ‘Queen's Chair’, also ‘Cat's Carriage’. 1965 S. T. Ollivier Petticoat Farm vi. 77 Henry's buggy reins, tied to a cream-can lid, had formed a queen's chair for Harry. 2004 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 13 July 46 On Friday afternoons, they ‘help’ people across the intersection of Water and Broad, using such lifts as the Superman, the Queen's Chair, and the Battering Ram. < as lemmas |
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