| 单词 | retiring room |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretiring room retiring room n. a room set aside for seclusion, rest, or quiet; (in later use also) a public toilet. ΚΠ 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 11 The Prynce came and wente into his retyringe roomes, and having putt on his roabes went and mett the King. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 124 [The] handsome Rooms..which..serv'd as Closets or retiring Rooms. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 286 The cooper's house was so roomy, that each guest had his separate retiring room. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 May 4/1 The erection of public retiring rooms for both sexes in the streets. 1982 H. Rosenthal My Mad World of Opera xx. 201 The celebratory lunch..was held in the retiring room behind the royal box. 1995 M. Kesavan Looking through Glass 76 The train..down to Jollarpet, where he spent the night illegally in the second-class retiring room on a third-class ticket. < as lemmas |
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