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单词 rising cupboard
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rising cupboard
rising cupboard n. Obsolete a small lift for carrying things, esp. food and crockery, between the floors of a building; a dumb waiter.
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rising cupboard1833
waiter1833
dumb-waiter1847
dish-lift1859
food lift1888
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1457 When the second description of rising cupboard is used, it is necessary to have one for each floor.
1868 A. J. Downing Cottage Archit. in Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Archit. Historians 2 (1942) 29 We should introduce all manner of labor saving devices, such as the rising cupboard or dumb waiter, the speaking tube, and the rotary pump.
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