| 单词 | sauna suite |
| 释义 | > as lemmassauna suite A bath-house or bathroom in which the Finnish steam bath is taken; the steam bath itself, taken in very hot steam produced by throwing water on to heated stones. Also attributive and in other combinations, as sauna bath, sauna heat, sauna stove, sauna suite; sauna-like adj. oppressively hot and steamy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > hot air or steam bath stew1390 stovec1485 stufe1541 stow1614 furo1615 Turkish bath1644 estuary1657 steam-bath1725 Russian bath1770 stufa1832 sweat-bath1877 sauna1881 shvitz1937 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bath-house > hot bathroom or sweating-room stovec1485 sudatory1615 laconicum1696 laconic1742 sweating-room1744 caldarium1753 sudatorium1757 steam1801 sudarium1852 sauna1881 sweat-lodge1887 sweat-box1974 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > and steamy sauna-like1976 1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun II. xvii. 206 One of the most characteristic institutions of the country is the Sauna (bath-house), called Badstuga in Swedish. 1897 E. B. Tweedie Through Finland in Carts iii. 42 Every house in the country, however humble that house may be, boasts its bastu, or bath-house, called in Finnish Sauna. 1936 Discovery Apr. 110/1 A speciality of Finland which everyone who visits the country ought to try is the Sauna—the special steam-baths which Finnish people from time immemorial have been in the habit of taking. 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 1/5 The Finnish soldiers..continue to take their celebrated ‘sauna’ steam baths wherever they are stationed. 1957 A. Buchwald I chose Caviar 31 But in Finland a sauna is not just a bath—it is a way of life. A sauna is to a Finn what a pub is to a Britisher, what a café is to a Frenchman, what a television set is to an American. 1959 Times 2 Dec. 5/4 A move to make British business men sauna bath conscious begins next week with the opening of a Finnish-style sauna in the City of London... City Wall sauna, as it is called, has the requisite little wooden rooms with a stove containing a pile of heated stones on to which water is sprinkled to produce the sauna heat, and showers and rest cubicles. Bunches of leafy birch twigs will also be available, price 2s. 6d., for bathers to whisk up their circulation; the sauna itself costs 15s. 1971 Country Life 26 Aug. 512/3 It stands in six acres, with frontage to the river, and has a..sauna bath, stables, [etc.]. 1975 N.Y. Times 13 Apr. x. 1/2 The sauna, otherwise known as the Finnish bath, is a wood-lined room with benches built up toward the ceiling. A special sauna stove (today, usually electric) heats small rocks piled atop it and the rocks in turn radiate a dry heat. 1976 Times 22 July 4/4 The sauna-like conditions of the Oxford court during the [last] five weeks. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 15/3 Preparing for the play involved the cast in a trip to the sauna suite at Lancaster Baths. < as lemmas |
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