| 单词 | section house |
| 释义 | > as lemmassection house section house n. (a) (see quot. 1856); (b) U.S. a house occupied by the men responsible for the maintenance of a section of a railway. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police quarters section house1856 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > quarters > of policemen section house1856 1856 A. Wynter Curiosities of Civilisation 465 The section-house, an establishment generally attached to the chief station of each division, in which the unmarried policemen are lodged. 1869 W. H. Jackson Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Time Exposure (1940) xi. 183 Decided to board at the section house rather than cook ourselves. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds iii. 51 A section-house by the roadside..marks the site where sales to the amount of millions were made in two months. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 July 5/1 This daring disobedience was loudly cheered by the men who crowded the section-house windows as spectators. 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 29 Aug. 1/2 Crowbars and tools..were identified as having been taken from the railroad section house. 1976 Columbus (Montana) News 1 July 8/4 I accompanied my sister and her beau to a dance at a section house near the railroad. < as lemmas |
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