| 单词 | sign-iron | 
| 释义 | > as lemmassign-iron   sign-iron  n. now chiefly historical a projecting iron rod on which a sign (sense  7a) is fixed or suspended; cf. lamp-iron n. at lamp n.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1700    W. Leyburn in  W. F. tr.  V. Scamozzi Mirror Archit. 		(ed. 4)	 70  				Diverse other Work about Building are made of Iron, as Locks, and Keys, Balconies, Gates, Sign-Irons. 1778    Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 69 44  				On passing through the streets of London in his walks, before the sign-irons were taken down. 1836    in  Hist. Chesterfield 		(1839)	 45  				Having a sign, sign-iron, sign-post, or shew-board suspended from or in front of such house. 1917    L. B. Moffett Man. Book-keeping 		(ed. 10)	 43  				½ doz. Sign Irons, $2.00. 1984    Rococo 		(Victoria & Albert Mus.)	 150/2  				Winspeare's sign, the Angel and Still is shown hanging from an elaborate rococo sign-iron. < as lemmas  | 
	
| 随便看 | 
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。