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单词 sickroom
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sickroomn.

Etymology: sick adj. and n. Compounds 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsick-room.
A room occupied by, or set apart for, the sick. Also attributive.
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1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. ii. 123 Seldom out of the Sick Room . View more context for this quotation
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 4 May (1939) 165 On visiting Lady Scott's sick-room this morning I found her suffering.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. ii. ii. 421 A room especially designed for the sick-room.
1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 10/2 All the unhealthy fancies born of loneliness and sickroom watching had passed away.
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