| 单词 | side gallery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasside gallery side gallery n. (in the United Kingdom) either of the two galleries along the sides of the debating chamber of the House of Commons, having additional seating for members and sections for peers, visitors, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > place of > occupied by lower house > parts of table?1572 treasury-bench1775 side gallery1778 ladies' gallery1815 ventilator1822 pairing desk1899 1778 St. James's Chron. 15 Dec. Their Lordships were admitted into the Side Galleries of the Commons. 1827 Truthteller 5 May 175 The House was crowded to excess, and such of the Members as could not find accommodation below, occupied great part of the side galleries. 1930 B. Fell Palace of Westm. 41 The seating on the floor of the House accommodates 368 members and there is room in the side galleries for another 82. 2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 Jan. The Speaker's wife had dragged herself away from her life of blameless domesticity to take her accustomed, regal place in one of the side galleries. < as lemmas |
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