单词 | souterrain |
释义 | souterrainn. An underground chamber, store-room, passage, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > underground room or cellar undercroft1395 vault1396 cellar?a1400 siler1548 crypta1563 hypogee1656 hypogeum1706 souterrain1733 favissa1736 cellar room1743 undervaulting1823 serdab1842 semi-basement1905 dunny1906 1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies 211 Defences against intolerable Extremities of Heat, as Rest, Shade, Ventilation, Grottos, or Souterrains, are necessary Preservatives of Health. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xxxv. 123 By the highest of them is the entrance of a souterrain. 1806 J. Dallaway Observ. Eng. Archit. 89 In the souterrain of vaulted stone, the military engines and stores were deposited. 1840 Vyse Oper. Pyramids Gizeh II. 76 The general direction of the souterrain, near the Second Pyramid. 1899 R. Munro Prehist. Scotl. ix. 352 In Ireland underground chambers, generally known as ‘souterrains’ or ‘coves’, are to be found all over the country. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1733 |
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