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单词 state room
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state roomn.

Brit. /ˈsteɪt ruːm/, /ˈsteɪt rʊm/, U.S. /ˈsteɪt ˌrum/, /ˈsteɪt ˌrʊm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: state n., room n.1
Etymology: < state n. + room n.1
1. A captain's or superior officer's cabin on board a ship. Also: the largest cabin on a private yacht, etc., intended for the owner's use. Cf. state cabin n. at state n. Compounds 3a.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > for captain or superior officers
coach1660
state room1660
state cabin1736
aftercabin1787
aft-cabin1806
cuddy1917
1660 S. Pepys Diary 24 Apr. (1970) I. 114 Very pleasant we were, on board the London, which hath a state-room much bigger than the Nazeby—but not so rich.
1694 London Gaz. No. 2982/3 The Yacht having lost in this Rencounter but 3 men, who were killed by one great Shot in the State-Room.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxv. 312 A cabin was made for him contiguous to the state-room, where Whiffle slept.
1776 J. Leacock Fall Brit. Tyranny iv. iii. 44 (stage direct.) Lord Kidnapper returns to his state-room, the Boatswain comes on deck.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xvii. 292 The cabin had two state-rooms, as they are called in merchantmen, opening off it.
1887 S. W. Crawford Genesis Civil War xxx. 414 She left her moorings..with Lieutenant Porter unseen and unknown, seated in the stateroom of the captain.
1919 Boys' Life June 53/2 He lit the lamp in the main cabin, then lowered it, seeing the skipper peacefully asleep in his own tiny state-room.
1987 Yachting World Apr. 150/1 (advt.) Accommodation consists of owner's large double-bedded stateroom aft [etc.].
1998 Pop. Mech. Jan. 65/1 Officers bunk three to a stateroom, a little larger than a walk-in closet.
2. A large, typically lavishly decorated room in a palace, hotel, etc., used on ceremonial or formal occasions. Also figurative. Cf. state apartment at state n. Compounds 1.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > state room
palace chamber?c1425
state room1695
gloriette1839
porphyry chamber1854
chamber of parament1920
1695 Life Incomparable Princess, Mary 78 The several other State-Rooms in White-hall likewise hung in Mourning.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3943/4 Several Tables were plentifully covered in the State-Room, and in the Guildhall.
1725 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire I 9 When lo! my Lord to some small Corner runs, And leaves State-rooms to Strangers, and to Duns.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. 79 (note) The mechanical system of philosophy..leaves the idea of omnipresence a mere abstract notion in the state room of our reason.
1853 C. C. Felton Familiar Lett. (1865) vi. 40 I have seen but few places yet; but have passed through the state-rooms of the Tuileries.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. x. 308 A grand military dinner in the state room of the Sussex, at Tunbridge Wells.
1917 Archit. Rec. 41 106/2 Gibbons evolved an entirely original method of depicting still life in all its varied beauty as embellishment to many state rooms in English mansions.
1977 in Public Papers G. R. Ford 1975 i. 524/1 (note) The President spoke..in the State Room at the New Hampshire Highway Hotel.
2009 Fodor's Essent. Europe 327 The state rooms are open to the public while the Royal Family is away during the summer.
3.
a. Chiefly U.S. A cabin providing sleeping accommodation on a passenger ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > cabin > types of on passenger ship
state rooma1754
ladies' cabin1814
outside cabin1924
tourist cabin1928
a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 88 My wife..tho' in another room (called, I think, the state-room..) lay asleep within a yard of me.
1767 Spiritual Lett. 94 We both slept in one state room.
1774 J. Schaw Jrnl. Lady of Quality (1921) i. 22 Our Bed chamber which is dignified with the title of State Room, is about five foot wide and six long.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 152 On board steam-boats which have not separate state-rooms, there are no means of preserving sufficient cleanliness and health.
1873 J. G. Medley Autumn Tour U.S. & Canada v. 77 On the middle deck [of the steamer] is a splendid saloon,..with most comfortable sleeping cabins on both sides, which, by the way, are always called ‘State-rooms’.
1921 Crisis Aug. 183 (advt.) This rate covers every expense while aboard steamer, meals and state-room included.
1941 Amer. Speech 16 74/2 Some owner of a palatial steamer out of St. Louis named each of his boat's staterooms for individual States.
2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 2 Sept. viii. 7 (advt.) Book now..and get the best available stateroom... Plus, you get all the perks of NCL's Freestyle Cruising.
b. North American. A private compartment in a railway train, esp. a long-distance one.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > compartment > types of
coupé1853
state room1853
ladies' compartment1861
coupé lit1882
1853 Southern Standard (Charleston, S. Carolina) 31 Aug. 2/5 A beautiful car for the Hudson River Railroad which is divided into state rooms of eight feet square.
1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. II. 291 On the Pennsylvania central line, a lady entered into my state-room.
1928 Rotarian Apr. 61 (advt.) You will travel in style in a train composed of stateroom and drawing room Pullman cars, baggage car, dining and club cars.
1958 F. Hurst Anat. of Me (1980) 229 Henry was taking the same train... She suggested..that they take a stateroom together.
2007 S. T. Wallace Tin Lizard Tales xii. 284 A light tiramisu torte sends us to our stateroom for an evening of gin rummy and reading.
4. Rowing. The area between two thwarts of a boat; spec. either the area between the steerer's thwart and those of the rowers, or the area between the midship thwart and that at the back. Now rare.
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1828 Laws & Constit. Watermen & Lightermen of Thames 59 The burthen, size, and dimensions of a skiff to carry six persons..shall be as follows..the breadth of the floor at third lands in the midships of the state-room, three feet one inch at least.
1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 29 Seats termed thwarts, forward, midship, after, and backward thwart; the state-room being the space between the back-board or after, and the midship thwart.
1885 Outing May 178/1 The space between the steerer's thwart and that occupied by the rowers receives the high-sounding title of state-room.
1941 Mariner's Mirror 27 40 The ‘room’, known in modern rowing language sometimes as ‘state room’, means the space between thwart and thwart, and is the same as interscalmium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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