单词 | standee |
释义 | standeen. Originally U.S. 1. a. A makeshift space for sleeping on a steamer. In later use: a bunk or camp bed used in such a space. Now historical and rare.Such bunks were typically stacked in closely spaced tiers to maximize the number of beds available. ΚΠ 1828 Delaware Advertiser & Farmer's Jrnl. 4 Dec. Half are not accommodated. These have to take what is called a standee. 1831 American (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) 25 Mar. 1/5 ‘I say Cap'en, what have I got?’ ‘A standee,’ roared a dozen voices... ‘Captain, I demand a berth.’ 1899 Hawaiian Gaz. 7 Nov. 8/3 Every berth has been sold already and standees are being put up in steerage to increase accommodations. 2012 B. Brown Another Yin Oan Wan Way Tickut xviii. 370 We found our cabin had been converted from a 3–4 to an 8-berth by installing standees, metal two-high bunks. ΚΠ 1842 N.Y. Herald 6 Jan. Seven hundred and fifty people, who couldn't even get a standee, nor so much as a peep in at the outside doors, finally went away from the house. 1849 G. G. Foster New York in Slices xxiv. 90 Some police reporter..thus nobly earns the privilege of a seat in the dress circle..or a standee in the lobby on full nights. 2. A person who stands instead of sitting, typically because of a shortage of seats; (now) spec. a standing passenger in a public transport vehicle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [noun] > one who > one who is compelled to standee1845 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > number of passengers using specific transport > standing passenger standee1845 straphanger1905 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > one who has no seat standee1845 rover1882 1845 Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 21 Feb. I must still belong to the old fashioned class, who will continue to take pleasure in giving even ladies who are late a seat, and taking what I have often found an interesting lecture to make very comfortable, [signed] A Standee. 1856 Knickerbocker Mar. 278 Occasionally the car is brought to a full stop, and the ‘standees’ are thrown against each other like alley-pins by a ‘ten-strike’. 1901 J. B. Pond Eccentricities Genius 313 Mr. Irving..having been one of the standees on that occasion. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 12 Aug. 9/2 Mr. Maxwell admitted that the bus left the terminal at Overlea with fourteen standees. 1964 N. Marsh Dead Water iii. 81 There were not enough chairs... Major Barrimore, Superintendent Coombe and Dr. Maine formed a rather ill-assorted group of standees. 2012 Buses Apr. 12/1 Initially, it will be offered at 10.8m length with 37 seats and room for a nominal 32 standees, though the chassis..could be shortened to 10.5m. 3. A self-standing display used for advertising purposes, esp. a life-size cut-out of a celebrity or character, typically made from cardboard or wood, used to promote a film, book, etc. ΚΠ 1930 Motion Picture News 27 Sept. 54/2 In the store window was placed a special color painting on compoboard with three-inch silver tinsel border made into a standee. 1954 Billboard 25 Sept. 11/2 A large standee, or easled cutout of Miss Garland with a reproduction of the album is now available..for a window display. 1983 Film Comment Apr. 67/2 Columbia began its marketing push three months before the December opening with an effective teaser-trailer, standees, and counter displays. 2016 Hampshire Chron. (Nexis) 10 May The shop also put on a charity raffle with items donated from local businesses including a stormtrooper standee from HMV. Compounds General use as a modifier in sense 2, esp. with regard to public transport, as in standee bus, standee passenger, etc. ΚΠ 1925 Washington Post 11 Jan. From the time of the first performance to the end of his engagement at the above-mentioned theater Jefferson gave ‘The Rivals’ to a succession of ‘standee’ audiences. 1959 L. D. Kitchin & E. K. Wenlock Road Transport Law (ed. 12) 124 Laden weight of p.s.v. is total of vehicle with water, oil and fuel, plus 140 lb per seat (and, in the case of ‘standee’ vehicles registered after December 31, 1954, an additional 140 lb for each standing passenger in excess of eight). 1962 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 10/2 The introduction of ‘standee’ buses, carrying 35 standing passengers and 35 seated. 1983 Buses Feb. 56/2 This [bus] was fitted with a dual exit and a standee area on the lower deck. 2018 Times of India (Nexis) 24 Sept. Grab handles and stanchion pipes can be provided for standee passengers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1828 |
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