单词 | sun lounge |
释义 | sun loungen. 1. A room with large windows and sometimes a glass roof, designed to allow in as much sunlight as possible. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > room admitting maximum sunlight sun parlour1838 sun lounge1901 solarium1911 1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Dec. 76/1 (advt.) Ideal Health Resort. New Sun Lounge. 1910 Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. 1020 Linden Hall Hydro... Splendid winter garden and sun-lounge. 1953 P. Larkin Let. 26 July in Sel. Lett. (1992) 206 Well! After all hazards & alarums & endurances, here I am sitting in the sun-lounge looking across the front to a level strip of green sea. 2006 Build It May 118/2 (advt.) It is universally recognised amongst home owners and house builders that a sun lounge is a more practical, user friendly room than a conservatory. 2. Chiefly Australian = sun lounger n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > sun lounger sunbed1931 sun lounger1964 sun lounge1979 1979 M. Babson So soon done For xiv. 103 The sun lounges, the chairs, the cushions..all belonged to the Norrises... She was reclining in one of the sun lounges. 1986 Sunday Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 30 Mar. Around this are palm trees, small garden areas, beach-umbrellas and sun lounges. 2016 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 13 Aug. (Travel section) 12 Sun lounges and day beds are dotted among the palm trees, both here and in more secluded parts of the island. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901 |
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