单词 | sunbed |
释义 | sunbedn. Chiefly British and Irish English. 1. A lightweight, usually folding bed or couch used for sunbathing. Cf. sun lounger n., sun lounge n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > sun lounger sunbed1931 sun lounger1964 sun lounge1979 1931 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring 662 New ‘Sun Bed’ Latest Style Couch... This new type davenport-bed or studio couch. 1954 Times 16 Aug. 12/ (advt.) Large terrace garden, complete with hammock, tables, chairs, sun beds, &c. 1979 Sunday Express 28 Jan. 16/6 Ever sat down on a foreign beach for a bit of blissful solitude only to find your local pub bore a couple of sunbeds away? 2016 Mirror (Nexis) 10 Aug. You can hire sunbeds and umbrellas from beach bars. 2. An apparatus in which one lies to acquire an artificial tan, having a flat lower surface and hinged upper panel, each fitted with a bank of sunlamp tubes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > sun-lamp > sun bed sunbed1978 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > sun lounger > for artificial sunbathing sunbed1978 1978 Times 11 Aug. 24/9 (advt.) Sunbeds, solaria, saunas and D.I.Y. steam and spa baths. 1980 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 9 July 14 (advt.) ‘Mermaid Sontegra’ Canopy Sun Beds £2 per half-hour session or course of 6 £10. 2012 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 15 Mar. 14 Shoppers are invited to have their photo taken using a special light showing up damage caused by the sun and sun beds. Compounds General attributive (chiefly in sense 2). ΚΠ 1941 Washington Post 11 May b10/1 (advt.) Sun-Bed Lounge $13.99. 1983 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 15/8 Sunbed lamps are designed to cut down ultraviolet B light, which burns before it tans. 1996 Big Issue 2 Dec. 12/1 Pamper yourself with a body massage or sunbed session. 2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 45 Sunbed salons and gymnasiums. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1931 |
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