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单词 well-room
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well-roomn.

Brit. /ˈwɛlruːm/, /ˈwɛlrʊm/, U.S. /ˈwɛlˌrum/, /ˈwɛlˌrʊm/
Forms: see well n.1 and room n.1 and int.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well n.1, room n.1
Etymology: < well n.1 + room n.1
1.
a. A room enclosing a well and its apparatus. Cf. well-house n. at well n.1 Compounds 3.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well > well-house
well-house1354
well-room1650
1650 J. Lightfoot Temple xii. 56 In this space were laid the pipes that brought water down from the fountaine Etam, to the Cistern or Well, in the Well-roome that was made to receive them.
1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. (Ezek. xlvii. 1) sig. Qq3v/1 They came to the Altar, and were convey'd by the right side of it, into a room they called the well room.
1732 S. D'Oyly & J. Colson tr. A. Calmet Hist. Dict. Holy Bible III. at Temple Three Gates of the Sanctuary, towards the South: the first and nearest to the Well-Room.
1796 E. King Vestiges Oxf. Castle 8 This little room, with such a truly antient circular vaulting, was both the well room..and occasionally the dungeon.
1852 Hist. County of Oxf. 278 A very curious well-room of the time of Henry II has been discovered in the centre of the keep tower.
1913 Jrnl. Hist. 6 25 In company with Fred or myself she went through the old, deserted, shadowy rooms to the well-room at the extreme end of the house.
2003 Old House Interiors Nov. 76/3 Howell built an addition, adding a kitchen and well room.
b. A room or building at a spa containing the well from which the medicinal water is dispensed.
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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > place to which invalids resort > spa > pump-room
pump house1731
pump room?1731
well-room1731
Kurhaus1855
Trinkhalle1873
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > others
speech-housec1050
watching-chamber1533
music room1608
service room1669
amphitheatre1694
lararium1706
well-room1731
lumber room1740
water room1774
bird room1776
grubbery1791
bookery1798
study1808
service room1833
selamlik1838
serving room1838
social space1851
mail room1856
rumpus room1930
birthing room1936
home office1960
romper room1961
dungeon1969
1731 P. Shaw Hoffman's New Exper. & Observ. Mineral Waters 81 At the Spring-head of the Cæsarean Bath, there may sometimes be collected several Pounds of true Flower of Brimstone, sublimed by the Heat, and sticking to the Arch and Top of the Well-room.
1803 T. F. Dibdin Hist. Cheltenham iv. 72 The subscription to the walks and well room is 3s. 6d. and in case of wet or unpleasant weather, the latter affords a comfortable protection.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Well-room, an apartment or building containing a mineral spring or spa, where the waters are drunk by invalids.
1951 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Dec. 788/2 Celia Fiennes relates her experiences at Barnet, where the steps of the old well room were accidentally discovered in our own times.
1997 P. Hembry Brit. Spas 180 He offered in that year to build, fit and furnish a new pump-room to replace the small inadequate well-room next to the Natural Bath.
2. Nautical. A compartment in the bottom of a boat or ship housing pumps or suction pipes, in which bilge water collects; = well n.1 8a.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > hold > lowest part where water collects
pump1531
sink1611
pump well1749
well-room1765
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > vertical aperture > for a pump
mitch1481
well1611
well-room1765
well hole1774
1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. at Naval architecture The pump-well, or well-room..through which water was conveyed out of the ship.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Limbers The water..is..conveyed to the well-room, where the pumps are fixed.
1830 Mechanicks Mag. Sept. 235/2 Place a pump like the one described above..in the well room, with the other pumps, of such dimensions as the size of the ship may require.
1854 E. T. Perkins Na Motu x. 69 We both crawled on near the well-room, where some old sails formed an inviting couch.
1944 Mariner's Mirror 30 102 To the thawt abaft the sheet the pump is fixed amidships, its ‘well-room’ being beneath the boards at the bottom of the net-room.
1985 G. V. C. Young & C. R. Clewer Faroese-Eng. Dict. 510/2 Skot,..(in a boat with six oars) space in front of the wellroom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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