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单词 within-door
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within-dooradv.adj.

Etymology: See door n. Phrases 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: wiˈthin-ˌdoor.
Now rare.
= within doors adv. speak within door: ‘do not clamour so as to be heard beyond the house’ (Johnson).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > indoors
within-door1579
within doors1581
indoors1813
therein1822
indoor1884
in-a-door1932
the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adjective] > indoor
within doors1625
indoor1709
indoors1799
within-door1821
under-cover1854
1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 14 Him..yt hath a conduit within doore, & fetcheth water without.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. ii. 148 Speake within doore [1622 within dores].
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 177 Sedentary, and Within-doore [1612 within-doores] Arts.
1649 C. Wase tr. Sophocles Electra 4 Methinks within door,..I seemd to heare One of the maidens keep a groaning.
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 282/1 I suspect he had his within-door reasons for the preference.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket i. i. 35 They [sc. moths] burn themselves within-door.
1954 M. Sharp Gipsy in Parlour xxi. 200 All female within-door work had been properly done.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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