单词 | winter garden |
释义 | winter gardenn. 1. A garden containing plants that flourish in winter, such as evergreen trees or shrubs; a garden in its winter aspect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > seasonal garden spring garden1609 winter garden1712 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 477. ¶1 A Winter Garden, which would consist of such Trees only as never cast their Leaves. 1769 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. (ed. 4) II. xxiv. 448 In a cold country, the capital object should be a winter-garden, open to the sun, sheltered from wind, dry under foot, and having the appearance of summer by variety of evergreens. 1850 Gardeners' Chron. 21 Dec. 804/2 In a list which I shall append is an array of names, the representatives of such plants as appear to me suitable for a winter garden. 1900 Gardening 1 Feb. 147/1 We find many deciduous shrubs that are charming for winter gardens, such as the red-stemmed cornuses or dogwoods, yellow-limbed forsythias and the bright green shoots of the Japan corchoruses. 1997 R. Buchanan Winter Garden 2 A winter garden can be an engaging sight, rich with color, texture, and detail. There are plenty of hardy plants..that stand up to cold and snow. 2. Originally: a greenhouse or conservatory in which plants are kept flourishing in winter. Later: a large enclosed space ornamented with plants and trees and used for public recreation or entertainment. Hence also as (chiefly British) a name given to various buildings constructed as venues for concerts, plays, dances, etc.The earliest purpose-built entertainment venue to be so named was the Winter Garden Theatre in New York (see quot. 1859). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > other types of garden grounda1500 knot-garden1519 back-garden1535 summer garden1589 spring garden1612 spring gardena1625 water gardena1626 walled gardena1631 wildernessa1644 window garden1649 botanic garden1662 Hanging Gardens1705 winter garden1736 cottage garden1765 Vauxhall1770 English garden1771 wall garden1780 chinampa1787 moat garden1826 gardenesque1832 sunk garden1835 roof garden1844 weedery1847 wild garden1852 rootery1855 beer-garden1863 Japanese garden1863 bog-garden1883 Italian garden1883 community garden1884 sink garden1894 trough garden1935 sand garden1936 Zen garden1937 hydroponicum1938 tub garden1974 rain garden1994 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house glasshousea1633 greenhouse1664 house1726 winter garden1736 plant house1800 serre1819 glass1838 tunnel house1973 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > conservatory conservatory1664 conserve1664 infirmary1707 winter garden1736 plant house1800 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > other types of glass-house or hothouse orangeryc1660 winter garden1736 pinery1756 succession house1786 mushroom house1797 striking-house1824 palm house1826 show house1831 cold house1841 pine-house1843 orchard house1858 coolhouse1869 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > assembly rooms or halls redoubt1702 assembly-room1744 drum-room1749 assembly house1762 pantheon1772 casino1789 pleasure dome1816 palace1831 melodeon1840 kursaal1850 winter garden1859 music hallc1883 Met1896 1736 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature II. vii. 130 This is usually a vaulted Cellar, the Avenues and Spiracles of which are exactly closed up, during the Seasons of Frost and Humidity... This may be properly called a Winter-Garden [Fr. potager d'hyver]. 1791 Times 6 Jan. Taking the precaution of a winter garden, covered with glass, to prevent the rude wind from visiting her tender frame too roughly. 1825 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. (ed. 2) 209 The villa winter garden will generally be kept at a higher temperature than the green-houses of nursery-men. 1836 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 18 Oct. In the palace built [in St Petersburg] by the sumptuous Catherine..is what is called the ‘winter garden’. This is a place where the Emperors give great balls and other fetes. 1859 N.Y. Times 13 Sept. 7/5 (advt.) Winter Garden. A conservatory of the arts... This establishment..will be opened on Wednesday evening, Sept. 14. 1896 Ward & Lock's Illustr. Guide Bournemouth 22 Not far from the pier entrance is the Winter Garden and Pavilion. 1910 Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. 1020 Linden Hall Hydro... Splendid winter garden and sun-lounge. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) xi. 184 Ethel was with her father at a matinée at the Winter Gardens. 1977 Lancs. Life Nov. 81/1 The Palace incorporated a winter garden from which the stage could be seen without spectators needing to go through into the auditorium. 2010 Daily Tel. 1 Apr. 26/3 The architecture [of Victorian seaside resorts] wasn't bad, either: the tang of ozone encouraged a certain jauntiness—ironwork balconies and bow windows, bandstands and winter gardens, Metropoles and clock towers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1712 |
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