| 单词 | x's and o's |
| 释义 | > as lemmasX's and O's b. The letter considered with regard to its shape: chiefly attributive and in other combinations. Hence identified with a cross. X's and O's: the game of noughts and crosses. X chair, a chair in which the underframe resembles the letter X in shape; so X-frame (usually attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [noun] > anything lying transversely > part of a cross > a cross crossc1400 X1545 Latin cross1797 crucifix1806 saltire1970 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > noughts and crosses tit-tat-toe1856 oughts and crosses1861 noughts and crosses1864 X's and O's1894 tick-tack-toe1960 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs farthingale chair1552 side chair1582 high chair1609 scroll chair1614 Turkey chair1683 curule chair1695 reading chair1745 rush-bottom1754 conversation-chair1793 Windsor tub1800 Trafalgar chair1808 beehive-chair1816 nursing chair1826 Hitchcockc1828 toilet seat1829 kangaroo1834 prie-dieu1838 tub-chair1839 barrel-chair1850 Cromwell chair1868 office chair1874 swivel-chair1885 steamer-chair1886 suggan chair1888 lawn chair1895 saddle seat1895 Bombay chair1896 veranda-chair1902 X chair1904 Yorkshire chair1906 three legs and a swinger1916 saddlebag1919 riempie stool1933 gaspipe chair1934 slipper chair1938 Eames chair1946 contour chair1948 sling-back1948 sling chair1957 booster chair1960 booster seat1967 beanbag1969 sack chair1970 papasan1980 Muskoka chair1987 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [adjective] > types of chair caned1696 rush-bottomed1696 rush-bottom1729 roundabout chair1741 leather-bottomed1783 stick-back1783 poker-backed1830 flag-bottomed1840 claw-footed1858 seatless1871 cane-bottomed1877 cane-seated1881 sag-seated1890 sit-up1891 slat-back1891 sag-bottomed1893 spindle-back1896 shield-back1897 Carver1902 basket-bodied1903 panel-back1904 Cromwellian1905 hooped-back1906 saddle-backed1910 hard-arsed1933 sling-back1948 X-frame1955 hard-arse1964 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Decussis..is also a fourme in any thynge representynge the letter X, whiche parted in the myddell maketh an other figure called Quincunx, V. 1769 in C. Welsh Bookseller of Last Cent. 354 Those [books] with an X. 1798 Hull Advertiser 28 July 2/1 Chairs in sets..with W tableau and X backs. 1837 L. Hebert Engineer's & Mechanic's Encycl. II. 876 The said pin traverses the X groove from side to side. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 176/1 Suppose a cross like an X or V to be cut out of brass-plate. 1861 H. Hagen Synopsis Neuroptera N. Amer. 213 An x-shaped spot. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xii The boy leaped the new X fence very cleverly. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 402 I will write your name..on the paper..and you must make an ‘x’ behind your name. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 92 It wasna playing at x's and o's to be steering for that crossbones of a Dutchman. 1899 J. L. Williams Stolen Story 54 Billy, reaching the end of the page, made a double X mark to show that it was the end of the story. 1904 P. Macquoid Hist. Eng. Furnit. I. iii. 52 It is a very common error to assign all these ‘X’ chairs to foreign importation. 1911 P. Bridges Green Wave of Destiny xiv. 211 There was just room between the humps for two narrow sacks placed X-wise. 1918 G. L. Hunter Italian Furnit. & Interiors (1920) I. p. iv Of Italian chairs there are more types than were until recently known to exist:..folding ‘X’ chairs of the type sometimes called ‘Savonarola’, wonderful ‘Dante’ chairs. 1945 Burlington Mag. May 110/2 These X chairs throughout the sixteenth century, when made for the homes of the wealthy, were covered with rich cloths of gold, velvets, and silks. 1955 R. Fastnedge Eng. Furnit. Styles i. 33 (caption) Arm chair of X-frame construction... Early seventeenth century. 1961 L. G. G. Ramsey Connoisseur New Guide Antique Eng. Furnit. 20 Another form of chair, of different origin from the boxchair, was the X chair... Both chairs are assigned to about the same period—that is the middle of the sixteenth century. 1976 Country Life 27 May (Suppl.) 486/1 Late 18th century wheel-back armchairs with saddle seats and X-frame legs. < as lemmas |
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