concrete. Chiefly plural. Apartments, dwellings, quarters; the inner rooms in a house, divisions or alleys in a garden, etc.
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释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > quarters (17) estre?c1225 concrete. Chiefly plural. Apartments, dwellings, quarters; the inner rooms in a house, divisions or alleys in a garden, etc. liverya1400 The lodging provided or appointed for a person; one's allotted place. Also: the quarters of a portion of an army. Obsolete. efters1532 Early misreading for estre, n. quarter1570 Place of residence, dwelling place; (usually in plural) rooms, barracks, lodgings, esp. those allocated to soldiers, or to staff in domestic service… quarterage1577 Quarters, place of lodging or residence; quartering of troops, or the expense of this. Also in extended use. Obsolete. quartering1625 More generally: the action or an act of taking up quarters; the assigning of quarters to any person or animal; (occasionally concrete) a place in… apartment1689 Separate, proper, or special place of abode; quarters; place appropriated to any purpose. Obsolete. camp1747 loosely. ‘Quarters’. Subcategories:— shared (1) — of evacuees (1) — of policemen (1) — winter quarters (1) — quarters for slaves on plantations (3) — headquarters (2) |
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