单词 | anxious seat |
释义 | anxious seat in American English US a bench near the preacher at revival meetings, for those with a troubled conscience who seek salvation : also anxious benchanxious seat in American Englishnoun 1. (chiefly in North Atlantic states and Southern and South Midland US) Also called: anxious bench a seat reserved at a revival meeting for those troubled by conscience and eager for spiritual assistance 2. a state of anxiety, esp. about the outcome of a vote, negotiation, etc Strikers have been in the anxious seat for the last three days Word origin [1810–20, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, dominance, duplex, dynamic, unitary |
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