英语词汇“dream-hole”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dream-hole

/ˈdriːmˌhəʊl/

Chiefly English regional (Gloucestershire and Yorkshire )

noun

A slit or opening in an external wall of a building.

Apparently intended for the admission of light and air, or for defensive purposes, though N.E.D. (1897) notes: ‘Supposed (by modern archaeologists) to have been originally applied to the holes in church-towers and belfries by which the sound passed out’..

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Churchwardens' Accounts Minchinhampton. Origin uncertain; apparently from dream + hole, on account of the sound of the bells passing through such holes in a church steeple.

单词	dream-hole
释义	dream-hole /ˈdriːmˌhəʊl/ Chiefly English regional (Gloucestershire and Yorkshire ) noun A slit or opening in an external wall of a building. Apparently intended for the admission of light and air, or for defensive purposes, though N.E.D. (1897) notes: ‘Supposed (by modern archaeologists) to have been originally applied to the holes in church-towers and belfries by which the sound passed out’.. Origin Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Churchwardens' Accounts Minchinhampton. Origin uncertain; apparently from dream + hole, on account of the sound of the bells passing through such holes in a church steeple.
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