dumbwaiter
英 ['dʌm'weɪtə]
美 ['dʌm'wetɚ]
英語の語源
- dumbwaiter (n.)
- 1749, an article of furniture, from dumb (adj.) + waiter (apparently because it serves as a waiter but is silent). As a movable platform for passing dishes, etc., up and down from one room (especially a basement kitchen) to another, from 1847.
例文
- 1. British playwright whose works，including The Dumbwaiter （1957）and Birthday Party（1958）、create an atmosphere of menace.
- ピント。1930年生まれの英国の劇作家ハロルド。彼の作品は部屋を見る者（1957年）と誕生日パーティー（1958年）を含む脅迫的な雰囲気を作り出した。