gingerbread office

短语

词形变化

gingerbread offices 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An office in the gingerbread Victorian style.

    建筑
  2. 2.

    An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

    委婉 废旧 俚语

词源

From gingerbread (“in its figurative use as ersatz or unpleasant”) + office (“place to fulfill one's obligations; place of business”)

来源:wiktionary