Pullmanize

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To adapt (a vehicle or a place) to allow for sleeping.

    过时 及物

    Many people in traveling south have the front seat-backs of their autos cut down in such a manner that they can sleep right in the car. This pullmanizing idea is a good one and I have run across some bright ideas in this line. Where there are four in a party, or five, I have seen a regular auto tent combined with the sleeping-in-the-car proposition: […]

    2004, Walter Bell, Return to Glory Hole We traveled by coach, meaning we had to sleep sitting up. We took care of that by dismantling the seats and "pullmanizing" our quarters so just about every player had a comfortable seat to sleep on.

词源

From Pullman + -ize, in reference to the luxurious rail carriages whose seats could be converted into beds.

来源：wiktionary