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单词 Wendy house
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Definition of Wendy house in English:

Wendy house

noun ˈwɛndi haʊs
British
  • A toy house large enough for children to play in.

    〈英〉温迪屋( 儿童能在里面玩耍的大玩具屋),儿童游乐室

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The celebrity pair - who have a combined fortune estimated at over £50 million - also secured permission for a lavish brick Wendy house..
    • We leave the Wendy house (carefully does it) and he takes me into the engine room of his empire by a back door.
    • Wai Hah, a pupil at St Georges RC High in Walkden, said: ‘I used to have a Wendy house which I played in with my two sisters.’
    • A further charming addition to the garden is a Wendy house.
    • St Mark's Anglican Church resembles a dainty Wendy house with gothic windows while Catholic St Patrick's transepts make it larger, more eager.
    • A council spokesman said: ‘As the Wendy house borders a highway, the law states that planning permission is required.’
    • They had little motorbikes and a Wendy house and a big tree to climb.
    • The chicken house looks like a superior Wendy house.
    • Members voted unanimously to take no further action over the Wendy house.
    • At one end are two plastic Wendy houses for them to play in.
    • It will be a scale model of a Romany caravan about the size of a Wendy house for children to play in.
    • The leather Wendy house that Bill constructed at the bottom of the garden out of some scraps of hide from his workshop gets good use.
    • The Wendy house could be sold already painted and made up, or it might be supplied in plain card so that people can turn it into whatever they want.
    • Her 21st century Wendy house impressed manufacturers after she won a top prize in a national contest organised by the Trading Standards Institute to dream up safe playthings.

Origin

Named after the house built around Wendy in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan.

  • The name for a toy house large enough for children to play in comes from J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904). In the play, which Barrie turned into the novel Peter Pan and Wendy in 1911, Peter and the Lost Boys build a small structure for Wendy to live in following their flight to Neverland, where she keeps house for them.

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