stationhouseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

stationhouse (複数形 stationhouses)

1. (米国用法) A structure or other area set aside for storage of fire-extinguishing equipment.
2. (米国用法) The headquarters of a police force or unit for a specific district; a police station.
   • 2007 January 24, Jesse Mckinley, “8 Arrested in 1971 Killing of San Francisco Police Officer”, New York Times:

     The arrests, in morning raids in California, Florida and New York capped an investigation by San Francisco police into the murder of Sgt. John V. Young, who was killed by a shotgun at a desk in the Ingleside stationhouse on Aug. 29, 1971.

3. A building serving as shelter at a railway station.

名詞

station house (複数形 station houses)

1. A building at a post or station.
   • 1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:

     The station arrangements are modern, and a subway connects the platforms, but the station house is the standard of 60 years ago.

2. An area headquarters for police.

同意語

• (area police headquarters): police station, precinct