0
Kapa Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning
Hello friends,
Could you please confirm me on the meaning of the bold part?
Autumn comes late in Alabama. On Halloween, even, one may hide porch chairs unencumbered by one’s heavy coat. Twilights are long, but darkness comes suddenly; the sky turns from dull orange to blue-black before one can take five steps, and with the light goes the last ray of the day’s heat, leaving livingroom weather.
My interpretation: someone can sit on the chair without heavy coat.
But I was confused with the verb "hide".
Thank you for your time.
Could you please confirm me on the meaning of the bold part?
Autumn comes late in Alabama. On Halloween, even, one may hide porch chairs unencumbered by one’s heavy coat. Twilights are long, but darkness comes suddenly; the sky turns from dull orange to blue-black before one can take five steps, and with the light goes the last ray of the day’s heat, leaving livingroom weather.
My interpretation: someone can sit on the chair without heavy coat.
But I was confused with the verb "hide".
Thank you for your time.
Top answer
It seems to be what Harper wrote, but I wonder if she meant to write ' hide in porch chairs'. eg Hide in these big chairs, perhaps to surprise children who come for 'trick or treat'?
- It seems to be what Harper wrote, but I wonder if she meant to write ' hide in porch chairs'.
- eg Hide in these big chairs, perhaps to surprise children who come for 'trick or treat'?
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
8 Answers
0
It seems to be what Harper wrote, but I wonder if she meant to write ' hide in porch chairs'.
eg Hide in these big chairs, perhaps to surprise children who come for 'trick or treat'?
eg Hide in these big chairs, perhaps to surprise children who come for 'trick or treat'?
00
CliveIt seems to be what Harper wrote, but I wonder if she meant to write ' hide in porch chairs'.eg Hide in these big chairs, perhaps to surprise children who come for 'trick or treat'?I think, it should be "hide behind the chairs" to surprise, but I'm not sure. Because If it is "hide in chairs" it wouldn't be hiding and cannot surprise.
00
My guess would be that kids might move or hide someone's outdoor furniture as a "trick." -- put a chair up in a tree, for instance, or on the roof.
00
In the context "hide" could only mean "sit on." This is apparently Southern dialect: "You all go and hide (sit down on - when you sit on a chair you can no longer see the chair; it's hidden by you) those chairs there."
00
AnonymousIn the context "hide" could only mean "sit on." This is apparently Southern dialect: "You all go and hide (sit down on - when you sit on a chair you can no longer see the chair; it's hidden by you) those chairs there."No, "hide" could mean "hide." Not hide behind, hide in or hide by sitting on. Why would kids be planning to sit on their neighbors'
00
Thank you for your time guys, Could you please tell me about meaning of the last part of paragraph? "leaving living room weather." what does exactly mean?
00
with the light goes the last ray of the day’s heat, leaving livingroom weather.
My guess, from the context, is that when it finally gets dark it also gets chilly, so people would go back into their houses and sit in the living room instead of outdoors.
The whole paragraph is written rather oddly. Maybe there was a reason that Harper Lee chose not to publish it for all the
My guess, from the context, is that when it finally gets dark it also gets chilly, so people would go back into their houses and sit in the living room instead of outdoors.
The whole paragraph is written rather oddly. Maybe there was a reason that Harper Lee chose not to publish it for all the
00
khoffwith the light goes the last ray of the day’s heat, leaving livingroom weather.My guess, from the context, is that when it finally gets dark it also gets chilly, so people would go back into their houses and sit in the living room instead of outdoors.The whole paragraph is written rather oddly. Maybe there was a reason that Harper Lee chose not to publish it for all t
0
Related Questions