单词 | aftermath |
释义 | aftermathn. 1. Agriculture. A second crop or new growth of grass (or occasionally another plant used as feed) after the first has been mown or harvested. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > aftercrop > aftermath edgrewc1440 rowen1440 eddish1468 aftermath1496 lattermath1510 after-pasturec1541 fog1570 roughingsc1575 etch1580 aftergrass1587 eddish-grass1610 edge-growth1610 eatagea1642 lattermowth1661 eegrass1669 ear-grass1686 etch-crop1704 after-mowth1711 afterfeed1714 roweta1722 rowety grassa1722 aftergrowth1766 foggage1775 after-eatage1781 roughet1890 1496 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 296 Item iijs. iiijd. yat ye same Water r[eceyved] of Recharde Andru for aftur mathe of Senjorge Closse. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng ii. f. 2 Yet hath the lorde the Edysshe and the aftermathe hym selfe, for his owne catell. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. viii. 506 The grasse will be so high growne, that a man may cut it down and have a plentifull after-math for hay. 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd Pt. II 30 The After-meath seldom or never equals the first Herbage. 1760 Farmer's Compl. Guide xi. 163 The crops of hay and the aftermaths will be of the same large and excellent kind with those from the former instance. 1786 G. Washington Diary 21 July (1979) V. 13 The aftermath is more valuable, and the Second growth quicker. 1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 188 No after-math has the fragrance and the sweetness of the first crop. 1860 Farmer's Mag. Mar. 242/1 Thus treated, I would calculate on a good aftermath, to be either sold or used in the yards. 1863 C. Patmore Victories of Love iv, in Angel in House (ed. 3) II. 136 Among the bloomless aftermath. 1930 J. Buchan Castle Gay (1932) iv. 82 They..had crossed a piece of meadowland from which an aftermath of hay had lately been taken. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. xxi. 422 After hay a heavy non-flowering aftermath appears which should be grazed quickly or else it becomes fibrous. 2005 H. S. Thomas Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle vii. 96 They can't graze cornfield aftermath where herbicides or pesticides were used. 2. figurative. a. A period or state of affairs following a significant event, esp. when that event is destructive or harmful. ΚΠ 1656 R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 255 Rash Lover speak what pleasure hath Thy Spring in such an Aftermath? a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 13 The aftermath of the great rebellion. 1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 135 I am one that hath Lived long and gathered in Life's aftermath. 1928 Cent. Mag. Aug. 445/1 In the ludicro-terrific aftermath of Lincoln's assassination, there was one ray of sunshine. 1946 W. S. Churchill Victory 5 The life and strength of Britain..will be tested to the full, not only in the war but in the aftermath of war. 1962 Listener 18 Oct. 601/1 This happened during the mid-sixteenth century, in the aftermath of the High Renaissance. 2001 Times 24 Apr. ii. 7/1 It was a remark he would include in his speeches in the immediate aftermath of his bruising defeats by John F. Kennedy. b. A (usually undesired) thing remaining or left after the end or exit of something; an unwelcome consequence or effect. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > undesired or unintended consequence(s) or side-effect repercussion1603 aftermath1671 ill effect1675 mal-effect1686 side effect1814 wrack1844 implication1873 backwash1876 katzenjammer1897 backlash1921 kickback1935 spillover1940 fallout1954 rub-off1962 booby prize1972 own goal1975 1671 Westm.-drollery i. 6 This..you'll repent, When your spring is over, Beauties after-math—no kind friends hath To gratifie a Lover. 1826 W. Bailey Rec. Patriotism & Love of Country 138 The stamp act, and its aftermath the insidious duty on tea. 1879 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 769 At the very close of the noble author's life,..that remarkable aftermath of his genius—‘The Parisians’. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep vii. 31 The most emphatic [odour] at the moment seemed to be the pungent aftermath of cordite and the sickish aroma of ether. 1979 A. Storr Art of Psychotherapy x. 107 Depression is sometimes an immediate aftermath of completing a piece of work. 2006 Weekend Bull. (Molendinar, Queensland) 15 Apr. 106/2 The magnitude 7.8 earthquake..and its ghastly aftermath of fire and disease killed an estimated 3000 people. Compounds aftermath cheese n. now historical cheese made from the milk of cows fed on the aftermath, typically rich in flavour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > varieties of cheese goat cheeseOE green cheesec1390 rowen cheesea1425 bred-cheesec1440 hard cheesec1470 ruen cheese1510 parmesan1538 spermyse1542 angelot1573 cow-cheese1583 goat's cheese1588 Cheshire Cheese1597 eddish-cheese1615 nettle cheese1615 aftermath cheese1631 marsolini1636 Suffolk cheese1636 Cheddar cheesea1661 rowen1673 parmigianoa1684 raw-milk cheesea1687 fleet cheese1688 sage-cheese1714 Rhode Island cheese1733 Stilton cheese1736 Roquefort cheese1762 American cheese1763 fodder cheese1784 Old Peg1785 blue cheese1787 Dunlop cheese1793 Wiltshire1794 Gloucester1802 Gruyère1802 Neufchâtel1814 Limburger cheese1817 Dunlop1818 fog cheese1822 Swiss cheese1822 Suffolk thumpa1825 Stilton1826 skim dick1827 stracchino cheese1832 Blue Vinney1836 Edam1836 Schabzieger1837 sapsago1846 Munster1858 mysost1861 napkin cheese1865 provolone1865 Roquefort1867 Suffolk bang1867 Leicester1874 Brie1876 Camembert1878 Gorgonzola1878 Leicester cheese1880 Port Salut1881 Wensleydale1881 Gouda1885 primost1889 Cantal1890 Suisse1891 bondon1894 Petit Suisse1895 Gervais1896 Lancashire1896 Pont l'Évêque1896 reggiano1896 Romano1897 fontina1898 Caerphilly cheese1901 Derby cheese1902 Emmental1902 Liptauer1902 farmer cheese1904 robiola1907 gjetost1908 reblochon1908 scamorza1908 Cabrales1910 Jack1910 pimento cheese1910 mozzarella1911 pimiento cheese1911 Monterey cheese1912 processed cheese1918 Tillamook1918 tvorog1918 anari1919 process cheese1923 Bel Paese1926 pecorino1931 Oka1936 Parmigiano–Reggiano1936 vacherin1936 Monterey Jack1940 Red Leicester1940 demi-sel1946 tomme1946 Danish blue1948 Tilsit1950 St.-Maure1951 Samsoe1953 Havarti1954 paneer1954 taleggio1954 feta1956 St. Paulin1956 bleu cheese1957 Manchego1957 Ilchester1963 Dolcelatte1964 chèvre1965 Chaource1966 Windsor Red1969 halloumi1970 Montrachet1973 Chaumes1976 Lymeswold1981 cambozola1984 yarg1984 1631 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (rev. ed.) ii. vi. 201 Nettle cheese, floaten milke cheese, and eddish, or after-math cheese. 1868 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 199/2 Eddish or aftermath cheese is a sort of aristocratic Stilton. 1879 Notts. Guardian 24 Jan. (Suppl.) The best cheese I ever ate is the Lincolnshire Eddish after-math cheese. 1966 G. E. Fussell Eng. Dairy Farmer v. 225 Eddish or aftermath cheese, made when the cows were grazing the aftermath, was richer than spring cheese. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1496 |
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