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单词 choom
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choomn.1

Brit. /tʃuːm/, U.S. /tʃum/
Etymology: < Russian chum, < a language of Siberia.
Among the nomadic peoples of Siberia, a conical hut or tent of fir poles covered with skins or birch bark.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent
tenticle1548
pal1656
marquee1690
gourbi1738
marquise1749
yurt1780
bell-tent1785
kibitka1799
shuldari1808
fly-tent1816
Swiss cottage1820
skin house1826
big tent1843
ridge tent1846
brush tent1862
dog tent1862
shelter tent1862
wall-tent1862
wedge tent1862
pup tent1863
A tent1863
tupik1864
tentlet1879
choom1889
pyramid1889
tortoise tent1890
safari tent1926
tent-sack1940
tent-trailer1963
tepee1970
trailer tent1971
Whillans box1971
1598 R. Johnson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 284 Their tents are rounde and are called Chome in their language.]
1889 V. Morier in Murray's Mag. Aug. 175 A little encampment of Samoyede summer ‘chooms’, i.e. birch-bark tents.
1895 F. G. Jackson Great Frozen Land 82 Of the choom which forms the Samoyad's home there are two kinds, one for summer and another for winter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

choomn.2

Brit. /tʃʊm/, U.S. /tʃʊm/, Australian English /tʃʊm/, New Zealand English /tʃʊm/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: chum n.1
Etymology: Representing a regional pronunciation of chum n.1The form reflects an English regional pronunciation with /ʊ/, as apprehended by Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
Australian and New Zealand slang.
An English or British person; (originally) spec. an English or British soldier.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Britain
British-maneOE
Briton1679
Britoner1799
Great Britainer1809
Britisher1815
Great British1843
Angrezi1866
Angrez1877
Brit1884
heaven-born1886
Pom1912
Pommy1913
choom1916
pongo1942
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British
redcoatc1605
lobster?1643
bloodyback1770
Blue Flint1827
rooibaadjie1848
choom1916
pongo1942
1916 in Tasmania Non-State Rec. (Tasmania State Arch.) 11 June 103/11 The ‘Chooms’, as our men call the men of Kitchener's new army, pulled the wire rope.
1918 Kia Ora Coo-ee Oct. 14 ‘Jock’, ‘Choom’, ‘Dinkum’ and ‘Cobber’ are standardised monikers that do yeoman service.
1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 5 Mar. 25/1 I met a fresh-faced choom in charge of a spring-cart.
1942 C. Barrett On Wallaby v. 95 A friendly Choom insisted on shouting for me..near El Amish station.
1952 J. Cleary Sundowners 157 She's a Choom, like you, Rupe. I married her when I was over in the Old Dart during the war.
1995 G. Slatter One More River 90 British troops, pongos or chooms we called them, thronged the town.
2002 Australian (Nexis) 12 July 9 Tonight a bunch of chooms from Leeds and Bradford line up against the world champion Kangaroos in a rugby league Test in Sydney.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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