单词 | choom |
释义 | choomn.1 Among the nomadic peoples of Siberia, a conical hut or tent of fir poles covered with skins or birch bark. ΘΚΠ 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 Australian and New Zealand slang. An English or British person; (originally) spec. an English or British soldier. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.11889n.21916 |
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