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单词 aldermaston
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Aldermastonn.

Brit. /ˈɔːldəmɑːst(ə)n/, /ˈɔːldəmast(ə)n/, /ˈɒldəmɑːst(ə)n/, /ˈɒldəmast(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈɔldərˌmæstən/, /ˈɑldərˌmæstən/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Aldermaston.
Etymology: < the name of Aldermaston, a village in Berkshire, southern England, formerly site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (now the base of the Atomic Weapons Establishment).
I. Compounds.
1. Used attributively with reference to demonstrations and protest marches to Aldermarston by people opposed to nuclear weapons, as Aldermaston march, Aldermaston marcher.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [adjective] > demonstrating > type of demonstration
sit-down1934
sit-in1936
Aldermaston1958
1958 Times 20 Mar. 2/6 Mr. Allaun was speaking at a Press conference held by the Aldermaston march committee.
1958 Observer 2 Nov. 6/1 There are plenty of Aldermaston badges, with their semaphore symbol of ND—nuclear disarmament.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Nov. 689/4 I am not a Communist, a pacifist or an Aldermaston marcher.
1970 Time 2 Nov. 6 The peace design was devised in Britain for the first Ban-the-Bomb Aldermaston march in 1958.
1993 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Misreadings 119 You who join in marches on the capital and cultivate an Aldermaston mystique on occasion.
2000 Independent 12 May ii. 5/1 His poem, ‘Shalom Bomb’, was sold on the Aldermaston marches.
II. Simple uses.
2. An Aldermaston march. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > specific demonstrations or protests
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plug riots1849
Aldermaston1960
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1960 New Left Rev. Nov. 5/2 Next year's Aldermaston will really be a fighting Aldermaston.
1962 Guardian 19 Oct. 3/2 Neutralist and pacifist movements abroad..call their marches ‘Aldermastons’.
2000 D. Douglass Geordies v. 100 Veterans of the movement were distinguished by their number of Aldermastons, this year's was to be the triumphant breakthrough from moral minority to mass movement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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