doomwatchn.

Brit.

/ˈduːmwɒtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈdumˌwɑtʃ/,

/ˈdumˌwɔtʃ/

Etymology: < the name of a BBC television series first broadcast in 1970, < doom n. + watch n.

Observation intended to avert danger or destruction, esp. of the environment by pollution or nuclear war; also figurative. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [adjective] > relating to watch against destruction

doomwatch1970

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > as a watchman or sentinel > watch against destruction

doomwatch1970

1970 New Scientist 2 Apr. 3/2 BBC-TV's new scientific soap-opera, Doomwatch, has been fortunate in its first selection of topics to warn us about.]

1970 Guardian 23 Dec. 1/1 The Government Chemist..tested 50 tins of tuna bought throughout the country... Mr Prior said:..‘We shall be getting on with this—this Doomwatch, if you like to call it that.’

1970 New Scientist 20 Aug. 379/2 The ‘Doomwatch’ bug that digests plastics to a syrupy mess as you watch is still pure science fiction.

1973 Times 3 July 17 In his latest piece of political doomwatch.., he..forecasts an upsurge of bloody revolt against..the ‘casino society’.

1984 Times 20 Mar. 12/2 The CCU [sc. Civil Contingencies Unit] remains Whitehall's ‘doomwatch’ organization. It keeps constantly updated files on 16 essential industries and services.

Derivatives

ˈdoomwatcher n. a person who observes or monitors evidence for the deterioration of the environment; one who prophesies ecological disaster.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > watcher against destruction

doomwatcher1971

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > misfortune > ecological

doomwatcher1971

ecodoomster1972

1971 New Scientist 18 Mar. 622 (title) Doomwatcher incarnate.

1978 Nature 19 Oct. 577/2 As WMO sees it, hard evidence does little to support many of the disaster hypotheses of the doom-watchers... There is one major exception: the problem of increasing CO₂ in the atmosphere.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doomwatch
释义	doomwatchn. Brit. /ˈduːmwɒtʃ/, U.S. /ˈdumˌwɑtʃ/, /ˈdumˌwɔtʃ/ Etymology: < the name of a BBC television series first broadcast in 1970, < doom n. + watch n. Observation intended to avert danger or destruction, esp. of the environment by pollution or nuclear war; also figurative. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [adjective] > relating to watch against destruction doomwatch1970 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > as a watchman or sentinel > watch against destruction doomwatch1970 1970 New Scientist 2 Apr. 3/2 BBC-TV's new scientific soap-opera, Doomwatch, has been fortunate in its first selection of topics to warn us about.] 1970 Guardian 23 Dec. 1/1 The Government Chemist..tested 50 tins of tuna bought throughout the country... Mr Prior said:..‘We shall be getting on with this—this Doomwatch, if you like to call it that.’ 1970 New Scientist 20 Aug. 379/2 The ‘Doomwatch’ bug that digests plastics to a syrupy mess as you watch is still pure science fiction. 1973 Times 3 July 17 In his latest piece of political doomwatch.., he..forecasts an upsurge of bloody revolt against..the ‘casino society’. 1984 Times 20 Mar. 12/2 The CCU [sc. Civil Contingencies Unit] remains Whitehall's ‘doomwatch’ organization. It keeps constantly updated files on 16 essential industries and services. Derivatives ˈdoomwatcher n. a person who observes or monitors evidence for the deterioration of the environment; one who prophesies ecological disaster. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > watcher against destruction doomwatcher1971 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > misfortune > ecological doomwatcher1971 ecodoomster1972 1971 New Scientist 18 Mar. 622 (title) Doomwatcher incarnate. 1978 Nature 19 Oct. 577/2 As WMO sees it, hard evidence does little to support many of the disaster hypotheses of the doom-watchers... There is one major exception: the problem of increasing CO₂ in the atmosphere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1970
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