double timen.adv.

Brit.

/ˈdʌbl tʌɪm/,

/ˌdʌbl ˈtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈdəb(ə)l ˌtaɪm/,

/ˌdəb(ə)l ˈtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.¹, time n.

Etymology: < double adj.¹ + time n.With sense A. 2 compare time n. 31, slow time n. 1, and also slightly earlier double-quick n.

A. n.

1. Music.

a. Time or rhythm consisting of two beats in a bar; duple time (see duple adj.).figurative in quot. ?1719.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > specific rhythm

triplatec1430

triplar?a1505

sextuple1738

simple1740

septuple1889

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > specific tempo

quadruplaa1450

measure time1626

quick time1712

tempo giusto1724

tempo rubato1724

tittuping1780

rubato1855

double time1877

strict tempo1936

half-time1938

tranquillo1980

?1719 M. Davies Present State Physick ii. 19 in Athenæ Britannicæ (new ed.) VI. iii, Arriving about nine in the Morning, he kept double Time with the Knocker for some time.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Motion, in Songs compos'd in double Time, differs from those in triple Time. 'Tis the Motion that distinguishes Courants and Sarabands, from Gavots, Borees, Chacones, &c.

1839 Elements Vocal Music in Boston Academy's Coll. Church Music 5/1 Double time is accented on the first part of the measure.

1895 Violin Times 15 Oct. 48/1 It [sc. the tambourin dance] is in double time, gay and lively in movement, and suggestive of joy and good humour.

1956 F. Densmore Seminole Music 160 Two descending tetrachords occur in the third and fourth measures, followed by two measures in triple time and a return of the tetrachord in double time.

2002 C. Humphries Piano Handbk. 265/3 Tied notes or accents are used to make two bars of triple time sound like three bars of double time.

b. A rhythm that is twice as fast as an earlier one; (Jazz) an apparent doubling of the speed of a passage produced by halving the prevailing note value, while the beat and harmonic rhythm remain unchanged.figurative in quot. 1837 (although this may instead show a figurative use of sense A. 2).

ΚΠ

1837 T. D. Lauder Highland Rambles II. 261 Her heart beat in double time when he and his father..passed by in their gay red and green tartan.

1854 J. W. Moore Compl. Encycl. Music 261/1 Doppio, double; as doppio movimento, double time, that is, as fast again.

1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn i. vi. 81 He..went into double time on the cymbal.

1977 Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 7 July 5/2 In ‘Flame’ he used an excursion into double time and a few great two-handed runs.

2022 K. Beswick & C. Murray Making Hip Hop Theatre 58 Listen to a piece of music and try to follow the beat with a vocal rhythm using the basic beatbox sounds... Now speed up to double time and down to half time.

2. Military. A brisk rate of marching, originally twice the rate of slow time (slow time n. 1). Cf. double-quick n., quick time n. 2.In the British Army the rate of double time is 165 paces per minute; it was formerly 150 paces per minute. In the United States Army (where the term superseded double quick: see note at double-quick adv.), the rate is 180 paces per minute.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific

quick march1606

double march1661

slow time1763

ordinary time1792

quick time1802

double time1833

double1860

walk-march1874

1782 T. Simes Portable Mil. Libr. III. 46 Continue its march in close order, and in double time.

1831 W. Mitchell Let. 7 June in United Service Jrnl. (1832) i. 107 Double time is the wheeling time for an open column in march at quick time.

1868 E. Upton New Syst. Infantry Tactics 21 The instructor..will indicate the cadence by the command one, two, given alternately as the left and right foot should touch the ground, beginning at common time and increasing gradually to double time.

1914 Man. Physical Training U.S. Army (U.S. War Dept.) 7 Marching in double time is a heart and lung developing exercise of moderate severity.

2013 Salisbury Jrnl. (Nexis) 10 Dec. The Rifles..marched twice around the city centre, the first in quick time, the second in double time, before medal presentations.

†3. Esp. in industry: a method of working in which work is done for twice as long as usual. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1790 Brit. Mercury 5 June 305 All the workmen in the Dockyard are put on double time, to get the ships ready for commission.

1850 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 16 June The operatives at this establishment..are so busily employed, that ‘double time’ has been introduced.

1913 Parker Post 12 Apr. 4/1 As there was not a great number [of pupils], she worked them upon double time and now they will compare favorably with any country school.

4. A rate of pay equal to twice the standard rate, typically paid for working on public holidays or outside normal working hours. Cf. time n. 12b.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > wage structures and scales > [noun] > rate of pay > specific

piece-rate1842

time and a half1847

time1877

base rate1889

port wages1891

trip-rate1901

time rate1902

1824 1st Rep. Select Comm. Artizans & Machinery 199 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 51) V. 1 They charge double time for taking the ship in, and double time for working when she is dry under her bottom.

1897 Railway Times 30 Oct. 589/2 Men required to work after 5.10 p.m. to be paid for one hour up to 5.30 p.m., after 5.30 p.m. two hours' pay, and if working mealtimes to be paid double time.

1954 Tribune (Sydney) 2 June 12/1 Demands advanced by power house workers include:... Double time for public holidays, plus a day in lieu on annual leave.

2003 V. O. Carter Such Sweet Thunder 176 They couldn' git no electrician 'cause it was Sund'y, an' even if they did git one it'd cost 'um double time.

B. adv.

At twice the usual rate or for twice the usual time; in or at double time (in various senses of the noun).

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1757 Public Advertiser 12 Apr. 4/1 Our Artificers work double Time with unwearied Diligence.

1839 Manch. Times 15 June The infantry were then marched, double time, and advanced to the charge.

1937 R. Byron Road to Oxiana (1992) 96 Do what you want. Then clear out, double time.

1966 O. Keepnews Existential Jazz Aura L. Bruce in View Within (1988) v. 148 It mocks the limitations of the syrupy tune by playing the ballad double-time.

2006 D. Trussoni Falling through Earth (2007) xiv. 252 Working double-time is the only way you'll get ahead in this world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	double time
释义	double timen.adv. Brit. /ˈdʌbl tʌɪm/, /ˌdʌbl ˈtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈdəb(ə)l ˌtaɪm/, /ˌdəb(ə)l ˈtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.¹, time n. Etymology: < double adj.¹ + time n.With sense A. 2 compare time n. 31, slow time n. 1, and also slightly earlier double-quick n. A. n. 1. Music. a. Time or rhythm consisting of two beats in a bar; duple time (see duple adj.).figurative in quot. ?1719. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > specific rhythm triplatec1430 triplar?a1505 sextuple1738 simple1740 septuple1889 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > specific tempo quadruplaa1450 measure time1626 quick time1712 tempo giusto1724 tempo rubato1724 tittuping1780 rubato1855 double time1877 strict tempo1936 half-time1938 tranquillo1980 ?1719 M. Davies Present State Physick ii. 19 in Athenæ Britannicæ (new ed.) VI. iii, Arriving about nine in the Morning, he kept double Time with the Knocker for some time. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Motion, in Songs compos'd in double Time, differs from those in triple Time. 'Tis the Motion that distinguishes Courants and Sarabands, from Gavots, Borees, Chacones, &c. 1839 Elements Vocal Music in Boston Academy's Coll. Church Music 5/1 Double time is accented on the first part of the measure. 1895 Violin Times 15 Oct. 48/1 It [sc. the tambourin dance] is in double time, gay and lively in movement, and suggestive of joy and good humour. 1956 F. Densmore Seminole Music 160 Two descending tetrachords occur in the third and fourth measures, followed by two measures in triple time and a return of the tetrachord in double time. 2002 C. Humphries Piano Handbk. 265/3 Tied notes or accents are used to make two bars of triple time sound like three bars of double time. b. A rhythm that is twice as fast as an earlier one; (Jazz) an apparent doubling of the speed of a passage produced by halving the prevailing note value, while the beat and harmonic rhythm remain unchanged.figurative in quot. 1837 (although this may instead show a figurative use of sense A. 2). ΚΠ 1837 T. D. Lauder Highland Rambles II. 261 Her heart beat in double time when he and his father..passed by in their gay red and green tartan. 1854 J. W. Moore Compl. Encycl. Music 261/1 Doppio, double; as doppio movimento, double time, that is, as fast again. 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn i. vi. 81 He..went into double time on the cymbal. 1977 Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 7 July 5/2 In ‘Flame’ he used an excursion into double time and a few great two-handed runs. 2022 K. Beswick & C. Murray Making Hip Hop Theatre 58 Listen to a piece of music and try to follow the beat with a vocal rhythm using the basic beatbox sounds... Now speed up to double time and down to half time. 2. Military. A brisk rate of marching, originally twice the rate of slow time (slow time n. 1). Cf. double-quick n., quick time n. 2.In the British Army the rate of double time is 165 paces per minute; it was formerly 150 paces per minute. In the United States Army (where the term superseded double quick: see note at double-quick adv.), the rate is 180 paces per minute. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific quick march1606 double march1661 slow time1763 ordinary time1792 quick time1802 double time1833 double1860 walk-march1874 1782 T. Simes Portable Mil. Libr. III. 46 Continue its march in close order, and in double time. 1831 W. Mitchell Let. 7 June in United Service Jrnl. (1832) i. 107 Double time is the wheeling time for an open column in march at quick time. 1868 E. Upton New Syst. Infantry Tactics 21 The instructor..will indicate the cadence by the command one, two, given alternately as the left and right foot should touch the ground, beginning at common time and increasing gradually to double time. 1914 Man. Physical Training U.S. Army (U.S. War Dept.) 7 Marching in double time is a heart and lung developing exercise of moderate severity. 2013 Salisbury Jrnl. (Nexis) 10 Dec. The Rifles..marched twice around the city centre, the first in quick time, the second in double time, before medal presentations. †3. Esp. in industry: a method of working in which work is done for twice as long as usual. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1790 Brit. Mercury 5 June 305 All the workmen in the Dockyard are put on double time, to get the ships ready for commission. 1850 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 16 June The operatives at this establishment..are so busily employed, that ‘double time’ has been introduced. 1913 Parker Post 12 Apr. 4/1 As there was not a great number [of pupils], she worked them upon double time and now they will compare favorably with any country school. 4. A rate of pay equal to twice the standard rate, typically paid for working on public holidays or outside normal working hours. Cf. time n. 12b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > wage structures and scales > [noun] > rate of pay > specific piece-rate1842 time and a half1847 time1877 base rate1889 port wages1891 trip-rate1901 time rate1902 1824 1st Rep. Select Comm. Artizans & Machinery 199 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 51) V. 1 They charge double time for taking the ship in, and double time for working when she is dry under her bottom. 1897 Railway Times 30 Oct. 589/2 Men required to work after 5.10 p.m. to be paid for one hour up to 5.30 p.m., after 5.30 p.m. two hours' pay, and if working mealtimes to be paid double time. 1954 Tribune (Sydney) 2 June 12/1 Demands advanced by power house workers include:... Double time for public holidays, plus a day in lieu on annual leave. 2003 V. O. Carter Such Sweet Thunder 176 They couldn' git no electrician 'cause it was Sund'y, an' even if they did git one it'd cost 'um double time. B. adv. At twice the usual rate or for twice the usual time; in or at double time (in various senses of the noun). ΚΠ 1757 Public Advertiser 12 Apr. 4/1 Our Artificers work double Time with unwearied Diligence. 1839 Manch. Times 15 June The infantry were then marched, double time, and advanced to the charge. 1937 R. Byron Road to Oxiana (1992) 96 Do what you want. Then clear out, double time. 1966 O. Keepnews Existential Jazz Aura L. Bruce in View Within (1988) v. 148 It mocks the limitations of the syrupy tune by playing the ballad double-time. 2006 D. Trussoni Falling through Earth (2007) xiv. 252 Working double-time is the only way you'll get ahead in this world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.adv.?1719
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