单词 | dugout |
释义 | dugoutadj.n. A. adj. Hollowed out by digging, excavated. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [adjective] > dug or excavated wroughtOE underdolven1382 holkedc1420 cast1487 mineda1500 pioneda1616 uneartheda1625 delved1673 disentombed1871 dugout1886 1886 Athenæum 24 Apr. 556/3 In some cases the station was completely insulated, and reached only by means of dug-out canoes. 1887 Archaeologia 50 370 Dug-out boats of more or less rude construction. 1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 838 Ordinary dug-out canals like that of Suez. B. n. (chiefly U.S.) 1. A canoe made by hollowing out the trunk of a tree. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > dug-out troughc893 cot1537 monoxylon1555 toni1582 piragua1599 pitpan1726 log-canoe1752 monoxyle1775 corial1796 dugout1819 montaria1853 lakatoi1885 mokoro1897 doonga1905 curiara1910 1819 J. A. Quitman in Clairborne Life (1860) I. 42 At Wheeling..we purchased a small canoe, called here a ‘dug-out’, or ‘man-drowner’. 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 57 We had no boat with us, not even a dug-out. 1887 Archaeologia 50 370 Ship-building..of a very superior kind to these rude dug-outs. 2. a. A channel made by digging. U.S. ΚΠ 1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents II. xlv. 535 A little further we came to a ‘dug out’—that is, a passage cut or dug across a bar. b. A rough kind of dwelling formed by an excavation in the ground (usually in a slope or bank), roofed with turf, canvas, etc. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > cave or underground dwelling earth houseeOE cavec1220 bikea1522 mattamore1695 subterranean1714 subterrane1759 yurt1780 weem1792 subterrene1793 ice cave1810 gibber-gunyah1847 dugout1855 fogou1864 abri1887 pit house1907 1855 in J. A. Thomson 80 Years Reminisc. (1904) I. 171 I live in a dug-out tent [at Balaklava], which is pretty warm, with a capital fire-place made out of potato tins! 1860 Jrnl. Discourses 8 293/1 When you have built splendid habitations, be as willing to leave them as you would to leave a dug-out. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxxi. 685 The unhappy traveler, if compelled to seek shelter in winter, will find it in a Swedish ‘dug-out’. 1881 Chicago Times 16 Apr. Instead of ‘dug-outs’ on the prairies, he found the farmers living in large, handsome frame houses. 1883 Leisure Hour 281/2 The Kansas ‘dug-outs’ consist..of a square hole dug in the ground, roofed either by a canvas waggon-cloth or..with sods. c. spec. Applied to the roofed shelters used in trench warfare. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > shelter in trench dugout1904 tamboo1916 elephant1917 glory-hole1925 1904 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 7/1 The following telegram from General Sakharoff..has been received at St. Petersburg:..Our troops, thanks to their dug-outs, warm clothing, and plentiful food, do not suffer from the cold. 1914 D. O. Barnett Let. in In Happy Memory (1915) 19 A dug-out in the reserve trenches. a1917 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator (1918) 23 And I shall see no more The gallant friendly faces Framed in my dug-out door. 1919 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 26 Desire Trench..was a shallow disconnected trough upholstered in mud and possessing four or five unfinished dug-out shafts. 1919 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 63 A bombed dug-out is the last word in ‘unhealthiness’. 3. A person of out-dated appearance or ideas; spec. a superannuated officer, etc., recalled for temporary military service. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > one who is old fashioned mumpsimus1573 fogram1760 fogey1792 fogramite1813 frump1817 primitist1818 foist1820 Rip Van Winkle1833 foozle1860 old-timer1860 mossyback1865 mossback1873 dugout1912 pterodactyl1921 unhip1936 fud1942 square1944 primitivist1975 retread1982 1912 Blackwood's Mag. June 805/2 From his turn-out, he was probably a prehistoric ‘dug-out’, a ‘was-bird’ of ‘weird’ early Victorian ideas. 1915 (title) Tales of a ‘dug-out’. 1915 Tales of ‘Dug-out’ 5 [Publishers' note] These War Stories are written by an Officer—a ‘dug-out’, returning to the Service after 20 years' absence. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through ii. ii. 232 A new untried man—usually a dug-out in an advanced state of decay—is stuck into the job. 1918 W. J. Locke Rough Road vii. 75 The Colonel was immensely proud of them and sang their praises to any fellow dug-out who would listen to him. 1920 Q. Rev. July 139 Retired officers and civilians, the much sneered at ‘Dug-outs’..saved the situation. 1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 98 These ‘elder statesmen’ are the last people to whom a community can safely commit its destinies in an emergency, since..these ‘dug-outs’ are doubly incapacitated. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest iii. 31 The Assistant Provost Marshal..was a dug-out major of a famous cavalry regiment. Draft additions 1993 Hence, an underground air-raid shelter. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > air-raid shelter police box1855 air raid shelter1917 shelter1918 surface shelter1922 Anderson shelter1939 dugout1940 Morrison shelter1941 tube shelter1942 1940 J. Colville Diary 17 Sept. in Fringes of Power (1985) 241 The House of Commons repaired to its dug-outs. 1954 C. R. Attlee As it Happened xiv. 120 We were all ordered down to the dug-out—King, Ministers and domestic servants. Draft additions 1993 A low shelter at the side of a sports pitch, with seating for the manager, trainer, players, etc. of a team. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > shelter at side of sports pitch dugout1912 1912 N.Y. Tribune 17 Oct. 1/4 The Boston rooters..cheered themselves hoarse. But over near the New York dugout another scene was enacted. 1948 N.Y. Times 9 May v. 5/8 Vern Stephens threw his grounder into the Boston dugout. 1973 Times 15 Aug. 7/3 The [baseball] players in their dugout were saying among themselves that his deliveries were coming fast, then dropping. 1976 Liverpool Echo 7 Dec. 18/2 He had the unhappy experience of sitting in the trainer's dug-out watching Paul Mariner..score the winning goal. 1986 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 July a17/3 There was an embarrassingly large scattering of boos when he walked to the dugout. 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