单词 | anachronism |
释义 | anachronismn. 1. An error in chronology; the placing of something in a period of time to which it does not belong (esp. one which is earlier than its true date). Also: the action or practice of making such errors or of placing things in this way. Cf. metachronism n. 1, prochronism n., parachronism n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > assignment to a time or dating > assignment to a wrong time or date prolepsis1578 antichronism1612 anachronicism1614 anachronism1617 metachronism1617 parachronisma1641 prochronisma1646 achronism1674 parepochism1685 anachronizing1768 anticipation1774 1617 J. Hales Serm. Oxf. 36 There are in Scripture..anachronismes, metachronismes, and the like, which bring infinite obscuritie to the text. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. viii. 85 This error sprang from Anachronisme, and confusion of Histories. 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. i. i. 8 Virgil by making Dido and Æneas Co-temporaries, whereas they lived at Three Hundred Years distance..committed an Anachronism. 1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. Pref. p. iv To maintain the unity of the story, some anachronisms with regard to the time of the session of courts have been allowed. 1894 W. H. Bennett Bks. of Chrons. ii. vi. 111 All history is more or less guilty of anachronism. 1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 88 A third..spots anachronisms in the script..like penicillin and the atomic bomb. 2009 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 104/3 Anachronisms abound, from New Age lingo like ‘She gives off a bad feeling’ to the dialect of the postbellum South. 2. A person or thing belonging or appropriate to another time (esp. an earlier one); an outdated or old-fashioned person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > anachronism anachronism1816 anachrony1936 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > anachronism > one who is out of harmony with his time anachronist1842 anachronism1871 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. 53 If this one-eyed Experience does not seduce its worshipper into practical anachronisms. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ix. 145 A pilgrimage now seems an anachronism. 1871 Daily News 15 Apr. 2 [The Benchers] would be living anachronisms in this age of progress, were it not that they are extremely fond of good eating. 1954 M. Connolly Mr. Blue (new ed.) vi. 96 Saint Patrick's Cathedral is an anachronism on Fifth Avenue. 2004 Vanity Fair June 110/1 He's a deliberate, self-created anachronism—the last of the ascot dandies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1617 |
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