Ferris wheeln.

Brit.

/ˈfɛrɪs wiːl/, U.S.

/ˈfɛrᵻs ˌ(h)wil/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element or with capital initial in the second element.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ferris , wheel n.

Etymology: < the name of G. W. G. Ferris (1859–96), U.S. engineer (see note at definition) + wheel n.

A fairground ride consisting of a giant upright revolving wheel, suspended on fixed supports, with seats or passenger cars attached to its outer edge. Also figurative. Cf. big wheel n. (a) at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2.The original Ferris wheel was designed and constructed by G. W. G. Ferris for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > wheel

Ferris wheel1892

big wheel1893

joy-wheel1911

1892 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 21 Oct. 981/2 Ferris wheel, a wheel 250 feet in diameter swung on an axle, the largest steel casting ever made, resting upon towers 135 feet high.

1893 San Francisco Chron. 8 Oct. 9/1 We are going to have a Ferris wheel at the Winter Fair. It will not be as large as the stupendous affair at the White City.

1927 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 358/2 Two ferris wheels squeaked like pigs in agony.

1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety vi. 136 Fortune's Ferris-wheel.

1986 N.Y. Mag. 20 Jan. 51/1 Orson Welles..is up in the Ferris wheel telling his old friend..how unimportant all the Viennese strolling so far below them are.

2006 T. Harford Undercover Economist ii. 31 Those of you who have visited London recently have probably been to the London Eye, the capital's landmark Ferris wheel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ferris wheel
释义	Ferris wheeln. Brit. /ˈfɛrɪs wiːl/, U.S. /ˈfɛrᵻs ˌ(h)wil/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element or with capital initial in the second element. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ferris , wheel n. Etymology: < the name of G. W. G. Ferris (1859–96), U.S. engineer (see note at definition) + wheel n. A fairground ride consisting of a giant upright revolving wheel, suspended on fixed supports, with seats or passenger cars attached to its outer edge. Also figurative. Cf. big wheel n. (a) at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2.The original Ferris wheel was designed and constructed by G. W. G. Ferris for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > wheel Ferris wheel1892 big wheel1893 joy-wheel1911 1892 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 21 Oct. 981/2 Ferris wheel, a wheel 250 feet in diameter swung on an axle, the largest steel casting ever made, resting upon towers 135 feet high. 1893 San Francisco Chron. 8 Oct. 9/1 We are going to have a Ferris wheel at the Winter Fair. It will not be as large as the stupendous affair at the White City. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 358/2 Two ferris wheels squeaked like pigs in agony. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety vi. 136 Fortune's Ferris-wheel. 1986 N.Y. Mag. 20 Jan. 51/1 Orson Welles..is up in the Ferris wheel telling his old friend..how unimportant all the Viennese strolling so far below them are. 2006 T. Harford Undercover Economist ii. 31 Those of you who have visited London recently have probably been to the London Eye, the capital's landmark Ferris wheel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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