单词 | fishpond |
释义 | fishpondn. 1. a. A pond in which fish are kept. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-pond or -tank fish-poolc950 fish-housec1000 viverc1330 stew1387 piscinaa1398 piscinea1400 fishpondc1440 trunk1440 moat1463 stagnec1470 servatorya1475 viviera1500 fish-stew1552 vivarium1600 shut1605 fish-stove1615 keep1617 estang1628 vivarya1634 nursery1772 preserve1849 whalerya1880 fish tank1957 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 163/1 Fisshe ponde, vivarium. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 42 An herb Benione, which being hung in a linen cloth near a Fish Pond..makes him [an otter] avoid the place. View more context for this quotation 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal liv There is a terrass on the south side, with a fish-pond. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 723 A small country seat, surrounded by pleasant gardens and fishponds. b. Applied jocularly to the sea (cf. herring-pond n.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] sea-floodc893 brimc937 streamc950 foamOE mereOE seaOE sea of (the) oceanc1300 brookc1400 float1477 strand1513 breec1540 burnc1540 broth1558 Thetisie1600 fishpond1604 brine1605 pond1612 Thetisc1620 brack1627 herring-pond1686 tide1791 black water1816 lave1825 briny1831 salt water1839 blue1861 swan's bath1865 puddle1869 ditch1922 oggin1945 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 47 I had not sailde a league in that great fish-pond (the sea) but I cast vp my very gall. 1661 J. Ogilby Relation His Majestie's Entertainm. 18 The great Fish-pond Shall be thine-a. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. i. 4 Our queer German brothers over the Northern fish-pond. 2. A depression in a card-table to contain ‘fish’ (see fish n.3) or counters. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > bidding or staking > counter > receptacle fishpond1785 1785 W. Cowper Let. 19 Mar. (1981) II. 333 When covered with a table-cloth the fish-ponds are not easily discerned. 3. A game in which participants try to catch toy fish; also, a receptacle at a fair, etc., from which small parcels can be extracted by means of a fishing-rod. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > lucky dip, etc. lucky bag1788 bran-tub1858 bran-pie1877 lucky dip1878 fishpond1892 dip1915 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others sitisota1400 papsea1450 half-bowl1477 pluck at the crow1523 white and black1555 running game1581 blow-pointa1586 hot cocklesa1586 one penny1585 cockelty bread1595 pouch1600 venter-point1600 hinch-pinch1603 hardhead1606 poor and rich1621 rowland-hoe1622 hubbub1634 handicap?a1653 owl1653 ostomachy1656 prelledsa1660 quarter-spellsa1660 yert-point1659 bob-her1702 score1710 parson has lost his cloak1712 drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754 French Fox1759 goal1765 warpling o' the green1768 start1788 kiss-in-the-ring1801 steal-clothes1809 steal-coat1816 petits paquets1821 bocce1828 graces1831 Jack-in-the-box1836 hot hand1849 sparrow-mumbling1852 Aunt Sally1858 gossip1880 Tambaroora1882 spoof1884 fishpond1892 nim1901 diabolo1906 Kim's game1908 beaver1910 treasure-hunt1913 roll-down1915 rock scissors paper1927 scissors cut paper1927 scissors game1927 the dozens1928 toad in the hole1930 game1932 scissors paper stone1932 Roshambo1936 Marco Polo1938 scavenger hunt1940 skish1940 rock paper scissors1947 to play chicken1949 sounding1962 joning1970 arcade game1978 1892–3 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 67/2 Games.. Fish ponds. 1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet iv. 81 Anthea and Jane went off..to fish in the fishpond, and dive into the bran-pie. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Mar. 6/3 Plain and fancy articles will be on sale, also home cooking and a fish pond. 1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 825/3 Magnetic fishponds..with pond, fishing rods and everything complete. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440 |
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