911n.

Brit.

/ˌnʌɪn wʌn ˈwʌn/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪn ˈwən ˈwən/

Forms: 1900s– 911, 1900s– nine-one-one.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nine n., one n.

Etymology: < nine n. + one n. + one n. Usually written with numerical symbol.

North American.

1. In the United States and Canada: a telephone number used to contact the emergency services; the service provided when this number is dialled. Frequently attributive. Cf. 999 n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > number

number1879

telephone number1880

home number1898

phone number1911

silent number1913

wrong number1930

4111931

9991937

area code1946

9111968

800 number1971

cell number1988

0800 number1988

digit1989

1968 N.Y. Times 13 Jan. 62/2 A plan to establish a national emergency telephone number—911—with which police, fire and ambulance services could be summoned from any telephone in the United States was announced yesterday by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

1973 S. C. Curcie & D. E. Eisenberg in Proc. IEEE Internat. Conf. Communications 1 5 The employment of a 911 emergency telephone system is discussed and the features of such a system are described.

1989 K. Green Night Angel xx. 215 The phone dangled on its spiral cord and she squirmed toward it, pushing 911.

1993 Canad. Geographic Jan. 74/2 If you do that again I'll phone 911.

2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game xxxviii. 350 He gets on his cell phone and calls Nine-One-One.

2. U.S. In extended use: a person or thing one may have recourse to in an emergency or crisis; (also) a signal to take urgent action, an alert.

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1992 Atlantic Sept. 34/3 An institution that has had a claim on U.S. history and imagination since 1776 may soon be lucky to be regarded as the nation's 911 force, a rescue squad for kidnapped diplomats and tourists.

1997 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 24 July a11/3 Instead of taking that as a 911 to spend more money on original writing and exceptional talent, ABC decided to pour a fortune into convincing viewers they should feel good about watching derivative junk.

2000 N.Y. Times 8 Aug. a27/6 It's easy for the Bushies to sneer that they won't be the world's 911 or global cops, but such aloofness is much harder in practice now that America is so dominant.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	911
释义	911n. Brit. /ˌnʌɪn wʌn ˈwʌn/, U.S. /ˈnaɪn ˈwən ˈwən/ Forms: 1900s– 911, 1900s– nine-one-one. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nine n., one n. Etymology: < nine n. + one n. + one n. Usually written with numerical symbol. North American. 1. In the United States and Canada: a telephone number used to contact the emergency services; the service provided when this number is dialled. Frequently attributive. Cf. 999 n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > number number1879 telephone number1880 home number1898 phone number1911 silent number1913 wrong number1930 4111931 9991937 area code1946 9111968 800 number1971 cell number1988 0800 number1988 digit1989 1968 N.Y. Times 13 Jan. 62/2 A plan to establish a national emergency telephone number—911—with which police, fire and ambulance services could be summoned from any telephone in the United States was announced yesterday by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. 1973 S. C. Curcie & D. E. Eisenberg in Proc. IEEE Internat. Conf. Communications 1 5 The employment of a 911 emergency telephone system is discussed and the features of such a system are described. 1989 K. Green Night Angel xx. 215 The phone dangled on its spiral cord and she squirmed toward it, pushing 911. 1993 Canad. Geographic Jan. 74/2 If you do that again I'll phone 911. 2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game xxxviii. 350 He gets on his cell phone and calls Nine-One-One. 2. U.S. In extended use: a person or thing one may have recourse to in an emergency or crisis; (also) a signal to take urgent action, an alert. ΚΠ 1992 Atlantic Sept. 34/3 An institution that has had a claim on U.S. history and imagination since 1776 may soon be lucky to be regarded as the nation's 911 force, a rescue squad for kidnapped diplomats and tourists. 1997 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 24 July a11/3 Instead of taking that as a 911 to spend more money on original writing and exceptional talent, ABC decided to pour a fortune into convincing viewers they should feel good about watching derivative junk. 2000 N.Y. Times 8 Aug. a27/6 It's easy for the Bushies to sneer that they won't be the world's 911 or global cops, but such aloofness is much harder in practice now that America is so dominant. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1968
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