单词 | john bull |
释义 | John Bulln. 1. a. A name given to the English nation personified. Sometimes more generally: a name given to Britain (or the United Kingdom) personified; cf. England n. 1a, and etymological note at that entry.The character John Bull is typically represented as a stout, red-faced farmer in a top hat and high boots. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] EngleeOE EnglishOE English-Saxona1387 Anglea1398 Southron1488 England1569 Anglo-Saxon1602 John Bull1748 Johnny Bull?1762 Southronya1795 Bull1825 Englishry1856 1748 D. Hume Let. 26 Mar. (1932) I. 121 Be assurd, there is not a finer Country in the World; nor are there any Signs of Poverty among the People. But John Bull's Prejudices are ridiculous; as his Insolence is intolerable. 1778 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 350 France..assisted the American cause, for which John Bull abused and fought her. a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) ix. 374 A horse-race we met with near Chester-le-Street. This we could not resist, as some of us had never seen John Bull at his favourite amusement. 1899 J. Clifford in Daily News 3 Jan. 8/5 John Bull was now an Imperialist, and dwelt very much abroad. 1940 Daily Mail 24 July 6/1 Those who understand the British character a little better could tell the Germans that the only time John Bull is more resolute than when he is being bluffed is when he begins to pray and quote Scriptures. 2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine iii. 60 John Bull..switched from drinking claret with his beef to port when France was the enemy. b. As a count noun: an Englishman who exemplifies the supposedly typical national character; a typical English (or British) person, often one who is (strongly) patriotic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England EnglishmaneOE EnglishOE startc1438 Southron1488 Englander1610 knife-man1643 Englisher1652 southern1721 John Bull1772 Saxon1810 Sassenach1815 rosbif1826 Goddam1830 Angrezi1866 Angrez1877 Percy1916 Limey1918 woodbine1918 homie1926 kipper1946 1772 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 190 Both, like true John Bulls, fought with better will than justice for old England. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xlvii. 207 By some he was called..‘a thorough-bred Englishman’, by some ‘a genuine John Bull’. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel (1907) iii. 24 Mr Jellyband and his fellow John Bulls..were royalist and anti-revolutionists to a man. 2005 H. Hitchings Defining the World 225 By the standards of the period, Johnson was supereminent—a representative Englishman, the cynosure of British letters, a cultivated John Bull, the archetype of the sociable scholar. ΚΠ 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. vii. 205 John Bull is the name of a modern pastime, which may be played in the open air, or in a room. Compounds General attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] EnglisheOE Southron1488 poke pudding1705 John Bull1787 Saxon1787 John Bullish1793 Hinglish1812 Angrezi1855 Angrez1896 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Ode upon Ode 44 We Amateurs should, in a Fury, Just take it in our John-Bull Heads. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxxi. 40 Roast beef in our rough John Bull way. 2010 L. H. Campey Planters, Paupers, & Pioneers x. 283 Here was the John Bull spirit exemplified. Derivatives ˌJohn ˈBullish adj. typically English (or British) in nature, character, or behaviour; spec. characterized by extreme or aggressive patriotism. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] EnglisheOE Southron1488 poke pudding1705 John Bull1787 Saxon1787 John Bullish1793 Hinglish1812 Angrezi1855 Angrez1896 1793 F. Burney Let. 19 Sept. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 10 This is a prejudice certainly impertinent & very John Bullish. 1913 Bookman Nov. 218/1 When he wishes to be complimentary to an individual Englishman, he takes pains to emphasise the fact that the person in question is not at all John Bullish. 2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 Jan. 4 His John Bullish determination to do things his own way. ˌJohn ˈBullishness n. the quality or state of embodying typical English (or British) characteristics; (later also) English patriotism, esp. of an exaggerated or aggressive kind. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > state or fact of being Englishry1607 Englishness1804 Anglicity1823 John Bullishness1895 1895 Nation (N.Y.) 14 Nov. 345/3 The stolid John Bullishness with which England refuses arbitration of the whole question. 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nexis) 21 Apr. 6 I think the reason why there is no outpouring of John Bullishness on this day is because of our very Englishness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > England > person Angloman1787 John Bullist1851 Anglophile1861 Anglophiliac1961 1851 J. H. Newman Lect. Present Position Catholics Eng. i. 25 Anglo-maniacs or John Bullists, as they are popularly termed. 1867 S. Austral. Reg. 2 Nov. One or two of the extreme John Bullists may have demurred to this as tending to perpetuate national distinctions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1748 |
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