单词 | juggernaut |
释义 | JuggernautJagannāthn. 1. Hindu Mythology. A title of Kṛishṇa, the eighth avatar of Vishṇu; spec., the effigy of this deity at Pūrī in Orissa, annually dragged in procession on an enormous car, under the wheels of which many devotees are said to have formerly thrown themselves to be crushed. Also attributive.The first European account of the Juggernaut festival, and its attendant immolations, is that by Friar Odoric, c1321. See Yule, Cathay & Way Thither 28. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > of specific deity or idol Juggernaut1638 Molochship1661 tiki1777 Baphomet1848 Shiva1931 the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Indian or Hindu > Vishnu > Juggernaut Juggernaut1638 1638 W. Bruton Newes from E.-Indies 19 Unto this Pagod..doe belong 9000. Brammines or Priests, which doe dayly offer Sacrifices vnto their great God Iagarnat... And when it [the chariot] is going along the City, there are many that will offer themselves a Sacrifice to this Idoll. 1682 W. Hedges Diary 16 July (1887) I. 30 We lay by all last night till 10 o'clock this morning, ye Captain being desirous to see ye Jagernot Pagodas. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. 384 Jagarynat..his Effigie is often carried abroad in Procession, mounted on a Coach four Stories high. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 555 In this province stands the idolatrous temple of Jaganaut. 1814 Let. 28 June in Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. (1816) Feb. 145/2 Jaganath made some progress on the 19th, and has travelled daily ever since. 1825 A. Stirling in Asiatic Researches 15 324 That excess of fanaticism which formerly prompted the pilgrims to court death by throwing themselves in crowds under the wheels of the car of Jagannáth, has happily long ceased. 1827 J. Poynder in Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. May 702/1 About the year 1790, no fewer than twenty-eight Hindoos were crushed to death..under the wheels of Juggernaut. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 342 The temple and worship of Jagannath. 2. figurative. An institution, practice, or notion to which persons blindly devote themselves, or are ruthlessly sacrificed. Also Juggernaut car in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > rigid or relentless > thing or person Juggernaut1854 1854 J. W. Warter Last of Old Squires iv. 32 A neighbouring people were crushed beneath the worse than Jaggernaut car of wild and fierce democracy. 1865 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) III. 66 The locomotive is the American Juggernaut. 1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. vi. 89 Society falls down before the Juggernaut of a Triumph. 1873 J. Forster Life Dickens II. xix. 415 Poor Johnny Tetterby staggering under his Moloch of an infant, the Juggernaut that crushes all his enjoyments. 1878 T. A. Edison in N. Amer. Rev. 126 536 Details..will wholly disappear before that remorseless Juggernaut—‘the needs of man’. 1883 Standard 3 Sept. 4/6 Practical politics, that Revolutionary Juggernaut that grinds us all under its car. 3. (Now with lower-case initial.) A large heavy vehicle; spec. a heavy lorry. In quot. 1927 probably just an ordinary motor car. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > large and heavy Juggernaut1841 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > heavy Juggernaut1969 1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon iii. 58 Fancy, then,..the body landed at day-break..and transferred to the car; and fancy the car, a huge Juggernaut of a machine. 1927 W. G. M. Dobie Game-bag & Creel 20 How gladly would I have him killed or shot, That blind, fat fool who drove the Juggernaut! 1946 G. Tyrwhitt-Drake Eng. Circus & Fair Ground xvii. 198 In 1919 I bid £900 for one of these juggernauts [sc. a traction engine] to use for hauling my circus equipment. 1969 Evening Star (Ipswich) 28 Apr. 16/2 Experienced colleagues of mine are concerned about container lorries—the 30-ton juggernauts—which are completely disregarding speed limits. 1972 Guardian 30 Nov. 32/6 (headline) No entry for juggernauts. 1972 Guardian 30 Nov. 32/6 The juggernaut lorry will be kept out. 1972 Oxf. Mail 11 Dec. 3/3 A plan to banish the juggernaut lorry from many Oxfordshire village roads is being prepared. 1973 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 7 Aug. 8/6 (caption) Sunshine and shade in the Church Square, Ballater. Continental juggernauts, on their way to the west coast, would certainly change this peaceful scene. 1973 Daily Tel. 10 Aug. 3 French police were last night interviewing 27 Asians—17 Pakistanis and 10 Indians found in Calais under a false floor in a juggernaut bound for Britain. Derivatives ˈJuggernaut v. (transitive) to crush to death as a victim. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by crushing or treading crowd1598 to tread to death1726 Juggernaut1830 slosh1918 1830 Examiner 651/1 After Mr. Huskisson had been Juggernauted. 1860 All Year Round 17 Mar. 492 I escape with difficulty being Juggernauted to death by the ponderous wheels of the ox-waggons. ˈJuggernautish adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [adjective] > of India Juggernautish1819 Juggernautal1888 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > crushing Juggernautish1819 vice-like1835 hugging1841 pulverulent1864 Juggernautal1888 1819 Abeillard & Heloisa 340 Glad should we be to put the bridle On ev'ry Jaggernautish idol. ˈJuggernautal adj. of the nature or character of Juggernaut. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [adjective] > of India Juggernautish1819 Juggernautal1888 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > crushing Juggernautish1819 vice-like1835 hugging1841 pulverulent1864 Juggernautal1888 1888 Harper's Mag. Jan. 190/1 An asthmatic pug sought a Juggernautal fate between the ponderous wagon wheels. 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