lan.¹

Brit.

/lɑː/, U.S.

/lɑ/

Etymology: Originally the first syllable of Latin labii: see gamut n.

Music.

The name given by Guido d'Arezzo to the sixth note in his hexachords, and since retained in solmization as the sixth note of the octave; also (now rarely) used as in French and Italian as a name of the note A, the sixth note of the ‘natural’ scale of C major.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > hexachord > notes of hexachords

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > sol-fa system > sol-fa notes

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c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 292 Sol and ut and la.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke i. 3 There be in Musicke but vj. Notes, which are called, vt, re, mi, fa, sol, la.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. ii. 135 O these Eclipses do portend these diuisions. Fa, Sol, La, Me.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 146 The other..will drinke often musically a health to every one of these 6. notes, Ut, Re, mi, fa, sol, la; which, with his reason, are all comprehended in this Exameter. Vt Relevet Miserum Fatum Solitosque Labores.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music at Solmization Of the seven notes in the French scale, only four were for a while used by us, as mi, fa, sol, la.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Lan.²

Brit.

/ˌɛlˈeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌɛlˈeɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: lanthanum n.

Etymology: Symbolic abbreviation for lanthanum n. Compare Ln n.

Chemistry.

The element lanthanum.

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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > lanthanum > [noun]

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1842 J. Johnston Man. Chem. (ed. 4) ii. iii. 292 (heading) Lanthanum. Symbol La... Lanthanum is a new metal, recently discovered by Mosander, associated with cerium.

1849 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. III. 275 (heading) Oxide of Lanthanum. LaO.

1917 H. F. V. Little in J. N. Friend Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. IV. 406 Lanthanum sesquioxide or lanthana, La₂O₃, is obtained as a white powder.

1969 J. N. Butler in R. A. Durst Ion-selective Electrodes Proc. Symp. v. 158 Even if solid La(OH)₃ did not precipitate, high pH solutions would tend to lower the concentration of free La⁺³.

2011 Jrnl. Power Sources 196 8539/2 The dopants chosen were cations with similar size e.g. La for Ba.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Laadj.

Brit.

/la/, U.S.

/læ/

Forms: Also with lower-case initial.

Etymology: French or Italian, feminine definite article, < Latin illa (feminine), ille that.

Prefixed to a woman's name, ironically as if to that of a prima donna. In quot. 1869 the reference is to a singer.

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1869 Porcupine 18 Sept. 235/1 I don't wonder at that man of ‘blood and iron’—Bismarck—openly expressing himself an admirer of La good-looking Lucca.

1919 A. Huxley Let. 5 Jan. (1969) 174 A poem by myself with an outgush of la Whilcox [i.e. Ella Wheeler Wilcox].

1943 N. Balchin Small Back Room x. 121 What's the time? Four o'clock? Let's go and see if La Susan has rustled up any tea.

1961 New Statesman 10 Feb. 210/3 It all began with la Starkie clutching her brandy in front of the Tavern at Lord's with her back to the cricket.

1967 P. G. Wodehouse Company for Henry xi. 197 You can't avoid encountering La Simmons.

1974 ‘E. McGirr’ Murderous Journey 78 La Siskin had another woman with her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

laint.

Brit.

/lɑː/,

/la/, U.S.

/lɑ/

Etymology: Compare lo int.¹ (Old English lá and early Middle English la).

a. An exclamation formerly used to introduce or accompany a conventional phrase or an address, or to call attention to an emphatic statement; †also la you. Later also as a mere expression of surprise. dialect, colloquial, and archaic in later use.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 99 La you, and you speake ill of the diuell, how he takes it at heart.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 78 I thank you alwaies with my heart, la: with my heart.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 293 You doe your selfe wrong indeede-la .

1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer iv. i. 48 O law now, I swear and declare, it shan't be so.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. vii. 85 La, Ma'am, what doth your La'yship think?

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby x. 87 La, Miss La Creevy, how very smirking.

1844 N. P. Willis Lady Jane ii. 311 He'd a caressing way—but, la! you know it's A sort of manner natural to poets!

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet III. xxii. 239 ‘La, sir!’ she asked, ‘Is it the voice of your sweetheart?’

†b. Repeated (a) as a refrain; (b) as an expression of derision. Obsolete. (Hence la-la adj., = ‘so-so’, poor.)

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1578 Gude & Godl. B. (S.T.S.) 138 Christ..Quhilk meiklie for mankynde, Tholit to be pynde, On Croce Cruellie. La. La.

1578 Gude & Godl. B. (S.T.S.) 83 La Lay La.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. i. 21 Flam. [He] hath sent to your Lordship to furnish him: nothing doubting your present assistance therein. Luc. La, la, la, la: Nothing doubting sayes hee?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

L.A.

L.A. n. see (Lady) Literate in Arts at literate adj. and n. Phrases.

1883 C. Struthers Admiss. Women Scot. Univ. 16 In 1877, the Senate of that University [St. Andrews] offered on certain conditions, to attach the title of L.A. to their Higher Certificate... In 1882, we find..the title..changed to L.L.A.

extracted from Ln.

L.A.

L.A. n. local authority.

1932 J. L. P. W. Hewison Local Expenditure: Address E. Sussex Ratepayers' Assoc. 4 Let every L.A. be rationed as to the percentage of its income which it may spend on loan charges.

1967 Punch 1 Mar. 292/2 The LAs spend between them on nursery schools 0·281 per cent of their total educational expenditure.

extracted from Ln.

LA n. (also L.A.) Los Angeles.

1949 H. G. Alsberg et al. American Guide 1199 Los Angeles... Airports: Union Air Terminal, & L.A. Mun. Airport.

1953 Amer. Speech 28 54 If you're confused—its still L.A... (Native votes on pronunciation of ‘Los Angeles’.)

1969 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 20/3 The centre of California is LA, a concrete and glass mélange embracing 102 incorporated cities and spread over 4,851 square miles.

1972 B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 109 I can't walk around LA without gettin' the horns—there's so many pretties.

1973 Black World Apr. 96 On a junket to L.A. and New York.

extracted from Ln.

n.¹c1325

n.²1842

adj.1869

int.1578

as lemmas

单词	la
释义	lan.¹ Brit. /lɑː/, U.S. /lɑ/ Etymology: Originally the first syllable of Latin labii: see gamut n. Music. The name given by Guido d'Arezzo to the sixth note in his hexachords, and since retained in solmization as the sixth note of the octave; also (now rarely) used as in French and Italian as a name of the note A, the sixth note of the ‘natural’ scale of C major. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > hexachord > notes of hexachords cesolfaa1325 G-sol-re-utc1325 lac1325 solc1325 utc1325 effautc1380 alamirea1450 mia1450 rea1450 e-la-mic1550 A mi la1696 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > sol-fa system > sol-fa notes fac1325 lac1325 solc1325 utc1325 mia1450 rec1550 si1728 doh1730 ti1835 c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 292 Sol and ut and la. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke i. 3 There be in Musicke but vj. Notes, which are called, vt, re, mi, fa, sol, la. a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. ii. 135 O these Eclipses do portend these diuisions. Fa, Sol, La, Me. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 146 The other..will drinke often musically a health to every one of these 6. notes, Ut, Re, mi, fa, sol, la; which, with his reason, are all comprehended in this Exameter. Vt Relevet Miserum Fatum Solitosque Labores. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music at Solmization Of the seven notes in the French scale, only four were for a while used by us, as mi, fa, sol, la. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Lan.² Brit. /ˌɛlˈeɪ/, U.S. /ˌɛlˈeɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: lanthanum n. Etymology: Symbolic abbreviation for lanthanum n. Compare Ln n. Chemistry. The element lanthanum. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > lanthanum > [noun] lanthanum1841 La1842 Ln1842 1842 J. Johnston Man. Chem. (ed. 4) ii. iii. 292 (heading) Lanthanum. Symbol La... Lanthanum is a new metal, recently discovered by Mosander, associated with cerium. 1849 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. III. 275 (heading) Oxide of Lanthanum. LaO. 1917 H. F. V. Little in J. N. Friend Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. IV. 406 Lanthanum sesquioxide or lanthana, La₂O₃, is obtained as a white powder. 1969 J. N. Butler in R. A. Durst Ion-selective Electrodes Proc. Symp. v. 158 Even if solid La(OH)₃ did not precipitate, high pH solutions would tend to lower the concentration of free La⁺³. 2011 Jrnl. Power Sources 196 8539/2 The dopants chosen were cations with similar size e.g. La for Ba. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Laadj. Brit. /la/, U.S. /læ/ Forms: Also with lower-case initial. Etymology: French or Italian, feminine definite article, < Latin illa (feminine), ille that. Prefixed to a woman's name, ironically as if to that of a prima donna. In quot. 1869 the reference is to a singer. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for woman of rank > prefixed to name dam1297 damec1305 madama1375 madame1617 the1730 La1869 1869 Porcupine 18 Sept. 235/1 I don't wonder at that man of ‘blood and iron’—Bismarck—openly expressing himself an admirer of La good-looking Lucca. 1919 A. Huxley Let. 5 Jan. (1969) 174 A poem by myself with an outgush of la Whilcox [i.e. Ella Wheeler Wilcox]. 1943 N. Balchin Small Back Room x. 121 What's the time? Four o'clock? Let's go and see if La Susan has rustled up any tea. 1961 New Statesman 10 Feb. 210/3 It all began with la Starkie clutching her brandy in front of the Tavern at Lord's with her back to the cricket. 1967 P. G. Wodehouse Company for Henry xi. 197 You can't avoid encountering La Simmons. 1974 ‘E. McGirr’ Murderous Journey 78 La Siskin had another woman with her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). laint. Brit. /lɑː/, /la/, U.S. /lɑ/ Etymology: Compare lo int.¹ (Old English lá and early Middle English la). a. An exclamation formerly used to introduce or accompany a conventional phrase or an address, or to call attention to an emphatic statement; †also la you. Later also as a mere expression of surprise. dialect, colloquial, and archaic in later use. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 99 La you, and you speake ill of the diuell, how he takes it at heart. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 78 I thank you alwaies with my heart, la: with my heart. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 293 You doe your selfe wrong indeede-la . View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer iv. i. 48 O law now, I swear and declare, it shan't be so. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. vii. 85 La, Ma'am, what doth your La'yship think? View more context for this quotation 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby x. 87 La, Miss La Creevy, how very smirking. 1844 N. P. Willis Lady Jane ii. 311 He'd a caressing way—but, la! you know it's A sort of manner natural to poets! 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet III. xxii. 239 ‘La, sir!’ she asked, ‘Is it the voice of your sweetheart?’ †b. Repeated (a) as a refrain; (b) as an expression of derision. Obsolete. (Hence la-la adj., = ‘so-so’, poor.) ΚΠ 1578 Gude & Godl. B. (S.T.S.) 138 Christ..Quhilk meiklie for mankynde, Tholit to be pynde, On Croce Cruellie. La. La. 1578 Gude & Godl. B. (S.T.S.) 83 La Lay La. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. i. 21 Flam. [He] hath sent to your Lordship to furnish him: nothing doubting your present assistance therein. Luc. La, la, la, la: Nothing doubting sayes hee? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas L.A. L.A. n. see (Lady) Literate in Arts at literate adj. and n. Phrases. Π 1883 C. Struthers Admiss. Women Scot. Univ. 16 In 1877, the Senate of that University [St. Andrews] offered on certain conditions, to attach the title of L.A. to their Higher Certificate... In 1882, we find..the title..changed to L.L.A. extracted from Ln. L.A. L.A. n. local authority. Π 1932 J. L. P. W. Hewison Local Expenditure: Address E. Sussex Ratepayers' Assoc. 4 Let every L.A. be rationed as to the percentage of its income which it may spend on loan charges. 1967 Punch 1 Mar. 292/2 The LAs spend between them on nursery schools 0·281 per cent of their total educational expenditure. extracted from Ln. LA LA n. (also L.A.) Los Angeles. Π 1949 H. G. Alsberg et al. American Guide 1199 Los Angeles... Airports: Union Air Terminal, & L.A. Mun. Airport. 1953 Amer. Speech 28 54 If you're confused—its still L.A... (Native votes on pronunciation of ‘Los Angeles’.) 1969 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 20/3 The centre of California is LA, a concrete and glass mélange embracing 102 incorporated cities and spread over 4,851 square miles. 1972 B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 109 I can't walk around LA without gettin' the horns—there's so many pretties. 1973 Black World Apr. 96 On a junket to L.A. and New York. extracted from Ln. < n.¹c1325n.²1842adj.1869int.1578 as lemmas
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