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单词 long neck
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long neckn.

Brit. /ˈlɒŋ nɛk/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋ ˌnɛk/, /ˈlɑŋ ˌnɛk/
Forms: see long adj.1 and n.1 and neck n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.1, neck n.1
Etymology: < long adj.1 + neck n.1
1. to make a long neck: to stretch out or crane one's neck.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch oneself or be stretched [verb (intransitive)] > specific part of body
astretchc1000
reachOE
stretcha1375
to make a long neck1490
stram1792
crane1799
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 177 Thenne he..bare his hede vp, and made a longe necke [Fr. Lors..hausse la teste et estend le coul aual].
1661 M. Nedham Cities Feast to Lord Protector (single sheet) A dish of Delinquents heads in a Charger Was sent as a present from Goldsmiths-Hall, He wisht his stomak ten times larger, Yet made a long neck and poach'd them all.
1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 105 When they are going to dive under the Water, they hold up their Noses, and make a long Neck.
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 139 A Scotch Gentleman upon the Bench, who was a Border Commissioner, made a long Neck towards the Judge.
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. 173 The constable of the night, making a long neck to examine the bribe.
1826 London Lit. Gaz. 1 July 410/1 A Scotch gentleman upon the bench, who was a Border commissioner, made a long neck towards the judge.
1886 H. James Bostonians II. xxvi. 195 Even if he were behind every one he should be able to make a long neck.
1956 Oxnard (Calif.) Press-Courier 13 Apr. 9/3 Hunch the shoulders up to the ears. Drop shoulders to make a long neck.
1993 F. Harrison in K. N. Dwivedi Group Work with Children & Adolescents xi. 165 Tuck in your chin and make a long neck at the back, imagining someone pulling a hair at the crown of your head.
2. A retort, still, or flask with a long neck, esp. one made of earthenware or metal (rather than glass). Obsolete.
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the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > retorts or stills
limbeckc1350
cucurbitc1386
alembicc1405
serpentaryc1450
pelican1527
retort1527
gourd1582
cucurbittel1605
horse-belly1660
long neck1660
philosophical egg1660
infuser1688
chapel1694
rencounter1694
1660 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist 135 Take good Copperas,..beat it to powder, put it in long necks, lute fast & draw it with judgement.
1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies v. 90 Those Earthen Vessels that are commonly made use of in London (especially by refiners) instead of Retorts though their necks be strait and long (upon which account they are called long-necks).
?1734 P. Shaw Chem. Lect. xix. sig. Dd2v This Matter may now be put into a well coated Long neck, and worked with care in a Reverberatory Furnace.
1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 13 Distillation in coated glass retorts, earthen retorts, or longnecks.
1831 Mackenzie's 5,000 Receipts (new U.S. ed.) 140/2 The charcoal for medical purposes should..be made of soft woods, as alder, heated in iron long necks until no volatile matter is given out.
3.
a. British and North American regional. Any of various birds with a long neck, as the Eurasian bittern ( Botaurus stellaris), the grey heron ( Ardea cinerea), and the pintail ( Anas acuta). Now rare.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > miscellaneous types of
boatbill1773
tiger-bittern1785
agami1793
long neck1823
soldado1852
cattle-egret1905
1823 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XVI. 133/1 A. minuta, Lin. &c. The young are the A. Soloniensis, and A. Danubialis, Gmel. Little Heron, Little Bittern, Long-neck, &c.
1864 J. C. Atkinson List Provinc. Names Birds Long-neck,..Common Bittern. Botarus stellaris.
1882 Field Naturalist 44 Locally, the heron is called ‘crane’ or ‘long-neck’.
1883 Proc. & Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1 iv. 54 The spoon-bill or ‘long-neck’ [i.e. the shoveler] and the mallard are essentially western or prairie ducks.
1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds xiii. 39 Dafila acuta... At Pleasantville and Atlantic City we hear Long-neck.
1957 W. L. McAtee Folk-names Canad. Birds 2 Red-throated Loon,..longneck (N[ova] S[cotia]).
1957 W. L. McAtee Folk-names Canad. Birds 11 Pintail,..long-neck (‘N.W.T.’, Al[ber]ta. Also a British folk-name).
2008 K. Retallic & R. Barker Wingshooter's Guide Idaho Upland Birds & Waterfowl (new ed.) 184 Pintail Anas acuta. Local names Sprig, longneck, spiketail.
b. U.S. In full long-neck clam. The softshell clam or sand gaper, Mya arenaria, an edible, elongated, thin-shelled clam found on North Atlantic coasts.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Myacidae
fleming1603
clam1672
clamp1672
basket-shell1713
Mya1777
soft clam1800
smurlin1806
sand-clam1809
long clam1811
old maid1815
softshell clam1818
maninose1843
gaper1853
long neck1857
geoduck1881
bluenose1883
sand-gaper1887
mano1899
1857 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 14 Mar. Long neck Clam Chowder at the St. Nicholas to-night.
1910 J. L. Kellogg Shell-fish Industries 281 Mya, in different localities, is known as the clam, the soft clam, the long neck, long clam, squirt clam.
1970 R. Lowell Notebk. 200 File upon file, the beds of long-neck clams.
2009 O. G. Mouritsen Sushi 225 Through it [sc. the ‘trunk’], the long neck clam gets its food supply and expels its waste products.
4. colloquial. Now frequently in form longneck. A long-necked bottle containing an alcoholic drink. Now usually (chiefly North American and Australian): a beer bottle with a long neck having a capacity of (typically) between 330 and 375 ml. Frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > bottle > other specific types of bottle
blacking bottle1838
long neck1840
bocal1847
Winchester1862
pinch bottle1916
1840 R. Allan Sportsman in Ireland I. x. 158 A small drop of the same clane whiskey out of the long necks.
1853 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 282/1 Gurgling the amber wine out of the ‘long-necks’.
1969 L. G. Sorden Lumberjack Lingo 74 Long neck, a bottle of whiskey.
1976 N.Y. Times 25 Feb. 39/1 It is a bit like the tug of war between the crystal wine glass set and the long-neck beer bottle set.
1978 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 22 Dec. How about a hamburger and six pack of Lone Star Longnecks?
1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 Feb. 21/3 Power Brewing yesterday unveiled a 345ml longneck stubby.
2000 J. Grisham Brethren 152 You can't lay out at Pete's every night, drinking cheap longnecks with coeds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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