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单词 manhole
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manholen.

Brit. /ˈmanhəʊl/, U.S. /ˈmænˌhoʊl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.1, hole n.
Etymology: < man n.1 + hole n.
1.
a. A hole or opening in a floor, pavement, boiler, etc., through which a person may pass to gain access to a structure or mechanism for inspection, maintenance, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > through which a man may pass
manhole1769
1769 J. Watt Let. 1 May in J. P. Muirhead Origin & Progress Mech. Inventions J. Watt (1854) I. 57 I will soon be East, and give directions about the man-hole.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §274 The center stone was made large enough to admit of an opening, from floor to floor, or Man-Hole, to be made through it.
1797 J. Curr Coal Viewer 56 Man-holes. To make a road into the boiler, should be a plain pipe 2 feet 6 inches long.
1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 120 In the crown of the boiler is a large circular opening, called a man hole.
1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 318/1 To make apertures or man-holes..to enable persons..to enter and cleanse the sewers.
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 156 At the foot of each ladder is a platform called a ‘sollar’, with an opening or man-hole leading to the next ladder beneath.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 61 They are sent down the main hatchway by a strop and toggle in the man-hole.
1893 Law Times 95 204/2 His horse's foot struck the cover of a manhole in the middle of the road, and it fell.
1906 T. Beyer Amer. Battleship in Comm. 122 Manhole is a space cut out of the boiler, tank, etc., large enough to admit a person to inspect or repair the same.
1957 L. Durrell Justine iv. 227 I stepped into the silence of the building from the dark street with its booming of rain in gutters and the splash of overflowing manholes.
1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 1 c/5 Unless a jogger gets hit by a car or falls into a manhole, he or she is very unlikely to sustain any major or permanent injury.
b. A recess or opening in a vehicle or vessel for the accommodation of a person propelling or directing it; a recess in a wall, etc., used as a place of refuge.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening to accommodate rower or paddler
cockpit1754
manhole1853
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 477 The pah, or man-hole, as we would term it, is very nearly in the centre [of the kayak].
1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 119 Each rower sits in a manhole [of a ‘decked’ boat].
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 23 Aug. i./3 I cautiously crawled into the manhole and sat on a girder [of the airship R100].
a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) ii. 16 In action all tank commanders stand on the floor of their turrets..or actually sit in the manhole on top of their turret with their legs dangling inside.
2. slang. [Punningly, on sense 1.] A vagina; (also, by extension and frequently derogatory) a woman.
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the world > people > person > woman > [noun]
wifeeOE
womaneOE
womanOE
queanOE
brideOE
viragoc1000
to wifeOE
burdc1225
ladyc1225
carlinec1375
stotc1386
marec1387
pigsneyc1390
fellowa1393
piecec1400
femalea1425
goddessa1450
fairc1450
womankindc1450
fellowessa1500
femininea1513
tega1529
sister?1532
minikinc1540
wyec1540
placket1547
pig's eye1553
hen?1555
ware1558
pussy?a1560
jade1560
feme1566
gentlewoman1567
mort1567
pinnacea1568
jug1569
rowen1575
tarleather1575
mumps1576
skirt1578
piga1586
rib?1590
puppy1592
smock1592
maness1594
sloy1596
Madonna1602
moll1604
periwinkle1604
Partlet1607
rib of man1609
womanship?1609
modicum1611
Gypsy1612
petticoata1616
runniona1616
birda1627
lucky1629
she-man1640
her1646
lost rib1647
uptails1671
cow1696
tittup1696
cummer17..
wife1702
she-woman1703
person1704
molly1706
fusby1707
goody1708
riding hood1718
birdie1720
faggot1722
piece of goods1727
woman body1771
she-male1776
biddy1785
bitch1785
covess1789
gin1790
pintail1792
buer1807
femme1814
bibi1816
Judy1819
a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823
wifie1823
craft1829
shickster?1834
heifer1835
mot1837
tit1837
Sitt1838
strap1842
hay-bag1851
bint1855
popsy1855
tart1864
woman's woman1868
to deliver the goods1870
chapess1871
Dona1874
girl1878
ladykind1878
mivvy1881
dudess1883
dudette1883
dudine1883
tid1888
totty1890
tootsy1895
floozy1899
dame1902
jane1906
Tom1906
frail1908
bit of stuff1909
quim1909
babe1911
broad1914
muff1914
manhole1916
number1919
rossie1922
bit1923
man's woman1928
scupper1935
split1935
rye mort1936
totsy1938
leg1939
skinny1941
Richard1950
potato1957
scow1960
wimmin1975
womyn1975
womxn1991
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vagina
quaintc1330
quivera1382
tailc1390
mousetrapc1500
cunnigar1550
placket1595
buttonhole1600
bumble broth1602
touch-hole1602
case1606
keyhole1607
vagina1612
nicka1625
nunquam satis1633
lock1640
twat1656
cockpit1658
Whitechapel portion?1695
tuzzy-muzzy1710
niche1749
can1772
bumbo1774
fuckhole1893
jelly roll1895
mole-catcher1896
manhole1916
vag1967
stank1980
pum-pum1983
punani1987
1916 H. N. Cary Slang of Venery I. 196 Manhole, the vagina.
1928 in A. W. Read Lexical Evid. Folk Epigraphy Western N. Amer. 20 Read the Covered man hole by Kotex.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Manhole, the female pudend: low: from ca.1870.
c1981 Let. in P. Tatchell Battle for Bermondsey (1983) iii. 72 When I lived in Bermondsey, until my family were bombed out.., we had a saying, Bermondsey was a place where men were men and women counted as ‘manholes’ and members of the ‘Middlesex Regiment’ would not be tolerated.
1991 J. Dollimore Sexual Dissidence xvi. 247 Many interrelated fears and phobias are suggested by that image of women as ‘manholes’... In this masculine imaginary the vagina signifies a most disturbing absence.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
manhole door n.
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1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 316 The man-hole door.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 133 Flap-door, Newc., a manhole door.
manhole grating n.
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1944 W. R. Burnett Nobody lives Forever xvii. 137 Jim..took out his gun..and..tossed it down a manhole-grating.
manhole plate n.
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1900 Engin. Mag. 19 742/2 Manhole plates..in the shape of ovals.
C2.
manhole cover n. (a) a cover for a manhole; (b) slang a sanitary towel.
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1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 272/1 Man-hole cover, in locomotive engines, a strong plate of iron, bolted over the man-hole so as to be removable when required.
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 55/2 Patent Ventilating Man-hole Cover for Sewers.
1948 Word 4 185 Vernacular of menstruation..manhole cover.
1967 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. Manhole cover, a sanitary pad: low male Australian: since ca.1950.
1992 M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues xxxv. 172 Bowman prised up a manhole cover.., lowered himself into the opening, pulled the manhole cover clankingly back into place, and worked his way rung by rung into the..undercity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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