merry-go-aroundn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛrɪɡəʊəˌraʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈmɛriˌɡoʊəˌraʊnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merry adj., go v., around adv.

Etymology: < merry adj. + go v. + around adv. Compare earlier merry-go-round n.

U.S. Now rare.

= merry-go-round n. (chiefly in sense 1a).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round

carousel1673

whimsic chair?c1684

whimsy1684

merry-go-round1729

roundabout1763

turnabout1789

whirligig1816

spin-'em-round1851

go-round1857

whirly-go-round1865

merry-go-around1873

giddy-go-round1879

go-around1888

razzle-dazzle1890

joy-wheel1911

chairoplane1922

whip1925

Noah's Ark1945

waltzer1961

swirl1962

1873 Wyoming Post 5 July There was a merry ‘go-around’—or, as it is styled here [sc. London], hobby-horses.

1890 Washington Post 8 Nov. 6/5 [They] went to the corner of Seventh and C streets southwest, at which place a ‘merry-go-around’ or flying horse machine was in operation.

1952 C. Lamont Effects Amer. Foreign Policy iii. 27 The Russians cannot help wondering whether this perpetual merry-go-around of American political maneuvering might not lead one party or the other to precipitate a world war.

2003 J. Leegant Hour in Paradise (2004) 115 The boy..stepped in with her, the two of them squeezing together, the girl giggling as if it [sc. a revolving door] were a merry-go-around.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merry-go-around
释义	merry-go-aroundn. Brit. /ˈmɛrɪɡəʊəˌraʊnd/, U.S. /ˈmɛriˌɡoʊəˌraʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merry adj., go v., around adv. Etymology: < merry adj. + go v. + around adv. Compare earlier merry-go-round n. U.S. Now rare. = merry-go-round n. (chiefly in sense 1a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round carousel1673 whimsic chair?c1684 whimsy1684 merry-go-round1729 roundabout1763 turnabout1789 whirligig1816 spin-'em-round1851 go-round1857 whirly-go-round1865 merry-go-around1873 giddy-go-round1879 go-around1888 razzle-dazzle1890 joy-wheel1911 chairoplane1922 whip1925 Noah's Ark1945 waltzer1961 swirl1962 1873 Wyoming Post 5 July There was a merry ‘go-around’—or, as it is styled here [sc. London], hobby-horses. 1890 Washington Post 8 Nov. 6/5 [They] went to the corner of Seventh and C streets southwest, at which place a ‘merry-go-around’ or flying horse machine was in operation. 1952 C. Lamont Effects Amer. Foreign Policy iii. 27 The Russians cannot help wondering whether this perpetual merry-go-around of American political maneuvering might not lead one party or the other to precipitate a world war. 2003 J. Leegant Hour in Paradise (2004) 115 The boy..stepped in with her, the two of them squeezing together, the girl giggling as if it [sc. a revolving door] were a merry-go-around. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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