never-failn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈnɛvəfeɪl/, U.S.

/ˈnɛvərˈfeɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., fail v.

Etymology: < never adv. + fail v.

A. n.

†1. A person who never fails one, a very reliable person. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 188 Morgan's one of the never-fails.

2. More fully never-fail grass. Any of several drought-resistant Australian grasses of the genus Eragrostis, esp. E. setifolia and E. xerophila, used as pasture in areas of low rainfall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture

windlestrawc1000

red grass1582

spring grass1643

sweet-grass1709

herd-grass1747

Guinea grass1756

vernal grass1762

vernal1771

Paspalum1772

buffalo grass1784

Rhode Island bent1790

red-top1792

finetop1824

kangaroo-grass1827

gamagrass1831

sweet vernal grass1839

yellow-top1839

grama1844

sesame grass1845

sacate1848

Para grass1850

Hungarian1859

alfilaria1860

sacaton1865

Mitchell grass1867

teosinte1877

Landsborough grass1883

turnip-grass1889

brown top1891

ichu1891

manna1897

Rhodes grass1903

Sudan1911

Kikuyu grass1913

never-fail1923

buffel grass1955

1923 E. Breakwell Grasses & Fodder Plants New S. Wales 19 In the dry periods only drought-resistant grasses like Eragrostis (Never-fail)..grow to any extent.

1930 D. Cottrell Earth Battle 204 He was riding over a low open hill shoulder covered with short grey never-fail grass.

1967 Coast to Coast 1965–6 191 I had been riding through..the high grained heads of the grasses, the spinifex and the neverfail.

1976 N. V. Wallace Bush Lawyer 129 On we went through country recently flooded, now a waving mass of grass: Mitchell grass..never-fail [etc.].

B. adj. (attributive).

That never fails.

ΚΠ

1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 May c2/1 Now, wouldn't it be nice if somebody gave us a list of sure-fire, never-fail homework excuses?

1994 Dog World Feb. 29/2 (advt.) Never-fail latch shuts automatically for security and convenience.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	never-fail
释义	never-failn.adj. Brit. /ˈnɛvəfeɪl/, U.S. /ˈnɛvərˈfeɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., fail v. Etymology: < never adv. + fail v. A. n. †1. A person who never fails one, a very reliable person. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 188 Morgan's one of the never-fails. 2. More fully never-fail grass. Any of several drought-resistant Australian grasses of the genus Eragrostis, esp. E. setifolia and E. xerophila, used as pasture in areas of low rainfall. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture windlestrawc1000 red grass1582 spring grass1643 sweet-grass1709 herd-grass1747 Guinea grass1756 vernal grass1762 vernal1771 Paspalum1772 buffalo grass1784 Rhode Island bent1790 red-top1792 finetop1824 kangaroo-grass1827 gamagrass1831 sweet vernal grass1839 yellow-top1839 grama1844 sesame grass1845 sacate1848 Para grass1850 Hungarian1859 alfilaria1860 sacaton1865 Mitchell grass1867 teosinte1877 Landsborough grass1883 turnip-grass1889 brown top1891 ichu1891 manna1897 Rhodes grass1903 Sudan1911 Kikuyu grass1913 never-fail1923 buffel grass1955 1923 E. Breakwell Grasses & Fodder Plants New S. Wales 19 In the dry periods only drought-resistant grasses like Eragrostis (Never-fail)..grow to any extent. 1930 D. Cottrell Earth Battle 204 He was riding over a low open hill shoulder covered with short grey never-fail grass. 1967 Coast to Coast 1965–6 191 I had been riding through..the high grained heads of the grasses, the spinifex and the neverfail. 1976 N. V. Wallace Bush Lawyer 129 On we went through country recently flooded, now a waving mass of grass: Mitchell grass..never-fail [etc.]. B. adj. (attributive). That never fails. ΚΠ 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 May c2/1 Now, wouldn't it be nice if somebody gave us a list of sure-fire, never-fail homework excuses? 1994 Dog World Feb. 29/2 (advt.) Never-fail latch shuts automatically for security and convenience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1850
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