α. 1600s barbers pole, 1700s– barber's pole.
β. 1800s– barber pole.
单词 | barbers pole |
释义 | barber's polen.α. 1600s barbers pole, 1700s– barber's pole. β. 1800s– barber pole. 1. A pole painted with spiralling stripes, typically in red and white (or now sometimes in red, white, and blue), and hung outside barbers' shops as a business sign. Prior to the 18th cent., barbers were regular practitioners of bloodletting and surgery; the red stripes are thus said to represent the colour of blood. Red, white, and blue stripes are now more common in the United States. In some jurisdictions, a barber's pole may only be displayed by a licensed barber.In quot. 1683 referring humorously to the horn of a unicorn. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > places for styling hair > [noun] > sign for barber's pole1683 society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop-front > sign or signboard > specific ale stake1396 ale-pole1523 pole1533 three golden balls1748 cigar-store Indian1926 1683 Life & Death Sheffery Morgan iv. 14 He Lodged at the White-Horse with the Barbers-Pole in his Forehead, here in this Town. 1684 London Gaz. No. 1977/4 To be sold in York Building..over against the Barbers Pole. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. ii. 121 As they were deliberating what course to take, Wildgoose espied a Barber's pole; and..resolved to get rid of his beard. 1845 N.Y. Herald 30 Nov. Schoote escaped by getting out of the window and descending by a barber pole adjoining the house. 1879 Normal Teacher (Danville, Ind.) 1 360 What is the significance of the red, white and blue colors on a barber's pole? 1932 Times 21 Sept. 7/3 There is..a barber's pole which revolves by clockwork and remains one of the few accessories recalling the original name of an ancient craft. 2022 Shropshire Star (Nexis) 6 Apr. 16 Most of the work to the shopfront was just painting, signage and installation of a barber's pole. 2. Originally Australian. In full barber's pole worm. A parasitic nematode worm, Haemonchus contortus (family Trichostrongylidae), which feeds on blood from the lining of the abomasum (fourth stomach) of sheep, goats, and other ruminants, causing anaemia. Π 1879 T. S. Cobbold Parasites 346 There were four kinds of parasites present. The most numerous were red and white, ‘marked like a barber's pole’.] 1894 Dubbo Liberal & Macquarie Advocate (New S. Wales) 11 Apr. The whip worm, the barber's pole worm, and the lung worm were found in sheep. 1947 Penguin New Biol. iii. 53 Haemonchus contortus..is sometimes called the barber's pole worm, because when it is alive, its long white ovaries can be seen coiling around its intestine, which has a reddish colour imparted to it by the blood sucked from the abomasum of the sheep. 1989 Land (Sydney) 19 Jan. 24/1 Because Barbers Pole is a blood sucking worm (unlike all others) the symptoms of an infestation are dramatic, causing sheep to lag behind the mob or sit down if stressed. 2008 Nature 13 Mar. 157/1 Drug-resistant strains of Haemonchus contortus, also known as the barber's pole worm, have become common. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < |
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