单词 | overlander |
释义 | † overlandern.1 Obsolete. An inhabitant of the uplands of a country, a highlander; spec. an inhabitant of the uplands of Germany, as opposed to a Netherlander or Low German. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on high land Highlandman1450 overlander1548 mountainer1577 mountaineer1599 highlander1614 mountainist1625 uplander1699 hillman1854 hill-woman1895 hillsider1898 tiersman1941 Montagnard1966 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xvii King Maximiliaen assembled a company of Almaynes & Ouerlanders. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. iv. 38 Two countreies there ware of that name [sc. Ethiope], Ouerlanders, and Netherlanders. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence x. 315 The Germans or ouerlanders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). overlandern.2 1. a. Chiefly Australian. A person who drives livestock overland, esp. for long distances; (formerly) spec. one who drove stock from New South Wales to the colony of South Australia. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > overland > specifically in Australia overlander1841 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd cowherda1000 oxherd1281 geldherd1284 nowtherd1296 neatherd1301 drover1384 catcherc1400 caller?a1500 ox-boy1580 neatress1586 harrier1591 cowherdess1611 spurn-cow1614 neatherdess1648 cowgirl1753 herds-woman1818 oxman1820 ranchero1825 topsman1825 vaquero1826 herdsmaiden1829 overlander1841 cattle-herd1845 cowboy1849 buckaroo1852 stock-rider1862 pointer1869 night-herder1870 puncher1870 bull-puncher1872 outrider1872 cowpuncher1873 range man1875 cow-puncher1878 herd-boy1878 cow-girl1884 trail-herd1885 trail boss1890 nighthawk1903 point man1903 swing man1903 top hand1912 charro1926 waddy1927 cattle-puncher1928 cowpoke1928 paniolo1947 1841 G. Grey Jrnl. Two Exped. Discov. ii. 183 The Overlanders are nearly all men in the pride of youth, whose occupation is to convey large herds of stock from market to market and from colony to colony. 1852 Lyttelton (N.Z.) Times 27 Mar. Mr. A. Clifford has succeeded in driving about 1500 ewes from the Wairau district... Two other parties of ‘over-landers’ are reported to be close on his heels. 1882 J. Allen Hist. Austral. 180 Ever since the gentlemen known as ‘Overlanders’ began first to drive cattle, and then sheep, overland from the New South Wales side, South Australia has paid great attention to pastoral pursuits. 1900 Pastoral Times (Deniliquin, New S. Wales) 5 May 3/3 Look here, with three good overlanders, an' a couple of smart dogs like Two Up, there, I'd take a mob of cattle up the bloomin' pyramids. 1979 D. Lockwood My Old Mates & I 81 When I was an overlander I hated bull trains. I could see they were going to take my living from me. 2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 Aug. 76 The daring men who drove the stock on these first epic cattle drives of the 1830s—sometimes walking weary, thirsty stock for months over thousands of kilometres of unexplored territory—were known as the ‘overlanders’. b. Australian. A person who travels overland from one settlement or place to another. Also slang: a tramp, a ‘sundowner’. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1847 T. McCombie Austral. Sketches 68 The term Overland is not..confined to such alone as brought over stock; as, whoever arrives at a new settlement overland, is designated an Overlander. 1866 Adventures Ashore & Afloat (1887) 157 He was one of the very few amongst the ‘overlanders’ (as parties first coming from the older settlements were termed) who refrained from shooting down the aborigines for slight causes. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral. Eng. 333/1 Overlander, a slang name for a Sundowner. 1905 A. B. Paterson Old Bush Songs 120 Crying, ‘Mother, quick! take in the clothes, Here comes an overlander.’ 1957 F. Clune Fortune Hunters 147 Beer bottles and lolly-water bottles, empty memorials to the thirsts of overlanders. 1996 Amer. Hist. Rev. 101 991 Clear of the gateway, overlanders left the stock trails to settle along the Murray's tributaries that originated in the southern highlands. c. North American. A person who moves from one part of the country to another; a migrant. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] migrator1767 Jimmy1845 trekker1851 rusher1856 overlander1857 migrant1864 migrationist1887 trekkie1888 in-migrant1942 1857 Hutching's Mag. Mar. 398/1 Reader, if you have never been an over-lander, I will tell you a little about camp life. 1916 A. C. Laut Cariboo Trail iv. 55 Some of the Overlanders had narrowly escaped a massacre. 1950 B. Hutchison Fraser 88 The most remarkable immigrants of all deserve to be remembered—the Overlanders of '62, the men..who walked to Cariboo across the Rocky Mountains. 1992 Amer. Hist. Illustr. Feb. 43/2 California's inflated economy required that everyone work who could, as forty-niner Luzena Wilson, an overlander..vigorously affirmed. 2. A person who travels to a country overland as opposed to by sea or air; one who engages in overland travel as a way of touring remote areas, esp. by motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > overland overlander1953 1953 J. Packer Apes & Ivory xxiii. 240 There were many ‘overlanders’ after the war, when it was impossible to get a sea-passage to Southern Africa. 1974 Country Life 26 Dec. 2008/1 The intrepid long-distance overlander of today. 1991 Traveller Winter 8/3 Overlanders in Africa should be aware that there is no longer a campsite beside the Chinzombo Lodge in Zambia's Luangwa National Park. 3. Originally Australian. A motor vehicle equipped for rugged conditions. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > motor vehicle > for all types of terrain all-terrain vehicle1956 overlander1957 ATV1969 Humvee1982 Hummer1983 1957 F. Clune Fortune Hunters 35 We pushed on another few miles and found an overlander with a trailer sand-bogged in another creek. 1965 L. Walker Other Girl 10 The car, a great fawn-coloured overlander thickly red with the desert dust, thundered round the curve. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 18 Mar. (Features section) 7 Any good travel agent should also be able to organise campervan hire for you... A two-to three-berth overlander in high season..costs £54 per day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.11548n.21841 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。