单词 | pal |
释义 | † paln.1 Obsolete. rare. A spade-shaped blade. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [noun] > object platec1300 plat1349 pal?1541 slat1634 pallet1722 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Fiv v The bone spatulare..is lyke a pal, for it is large and thynne fro the backe parte, with an apparence holden by ye myddes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). paln.2 South Asian. In South Asia: a small tent with steep sloping sides, used for storage, cooking, or accommodation. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent tenticle1548 pal1656 marquee1690 gourbi1738 marquise1749 yurt1780 bell-tent1785 kibitka1799 shuldari1808 fly-tent1816 Swiss cottage1820 skin house1826 big tent1843 ridge tent1846 brush tent1862 dog tent1862 shelter tent1862 wall-tent1862 wedge tent1862 pup tent1863 A tent1863 tupik1864 tentlet1879 choom1889 pyramid1889 tortoise tent1890 safari tent1926 tent-sack1940 tent-trailer1963 tepee1970 trailer tent1971 Whillans box1971 1656 W. Jesson Let. 5 Aug. in W. Foster Eng. Factories in India 1655–60 (1921) 69 Given the factory by Mr. Knipe; one siluer spoone;..one paule. 1799 H. Grace Contin. Code Bengal Mil. Reg. II. p. vii For Repairs of Pawls and Camp Equipage—of Cavalry—and Native Infantry. 1811 W. Kirkpatrick tr. Tīpū Sultān Select. Lett. Tippo Sultan xxxvi. 49 Where is the great quantity of baggage belonging to you, seeing that you have nothing besides tents, pawls, and other such necessary articles? 1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 141 A pal, or small poleless tent, such as is customary for the wives of travelling natives. 1872 E. Braddon Life in India v. 185 Public and private tents, shamianahs, and servants' pāls or canvas wigwams. 1884 F. Boyle On Borderland 403 A pal-shaped tent, bellying on its ropes. 2005 www.priyankaindia.com 14 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) Kabul pal tent. A Double fly tent. Open Verandah in front and bathroom at the back. Available in all sizes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paln.3 colloquial. A partner or accomplice in some activity (in early use typically a criminal one); a confederate. In later use chiefly: a friend, an associate.Sometimes used as a form of address, in later use frequently with overtones of anger or aggression.gal, old, pen pal: see first element. See also old pals act n. at old adj. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend friendOE wineOE fellowa1225 friendmana1250 lovera1275 amic1330 gossipc1390 mikea1400 ally1406 amykec1450 favourer1483 favourite1590 palc1770 butty1791 amigo1813 amico1820 compadre1834 pally1863 tillicum1869 nigger1884 buddy1895 paxc1900 mutual1901 righto1908 segotia1917 bud1924 palsy1930 palsy-walsy1932 buddy-buddy1943 winger1943 mucker1947 main man1956 goombah1968 gabba1970 money1982 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists fellowa1382 accessory1414 accessary1451 confederate1495 confederator1536 snapperc1555 complice1581 accomplice?1589 assistor1601 socius criminis1602 fedariea1616 complier1619 particeps criminisa1634 correspondent1639 complicate1662 capper1753 palc1770 partner in crime1831 sidekick1893 side-kicker1894 ram1941 c1770 Humourist: Choice Coll. Songs 2/1 Let your Pal that follows behind, Tip your Bulk pretty soon. 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 150 Pal. A comrade, when highwaymen rob in pairs, they say such a one was his or my pal. 1807 Ld. Byron Let. 30 June (1973) I. 122 ‘Better late than never Pal’ is a saying..applicable on the present occasion. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 693 Suppose me,..my pells all around me, fighting that day's battle o'er again. 1841 S. Bamford Passages Life Radical (ed. 2) I. xxiv. 151 The thieves and their ‘pals’, as he termed the repulsive females. 1886 Lantern (New Orleans) 27 Oct. 2/3 Reynold Bowers and his pal, Jack Lacoste. 1924 F. M. Ford Some do Not i. ii. 50 Eunice Vanderdecken is a bitterly misjudged woman. She's a real good pal. 1963 Listener 14 Feb. 279/1 The local battalion, the Bradford Pals, was butchered at the Somme. 1972 J. Porter Meddler & her Murder x. 128 Be a pal and shove the marge across. 1996 Middlebury Campus (Middlebury College, Vermont) 17 Apr. 30/1 Hey, don't come crying to me, pal. Phrases to be pals: to be friends. to be pals with: to be friends with (another person); to be on good terms with (another person, country, etc.). ΚΠ 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xx. 199 Guppy, we have been pals now for some years! 1890 R. Kipling in Pioneer Mail 28 May 698/2 I was great pals with a man called Hicksey. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence xxxiv. 358 Come, own up: you and she were great pals, weren't you? 1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 4 In the eyes of the world Canadians are everybody's good guys, great to call upon for United Nations peacekeeping missions, pals with most of the Third World. 1997 ‘S. Shem’ Mount Misery vii. 192 He wanted to talk. Like we were pals, he started asking me who I was, what I was doing there. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). palv. colloquial. 1. intransitive. Originally Criminals' slang. †To act as assistant to a thief, to be an accomplice; usually with for, in (obsolete). Later more generally: to be or become friends or to spend time (with a person). Cf. chum v.1 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > become friendly > become friendly or intimate to get in with1602 familiarize1622 pal1848 chum1884 buddy1916 cop1940 1848 ‘N. Buntline’ Mysteries & Miseries N.Y. xiv. 112 Lize will pal for me; the Stutterer shall pal for you. 1875 T. Frost Circus Life xiv. 256 We found the other professionals engaged there very good people to pal with, and spent Christmas Day with the comic singer and his wife. 1879 Autobiogr. of Thief in Macmillan's Mag. 40 500 I palled in with some older hands at the game. 1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 84 Bray bossed Corkey and palled with him. 1918 E. Hemingway Let. c31 May (2011) I. 108 We are..paling with two polish Lieutenants. 1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere ix. 89 Buzz took Sunset out to Santa Monica Canyon, to the bungalow hideaway where Mickey palled with his stooges. 2. intransitive. to pal up (also around, out, etc.): to make friends, keep company, or spend time (with a person). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > make friends with [verb (transitive)] workOE friend1483 to make friends (with, of, to)1561 to take up with1570 to pal up (also around, out, etc.)1889 to get next to1896 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > accompany or be companions [verb (intransitive)] accompany?1490 assist1553 to walk (also travel) in the way with1611 to go partners1716 to draw up1723 to shake together1861 to pal up (also around, out, etc.)1889 1889 L. B. Walford Stiff-necked Generation (new ed.) 95 I think you and I ‘pal up’ very well. 1915 R. Lardner in McClure's Mag. Aug. 21/3 I and Lefty and Mike used to pal round together. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 312/1 They palled up with the Gurkhas. 1943 E. Blyton Summer Term at St Clare's ii. 10 Your cousin Alison has palled up with one of them—an American girl, stiff-rich, called Sadie Greene. 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water xi. 249 I got tight one night with a chap I'd palled up with. 1976 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy in Three Award-winning Television Plays (1978) 58 Doesn't he pal out with Maurice Donner's lad—whatsisname? 1986 D. Johnson Stars at Noon 135 Should we pal around a little this afternoon? 2003 Canad. Jewish News (Nexis) 13 Feb. The United States pals around with Saudi Arabia because it is seen as the lesser of the evils. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasPAL PAL n. = permissive action link n. at permissive adj. and n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1966 Washington Post 26 Feb. a9/2 The reason why the bombs such as those aboard the ill-fated B52 could not be used immediately by unauthorized finders is that before they can be armed two or more persons must receive proper codes, called permissive action links (PAL), to unlock the protective devices. 2003 Indian Express (Nexis) 9 Jan. It is quite possible that Islamabad agreed to accept US technology to ensure that the warheads cannot be used by anyone who does not have the necessary codes, as would be the case with PAL technology. PAL PAL n. [acronym < the initial letters of phase alternate line (also phase alternation (by) line)] Television the broadcasting system used in much of Europe and elsewhere (so named because the colour information in alternate lines is inverted in phase); cf. NTSC n. at N n. Initialisms 1, SECAM n. at S n.1 Initialisms 1. ΚΠ 1963 J. R. Davies Understanding Television xiii. 485 Mention must be made of the recently introduced PAL system, developed by Telefunken... The PAL system has been investigated by the European Broadcasting Union... PAL is based on the N.T.S.C. system. 1990 Video Maker May 6/3 For NTSC playback the television must have a PAL decoder capable of auto switching between 525 and 625 lines. < n.1?1541n.21656n.3c1770v.1848 as lemmas |
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