| 单词 | po |
| 释义 | † pon.1α. early Old English pauua, Old English pawa, Old English pawe, Middle English paa (northern), Middle English pae (northern), Middle English pane (transmission error). β. Middle English po, Middle English poue, Middle English powe, Middle English pro (transmission error), Middle English–1500s poo, 1700s peaw (English regional (Somerset)), 1800s peau (English regional (Staffordshire)). Obsolete. A peacock. feathered with po: with peacock's feathers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > paro cristatus (peafowl) > male or peacock poeOE peacockc1175 pawnc1400 pavone1590 bird of Juno1655 α. β. a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 27 (MED) A pruest proud ase a po seþþe weddeþ vs bo.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 2 Paralip. ix. 21 Þe shipis of þe king..broȝten þennys gold & siluer & yuer & apis & poos [a1425 L.V. pokokis, v.r. pekokis].c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. B.15.17) (1975) B. xii. 259 By þe po [c1400 Laud pro] feet is vnderstande..false frendes.c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 6961 (MED) He..fauȝt with him In cors pure, With bowe and arwe fedred with po.1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 5240 (MED) Was neuere þe tayl gayere of a po.c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 136 Aftir thies wordes, was brought yn a Poo by ij. gentilwomen.1719 Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 970 Next under the three Coal Veins is the Peaw Vein, so denominated because the Coal is figured with Eyes resembling a Peacock's Tayl,..which Bird in this Country [sc. Somerset] Dialect is called a Peaw.1835 J. Holland Hist. Collieries & Coal Trade 333 In Staffordshire, this beautiful variety is called peau-coal; peau being the provincial appellation of a peacock.eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 43 Pauo, pauua. eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xvi. 196 Fuglas þa þe heard flæsc habbað, pawa, swan, æned. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 35 Pauo, pawa. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 101 Pauo, pauus, pawe. ?c1350 Ballad Sc. Wars 20 in A. Brandl & O. Zippel Mitteleng. Sprach- u. Literaturproben (1917) 137 (MED) His berd was syde ay large span, And glided [perh. read gilded] als þe fether of pae [rhyme gae, mae]. c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 61 (MED) More ys worþ þe skyn of a foyn þan songe of asse oþer of pown, i. pane [read paue]. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4983 Þar bade a brid..Was of a port of a paa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † pon.2 Obsolete. rare. Apparently: a small devil or malignant spirit. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > little dabletc1380 deviling1579 devilkin1656 po1678 diablotin1812 devileta1845 demonette1854 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 80 This is some Pettifogging Fiend,..That undertakes to understand, And Juggles at the Second Hand: And now would pass for Spirit Po, And all Mens Dark Concerns foreknow. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 117 There was one Mr. Duke, a busy Fanatic, whom old Sir Edward Seymour..used to call Spirit Po; that is, a petit Diable, that was Presto at every Conjurer's Nod. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). P.O.n.3  /ˌpiːˈəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpiˈoʊ/ A post office; (also) the Post Office as a service or organization. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > public department providing Foreign Office1646 post office1652 post1663 post office department1782 P.O.1824 letter-house1832 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > post office letter office1635 post-house1635 post office1659 post hut1753 post-shed1753 P.O.1824 station1845 post1848 1824 E. Weeton Jrnl. May (1969) II. 280 I wished to see the General Post Office... I was close by the P.O., and could not tell which was it. 1845 J. G. Harris Let. 12 July in J. K. Polk Corr. (2004) X. 49 These two letters were sent to the P.O. at the same time. 1973 Guardian 18 Apr. 12/3 Is not the ratio of inland to EEC-bound mail such that the PO..would more than cover its costs. 2019 @chapman_atc2502 29 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Oct. 2019) Paid for Sat delivery but parcel not delivered and no card. Phoned in and told parcel delivered to local P.O. Compounds P.O. Box n. †(a) a postbox outside the Post Office (obsolete); (b) a private box or pigeonhole at a post office assigned to a person or organization, where letters are kept until requested; = post office box n. (a) at post office n. Compounds 2; cf. box n.2 2h(a).P.O. Boxes in sense (b) are often distinguished by a number, which can be used as part of an address. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > place where letters, etc., may be collected > post office or newspaper box box1804 call box1826 post office box1836 P.O. Box1846 1846 Voice of Freedom (Brandon, Vermont) 19 Mar. 155/1 As the Post Office is shut.., and I must leave it in the P.O. box to night.., I have thought best to enclose a 5 cent piece in the letter with which you can pay the postage yourself. 1848 N.Y. Herald 14 Oct. Wanted..a suit of rooms, for a single gentleman... Please address P.O. Box 2477. 2002 Hist. Scotl. Jan. 5/1 Delays in subscriptions being forwarded to us from the PO Box..caused a tremendous backlog in our processing orders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). p'on.4 |
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