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单词 benjamin
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benjaminn.1

/ˈbɛndʒəmɪn/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s beniamin.
Etymology: Corruption of benjoin, earlier form of benzoin n., assimilated to the proper name Benjamin.
1. Gum benzoin.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > gum (resin) > specific
myrrheOE
balsamc1000
galbanec1000
draganta1300
sandragon1334
gum arabica1350
storaxa1382
galbanum1382
asafœtidaa1398
cinnabara1398
guttaa1398
frankincensea1400
labdanuma1400
opopanaxa1400
gum-arabicc1400
sarcocolc1400
ammoniacc1420
gristle?1537
ladanum1551
dragon's blood1555
benzoin1558
styrax1558
tragacanth1558
gum tragacanth1562
amber1565
anime1577
laser1578
benjamin1580
sarcocolla1584
bdellium1585
sagapenum1597
liquidambar1598
red gum1614
gamboge1615
laudanum1616
gum ammoniac1627
male incense1647
sandarac1655
flesh-glue1659
adragant1696
dammar1698
sagapen1712
gum-dragon1718
courbaril1753
gum-senegal1760
Jew's frankincense1760
guggul1813
angico1821
gum-kino1830
butea gum1832
piney varnish1832
Kuteera gum1838
acaroid1839
bumbo1839
thus1842
gum-juniper1844
piney dammar1846
acacine1855
mochras1856
talha1857
copalm balsam1858
gum benjamin1859
wattle-gum1863
Senegal gum1867
Suakin1874
Barbary gum1875
oliva1882
ledon1885
jatoba1890
mimosa gum1890
xylan1894
gum accroides1909
karaya1916
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Du Benjoin, Beniamin.
1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 260 The marchandise which be in Pegu, are..muske, beniamim or franckincense, [etc.].
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. L4 Leave a name, as sweet, As Benjamin, and Storax, when they meet.
1744 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 270 Seeds and tincture of benjamin.
1799 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 28 570 Terms so inexpressive or improper as Benjamin for Benjoin..will disappear by simple exposure.
1859 W. J. Hooker in J. F. W. Herschel Man. Sci. Enq. (Lords Commissioners Admiralty) (ed. 3) 425 Benzoin or Gum Benjamin.
2. Benjamin tree n. a name applied to three trees: (a) Styrax benzoin, the tree from which benzoin is obtained; a native of Sumatra, Borneo, etc.; (b) the Benzoin odoriferum or Lindera Benzoin, a North American shrub, which has an aromatic stimulant tonic bark, and berries yielding an oil of similar properties; called also Benjamin-bush and in U.S. Benjamin; (c) sometimes applied to Ficus Benjamina ( Treasury Bot. 135).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Asian > styrax tree
styrax tree1579
Benjamin tree1640
storax1694
Jew's frankincense1760
styrax1832
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1572 The fruite of this Benjamin-tree.
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 619 The Benjamin-Tree..from the Continent of Virginia.
1777 Miller in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 68 169 Camphire and Benjamin trees are in this Country in great abundance.
1812 A. Rees Cycl. at Laurus The true Benjamin-tree or Gum Benzoin is a species of Styrax.
1817 J. Mean Abercrombie's Pract. Gardener (ed. 2) 435/2 Laurus, Laurel; comprehending the Benjamin-Tree and Sassafras.
1867 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 5) 423 Lindera Benzoin, Spice Bush, Benjamin Bush.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

benjaminn.2

/ˈbɛndʒəmɪn/
Etymology: according to Brewer from the name of a tailor.
An overcoat of a particular shape formerly worn by men.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat > types of
pee1483
shuba1598
surtout1686
wrap-rascal1716
pea-jacket1717
box coat1718
toggy1742
jockey-coata1745
redingote1770
Polonese coat1774
pea coat1790
spencer1795
grego1809
benjamin1810
bang-up1835
pilot jacket1839
pilot coat1840
Petersham1842
taglioni1843
Chesterfield1852
siphonia1853
raglan1857
Inverness overcoat1865
immensikoff1870
Ulster1876
ulsterette1881
coat1889
polonaise1890
covert coata1893
benny1903
macfarlane1920
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. Jervis's upper benjamin, a box, or coachman's great coat.]
1810 Sporting Mag. Dec. 127/1 One article was an upper benjamin, eight guineas.
1818 T. L. Peacock Nightmare Abbey xiii. 189 His heart is seen to beat through his upper benjamin.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) V. 59 A vastly scientific and rather grave professor in a smooth drab benjamin.
1841 Punch 1 98.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Mar. 3/2 [quoting East-end slang].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

Benjaminn.3

Etymology: < the name of Benjamin, the patriarch Jacob's youngest son.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈBenjamin.
Used allusively: the youngest (and, consequently, favourite) son of a family; also transferred; Benjamin's mess or portion: the largest share (with allusion to Genesis 43:34).
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] > definite or fixed > large
the lion's share1790
Benjamin's mess or portion1840
slug1867
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [noun] > youngest son
cadet1646
Benjamin1913
1840 G. A. Lundie Jrnl. May in M. Duncan Missionary Life in Samoa (1846) xvii. 109 Our share was ten live pigs, (a truly Benjamin's portion).
1852 H. Greville Diary (1883) 417 Another person was chaffing Lady Colchester..upon the Government being designated ‘Benjamin's Mess’ [with allusion to Benjamin Disraeli].
1913 ‘A. R. Hope’ Half & Half Trag. 219 The new uncle being my granny's Benjamin.
1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xviii. §1 Kit was his Benjamin of pupils.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

Benjaminn.4

Brit. /ˈbɛn(d)ʒ(ə)mᵻn/, U.S. /ˈbɛndʒəmən/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Benjamin.
Etymology: < the name of Benjamin Franklin (1706–90), American statesman whose portrait appears on the U.S. one-hundred-dollar bill. Compare slightly earlier benji n. and also dead president n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Additions.
U.S. slang.
A one-hundred-dollar bill. Also more generally (in plural): large sums of money. Cf. dead president n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Additions.
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1994 S. Combs in One more Chance (One more Chance/Stay with Me) (song, perf. ‘Notorious B.I.G.’) in Hip-hop & Rap (2003) 304 My pockets swell to the rim with Benjamins.
1999 GQ Mar. 12/2 You've made the Benjamins. Now you need a billfold to hold them.
2003 New Yorker 10 Feb. 92/3 Miguel is..tortured by his double life—his loyalties are torn between the family business and his own family. (That's why he takes a box of Benjamins to the local priest.)
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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