单词 | bermuda triangle |
释义 | Bermuda Trianglen. A roughly triangular area of the western Atlantic between Bermuda and Florida associated with a high number of unexplained disappearances of boats and aircraft. Also figurative. Cf. the Devil's Triangle.Quot. 1936 shows an isolated use referring to the region between Nova Scotia, Bermuda, and Chesapeake Bay. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing > place credited with disappearances black hole1941 Bermuda Triangle1964 the Devil's Triangle1973 1936 C. O’D. Iselin Study Circulation Western N. Atlantic (Mass. Inst. Technol. & Woods Hole Oceanogr. Inst. Papers Physical Oceanogr. & Meteorol.) 5 The area inclosed by these two sections is here referred to as the ‘Bermuda Triangle’.] 1964 V. Gaddis in Argosy Feb. 28 (heading) The deadly Bermuda triangle. 1999 N.Y. Mag. 8 Feb. 40/2 They're entering the Bermuda Triangle of health care. 2018 Canad. Press Newswire (Nexis) 1 June A steamer ship that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle more than 90 years ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1964 |
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