单词 | reminder |
释义 | remindern. 1. Something which reminds or is intended to remind a person of something; spec. (a) a communication designed to ensure that a person remembers something he or she must do; (b) a memento, a souvenir (now rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > a reminder monishment1483 rememberera1542 remembrancer1556 memorandum1583 minding1601 remembrance1606 rememorative1613 reminder1614 rememoration1654 monit1692 flapper1726 remembrancing1800 tickler1808 refresher1809 reminding1865 1614 A. Champney Man. Controv. vii. 62 (margin) Reminder to Bristo. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. v. 13 There is an active and actuall Knowledge in a man, of which these outward objects are rather the reminders then the first begetters or implanters. 1694 P. Falle (title) An account of the Isle of Jersey, the greatest of those islands that are now the only reminder of the English dominions in France. 1737 Cur & Lap-dog 8 In vain the Markets stor'd with Meat—'Tis Hell to See and not to Eat! To see such plentiful Reminders, Yet no Employment for my Grinders. 1831 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. vi. 270 I know it is good to have these sobering reminders. 1838 C. Dickens Let. 15 July (1965) I. 415 Your..reminder of the subject of a pleasant conversation. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iv. 60 Time passed, whole days: the tender reminder had no effect on him! 1929 Needlecraft Apr. 8/1 They may perhaps serve..as delightful reminders of summer sojourneyings in New England. 1968 S. E. Whitfield in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry Making of ‘Star Trek’ i. viii. 156 The call sheet is a daily reminder to all concerned as to what will be required for the next day's shooting. 1984 J. Epstein Sex & Euphemism in Plausible Prejudices (1985) 376 Sex was a sharp reminder of the human link with the animal. 2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 294 We telephoned and left messages and we faxed reminders—all with the same lack of response. 2. Medicine. A (usually mild) physical sign or symptom considered to be a manifestation of latent syphilis. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > syphilis > symptoms secondary1843 reminder1851 tertiary1897 taboparalysis1910 1851 Guy's Hosp. Rep. 2nd Ser. 7 351 William R—, æt. 38, a gardener; with a history of syphilis for eight years;..had had no bubo, and very slight, secondary eruptions; he had always had some reminders of the poison ever since. 1877 J. Hutchinson in Med. Times & Gaz. 17 Nov. 536/1 He did not appear ever to have had a single reminder of any kind. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 260 They escape the class of phenomena grouped as ‘reminders’ (the intermediate stage) and are to all appearance cured. 1910 T. P. Beddoes Syphilis ii. 71 In the less robust relapses and successive manifestations occur; these reminders are most common on the site of the chancre and in the throat. 1942 Lancet 6 June 684/1 If inadequately treated it may lie dormant for years, breaking out eventually either mildly or severely in what Jonathan Hutchinson used to call ‘reminders’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614 |
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