α. 1600s reveille-mattin, 1600s– reveille-matin, 1800s réveille-matin; Scottish pre-1700 reweill matin.
β. 1700s reveil-matin, 1800s réveil-matin.
单词 | reveille-matin |
释义 | reveille-matinn.α. 1600s reveille-mattin, 1600s– reveille-matin, 1800s réveille-matin; Scottish pre-1700 reweill matin. β. 1700s reveil-matin, 1800s réveil-matin. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific being or becoming awake > an act or instance of reveille-matin1604 wake1678 expergiscencea1734 awakenment1842 1604 Sir D. Carleton Let. Jan. in Memorials Affairs of State in Reigns Q. Eliz. & K. James (1727) II. 43 They were lodged in the Councill Chamber, where the King..gave them a Reveille Matin before they were up. 1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra 36 (title of poem) A Reveille Mattin, or Good morrow to a friend. 1708 W. Darrell Suppl. to 1st Pt. Gentleman Instructed viii. 156 If you give him a Camisade, he comes upon you with a Reveil Matin. a1846 T. R. Dew Digest Laws Anc. & Mod. Nations (1853) viii. 518 We find the king going to the bed of the bride in his night-gown, to give a reveille-matin. 2. An alarm mechanism in a clock; an alarm clock. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > alarm clock watchc1440 watch-clock1605 reveille-matin1610 alarm1614 alarm clock1662 larum clock1697 weaver's larum1745 expergefactor1823 watch-alarm1875 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > alarm clock > other parts of larum1542 wakener1564 reveille-matin1610 1610 in W. Fraser Hist. Carnegies (1867) 342 The kings knockmaker hes promesit to latt ws sie ane knok vith ane reweill matin. 1856 in A. Strickland Lives Queens of Scotl. VI. xxxvii. 36 In November she [sc. Mary Stuart] obtained ‘a little clock with a réveille-matin, or alarum, to awaken her at a certain hour’. 1996 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 22 Sept. c11 Maybe the cow who is now the leather of my Ferragamo flats was somewhat aroused when your reveille-matin rang, but I didn't hear a thing! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604 |
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