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单词 rip van winkledom
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Rip Van Winkledomn.

Brit. /ˌrɪp van ˈwɪŋkldəm/, U.S. /ˌrɪp vən ˈwɪŋk(ə)ldəm/
Forms: 1800s– Rip Van Winkledom, 1900s– Ripvanwinkledom.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rip Van Winkle , -dom suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Rip Van Winkle (see Rip Van Winkle n.) + -dom suffix. Compare earlier Rip Van Winkleism n.
rare.
The world of Rip Van Winkle, spec. the Catskill Mountains in New York State (the site of Rip Van Winkle's sleep); (also) a state of prolonged sleep.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep > other spec.
oversleeping1852
Rip Van Winkledom1892
sleep-in1977
couch surfing1994
1892 Outing Apr. 48 (title) A cyclist's visit to Rip Van Winkledom.
1914 Overland Monthly Feb. 128/2 Suddenly out of Rip Van Winkledom, I saw half a dozen modern Tlascalans sitting at the gateway.
1956 M. Lowry Let. 13 Nov. (1967) 391 She..has also for the latter part of this time been mostly asleep... She emerged from this Ripvanwinkledom, feeling and sounding better than she has in ten years.
1992 F. Burroughs River Home iii. 96 I paddled past lawns and houses that looked like upscale Potemkin villages to me, and I no doubt represented a sort of Rip Van Winkledom to them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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