Rockiesn.

Brit.

/ˈrɒkɪz/, U.S.

/ˈrɑkiz/

Forms: 1800s– Rockies, 1800s– Rockys.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rocky adj.¹, English -s.

Etymology: < rocky adj.¹ + -s, plural ending, as shortened form of Rocky Mountains n.

U.S. colloquial.

plural. With the. The Rocky Mountains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range > other spec.

Mountains of the Moon1597

Carnic Alps1601

the Ghats1603

Pyreneans1768

Rocky Mountains1798

Balkans1802

Carnian Alps1802

Rockies1827

Carpathiana1832

Appalachians1834

Adirondack1838

keel1857

1827 J. Smith Let. 12 July in Dict. Americanisms (1951) II. 1409/2 I allude to the country of the Great Salt Lake, West of the Rockies.

a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1862) vi. 60 At the foot of those bare, bulky mounds of mountain by which the Wasatch range tones off into the great plains between it and the Rockys, we overtook the Salt Lake mail.

1892 Month Apr. 88 The solitude of the snow-capped Rockies.

1919 Outing Mar. 301 (caption) In many parts of the Rockies the big horn still thrives, crowding the snowline up and down.

1995 Denver Post 23 Apr. t1/1 Equally rewarding are backpacking trips in the Rockies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rockies
释义	Rockiesn. Brit. /ˈrɒkɪz/, U.S. /ˈrɑkiz/ Forms: 1800s– Rockies, 1800s– Rockys. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rocky adj.¹, English -s. Etymology: < rocky adj.¹ + -s, plural ending, as shortened form of Rocky Mountains n. U.S. colloquial. plural. With the. The Rocky Mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range > other spec. Mountains of the Moon1597 Carnic Alps1601 the Ghats1603 Pyreneans1768 Rocky Mountains1798 Balkans1802 Carnian Alps1802 Rockies1827 Carpathiana1832 Appalachians1834 Adirondack1838 keel1857 1827 J. Smith Let. 12 July in Dict. Americanisms (1951) II. 1409/2 I allude to the country of the Great Salt Lake, West of the Rockies. a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1862) vi. 60 At the foot of those bare, bulky mounds of mountain by which the Wasatch range tones off into the great plains between it and the Rockys, we overtook the Salt Lake mail. 1892 Month Apr. 88 The solitude of the snow-capped Rockies. 1919 Outing Mar. 301 (caption) In many parts of the Rockies the big horn still thrives, crowding the snowline up and down. 1995 Denver Post 23 Apr. t1/1 Equally rewarding are backpacking trips in the Rockies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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