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单词 black-eyed susan
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black-eyed Susann.

Brit. /ˌblakʌɪd ˈsuːzn/, U.S. /ˌblækˌaɪd ˈsuzn/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: black-eyed adj., proper name Susan.
Etymology: < black-eyed adj. + the female forename Susan, perhaps after black-eyed Susan, the name of a character in English ballads (1719 or earlier).
1. Any of various plants having pale flowers with dark centres, esp. the East African climbing plant Thunbergia alata (family Acanthaceae) of East Africa, and the North American rudbeckia Rudbeckia hirta, both commonly cultivated as garden plants.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > names applied to various flowers
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flower jaunette1423
helichrysum1551
sunflower1562
Armeria1578
hyacinth1578
pimpernel1578
vaccin1589
heliochryse1593
purple1604
sunflower1622
mayflower1626
starflower1629
bluebottle1648
pink1731
trumpet-flower1732
fly-wort1753
witches' thimbles1820
honey plant1824
black-eyed Susan1836
shell-flower1845
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garland-flower1866
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1836 T. Willats Florist Cultivator 264/2 Black-eyed Susan, 2s. 6d.
1891 Cent. Dict. at Thunbergia The hardy annual T. alata, known locally by the name black-eyed Susan from its buff, orange, or white flowers with a purplish black center.
1900 C. Bennett in W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening xv. 696 T. alata, with a buff-yellow corolla, and a very dark eye nearly approaching black (hence the common name Black-eyed Susan).
1906 H. D. Pittman Belle of Bluegrass Country xvi. 241 I found all of the waste places now covered with black-eyed susans.
1956 A. M. Coats Flowers & their Hist. 226Black-eyed Susan’ (the annual R. hirta) immigrated in 1714.
2003 J. Eastman Bk. of Field & Roadside 117 Black-eyed Susans, the commonest coneflowers of all,..sometimes gain colorful pest status in summer fields.
2. U.S. regional (western). A revolver.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > revolver
revolving pistol1839
revolver1844
black-eyed Susan1869
squirter1935
1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 126/1 [South-western slang] Among names of revolvers I remember the following: Meat in the Pot,..Black-eyed Susan, [etc.].
1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Black-eyed Susan.—Texan for a revolver.
1987 J. Klein T Bone n Weasel 12 Dig out that black-eyed susan o yours.
2003 C. Ricks Dylan's Visions Sin 444 It would be morbid..to wince from the knowledge that a black-eyed Susan is slang for a revolver.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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