sun timen.

Brit.

/ˈsʌn tʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈsən ˌtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sun n.¹, time n.

Etymology: < sun n.¹ + time n.

a. Time determined with reference to the position of the sun, solar time; esp. time as calculated by the apparent motion of the sun (i.e. as shown on a sundial), apparent solar time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day

time1646

apparent time1694

local timea1703

Greenwich Mean Time1782

sun time1837

GMT1840

railway time1847

railroad time1849

Greenwich time1861

Eastern time1878

Pacific time1880

Universal Time1882

Eastern Standard Time1883

Mountain time1883

British Standard Time1908

daylight saving1908

zone time1908

LMT1909

British Summer Time1916

summertime1916

U.T.1929

B.S.T.1930

EST1935

British Double Summer Time1941

war time1942

B.D.S.T.1943

ephemeris time1950

1837 Globe (Washington, D.C.) 1 May Departures and arrivals are to be regulated by the apparent or sun time.

1855 Lardner's Museum Sci. & Art VII. 33 Clock time and sun time.

1949 Geogr. Jrnl. 113 59 A star clock gets 4 minutes slow every day on sun time, so it has to be advanced an hour every fifteen days.

2009 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 30 Oct. h1 Due to many factors, only twice a year would sun time be the same as clock time.

b. U.S. regional (chiefly Great Lakes). Esp. in railway contexts: local time, as opposed to standard time. Cf. railway time n. Now historical.

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1859 Democratic Pharos (Logansport, Indiana) 30 Mar. The trains all run on Chicago time—twenty-five minutes later than the time heretofore. Their time is now ten minutes behind sun time here.

1887 Sat. Rev. (E. Liverpool, Ohio) 7 May 1/3 By the change the first bell at the school house, which now rings at 8:40 sun time, will after Monday ring at 9 o'clock sun time.

1911 C. Johnson Highways & Byways Great Lakes v. 94 Sun time—God's time—is good enough for me.

1946 G. Wilson Fidelity Folks 42 He said that Fidelity kept sun time rather than railroad time because it was nearer the sun.

1991 W. Cronon Nature's Metropolis ii. 79 Although the U.S. government would not officially acknowledge the change until 1918, everyone else quickly abandoned local sun time and set clocks by railroad time instead.

†2. Apparently: a time of happiness or joy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > day or time of joy

blinka1752

sun time1844

1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 79 Her hopes will spring again By the suntime of her years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sun time
释义	sun timen. Brit. /ˈsʌn tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈsən ˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sun n.¹, time n. Etymology: < sun n.¹ + time n. 1. a. Time determined with reference to the position of the sun, solar time; esp. time as calculated by the apparent motion of the sun (i.e. as shown on a sundial), apparent solar time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1837 Globe (Washington, D.C.) 1 May Departures and arrivals are to be regulated by the apparent or sun time. 1855 Lardner's Museum Sci. & Art VII. 33 Clock time and sun time. 1949 Geogr. Jrnl. 113 59 A star clock gets 4 minutes slow every day on sun time, so it has to be advanced an hour every fifteen days. 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 30 Oct. h1 Due to many factors, only twice a year would sun time be the same as clock time. b. U.S. regional (chiefly Great Lakes). Esp. in railway contexts: local time, as opposed to standard time. Cf. railway time n. Now historical. ΚΠ 1859 Democratic Pharos (Logansport, Indiana) 30 Mar. The trains all run on Chicago time—twenty-five minutes later than the time heretofore. Their time is now ten minutes behind sun time here. 1887 Sat. Rev. (E. Liverpool, Ohio) 7 May 1/3 By the change the first bell at the school house, which now rings at 8:40 sun time, will after Monday ring at 9 o'clock sun time. 1911 C. Johnson Highways & Byways Great Lakes v. 94 Sun time—God's time—is good enough for me. 1946 G. Wilson Fidelity Folks 42 He said that Fidelity kept sun time rather than railroad time because it was nearer the sun. 1991 W. Cronon Nature's Metropolis ii. 79 Although the U.S. government would not officially acknowledge the change until 1918, everyone else quickly abandoned local sun time and set clocks by railroad time instead. †2. Apparently: a time of happiness or joy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > day or time of joy blinka1752 sun time1844 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 79 Her hopes will spring again By the suntime of her years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1837
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