teatimen.

Brit.

/ˈtiːtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈtiˌtaɪm/

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

Etymology: < tea n.¹ + time n.

a. The time at which the meal called tea is taken (see tea n.¹ 4); (also) a time at which tea (sense 2) is drunk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > tea-time

teatime1721

bagging-time1835

tea-hour1884

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun] > tea-time

teatime1721

tea-hour1884

1721 Free-thinker No. 340. Coming into the company in Tea-Time, I was asked to drink a Dish; which I accepted.

1756 Polit. Ballads (1860) II. 332 And now being tea-time..we put on the kettle.

1843 D. G. Rossetti Let. 25 June (1965) I. 12 I dawdled about till teatime.

1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 46 I shall be back before tea-time.

1959 M. K. Khayat & M. C. Keatinge Food from Arab World (1965) 104 These dates may be served as confection after a meal, or offered at teatime. In Lebanon they could be offered to visitors at any time.

2019 B. Evaristo Girl Woman Other (2020) iv. 355 They sat around the table at teatime to have a glass of cold milk and jam sandwiches in the one hour of the day they convened as a family before more farm work beckoned.

b. figurative. That part of something, esp. a person's life, that occurs towards the end.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part

eveningOE

enda1200

eventide?c1225

finea1350

tail1377

latter (last) enda1382

issue1484

latter day?1498

waning1561

last days1572

heel1584

sunsetting1593

fall1596

lag-end1598

posterior1598

sunset1599

dotage1606

exit1615

stern1623

waning timea1639

last1683

heel piecea1764

shank1828

tail-end1845

tailpiece1869

tag1882

teatime1913

end-point1921

1913 Washington Post 15 Aug. 6/6 She had been married eighteen years, had raised five children, and now, in the tea-time of her life, was devoting her evenings to the cause of woman suffrage.

1963 Times 31 Jan. 3/3 In the evening of life—or at any rate the tea-time—it is occasionally pleasant to look back.

1991 Financial Times 19 June 19/6 Since 1971, the show's joke—that vaudevillians in the teatime of their careers cannot pull heists and capers—has turned serious.

2004 M. Eliot Cary Grant xxviii. 310 He was ready, at last, for the ‘teatime’ of his life, a civilized world in which he could actually live in real time as a wholly realized, emotionally connected human being.

2. The time occupied by or allowed for consuming tea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun] > tea-time > time allowed for or occupied by

teatime1749

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 47 He sat down..and all tea-time kept ogling me.

1846 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 7 Feb. No advantage had been gained by the operatives through that reduction of time, in consequence of..the breakfast, dinner, and tea-time of the hands having been shortened.

1852 Leader 17 Jan. 63/3 During teatime I had an opportunity of ascertaining generally what our host's ideas were on the subject of Animal Magnetism.

1936 Punch 19 Feb. 204/1 It's still tea-time, you know.

2016 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 23 Oct. 10 My son is allowed 10 minutes of television time after school if he doesn't have sports. He gets about 15 minutes while having his lunch or during teatime.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	teatime
释义	teatimen. Brit. /ˈtiːtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈtiˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tea n.¹, time n. Etymology: < tea n.¹ + time n. 1. a. The time at which the meal called tea is taken (see tea n.¹ 4); (also) a time at which tea (sense 2) is drunk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > tea-time teatime1721 bagging-time1835 tea-hour1884 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun] > tea-time teatime1721 tea-hour1884 1721 Free-thinker No. 340. Coming into the company in Tea-Time, I was asked to drink a Dish; which I accepted. 1756 Polit. Ballads (1860) II. 332 And now being tea-time..we put on the kettle. 1843 D. G. Rossetti Let. 25 June (1965) I. 12 I dawdled about till teatime. 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 46 I shall be back before tea-time. 1959 M. K. Khayat & M. C. Keatinge Food from Arab World (1965) 104 These dates may be served as confection after a meal, or offered at teatime. In Lebanon they could be offered to visitors at any time. 2019 B. Evaristo Girl Woman Other (2020) iv. 355 They sat around the table at teatime to have a glass of cold milk and jam sandwiches in the one hour of the day they convened as a family before more farm work beckoned. b. figurative. That part of something, esp. a person's life, that occurs towards the end. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part eveningOE enda1200 eventide?c1225 finea1350 tail1377 latter (last) enda1382 issue1484 latter day?1498 waning1561 last days1572 heel1584 sunsetting1593 fall1596 lag-end1598 posterior1598 sunset1599 dotage1606 exit1615 stern1623 waning timea1639 last1683 heel piecea1764 shank1828 tail-end1845 tailpiece1869 tag1882 teatime1913 end-point1921 1913 Washington Post 15 Aug. 6/6 She had been married eighteen years, had raised five children, and now, in the tea-time of her life, was devoting her evenings to the cause of woman suffrage. 1963 Times 31 Jan. 3/3 In the evening of life—or at any rate the tea-time—it is occasionally pleasant to look back. 1991 Financial Times 19 June 19/6 Since 1971, the show's joke—that vaudevillians in the teatime of their careers cannot pull heists and capers—has turned serious. 2004 M. Eliot Cary Grant xxviii. 310 He was ready, at last, for the ‘teatime’ of his life, a civilized world in which he could actually live in real time as a wholly realized, emotionally connected human being. 2. The time occupied by or allowed for consuming tea. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > afternoon > [noun] > tea-time > time allowed for or occupied by teatime1749 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 47 He sat down..and all tea-time kept ogling me. 1846 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 7 Feb. No advantage had been gained by the operatives through that reduction of time, in consequence of..the breakfast, dinner, and tea-time of the hands having been shortened. 1852 Leader 17 Jan. 63/3 During teatime I had an opportunity of ascertaining generally what our host's ideas were on the subject of Animal Magnetism. 1936 Punch 19 Feb. 204/1 It's still tea-time, you know. 2016 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 23 Oct. 10 My son is allowed 10 minutes of television time after school if he doesn't have sports. He gets about 15 minutes while having his lunch or during teatime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1721
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