think-tankn.

Brit.

/ˈθɪŋktaŋk/, U.S.

/ˈθɪŋkˌtæŋk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: think v.², tank n.¹

Etymology: < think v.² + tank n.¹ With sense 1 compare thought box n. at thought n. Compounds 1a(b), think box n. at think v.² Compounds.

Originally U.S.

1. U.S. colloquial. The brain as the organ of thought; (hence also, by extension) the head. Cf. think box n. at think v.² Compounds. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] > as seat of mind

braineOE

pericranium1590

sensorium1613

brainpana1641

pericrane1682

pericrany1699

brain-box1816

memory box1832

think-tank1889

think box1910

thinking box1911

1889 Los Angeles Times 10 Nov. 9 (headline) Think tank thoughts on ‘The State of the Union’.

1892 Washington Post 22 Aug. 4/6 On all subjects except politics Horace is provided with a first-class think-tank.

1905 A. L. Stillman in A. H. Shearer Little Bk. Rutgers Tales 51 There's too much scrapping in the Joint... Your Think-tanks are getting to be Air-tight Compartments.

1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 203 It hadn't penetrated my think-tank that this was your hacienda when I came mavericking in.

1939 Ogden (Ogden City, Utah) Standard Examiner 1 Jan. 10 a/5 The pain in the belfry, the agony in the think tank, or whatever else you may be suffering in the skull as the result of the New Year's arriving.

1951 San Antonio (Texas) Express 14 Feb. 2 b/1 You'd probably beg his pardon..by busting him over the think tank with the nearest blunt instrument you could get your hands on.

1964 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 8 May 2A/3 Truman..said he hoped to live to be 90 but only ‘if the old think-tank is working’.

1969 Pocono (Stroudsburg, Pa.) Rec. 8 Jan. 6 (cartoon) You drop your guns or I'll put a bullet in her think tank!

a. A research institute or other organization providing advice and ideas on national or commercial problems; an interdisciplinary group of specialist consultants; (also) a private space used for deliberation.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization

invisible college1647

rota1660

working party1744

free association1761

working committee1821

Ethical Society1822

bar association1824

league1846

congress1870

tiger1874

cult1875

Daughters of the American Revolution1890

community group1892

housing association1898

working party1902

development agency1910

affinity group1915

propaganda machine1916

funding body1922

collective1925

Ku-Klux1930

network1946

NGO1946

production brigade1950

umbrella organization1950

plantation1956

think-tank1958

think group1961

team1990

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority > group of

brain trust1890

brains trust1933

think factory1958

think-tank1958

1958 Econ. Jrnl. 68 362 The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (known in some quarters as the Think Tank) at Palo Alto.

1962 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. in D. L. Larson Cuban Crisis 230 Robert Kennedy had stepped out of a ‘Think Tank’ meeting that morning to return a call from the President.

1967 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 8 Oct. (1970) 577 Mt. Hope Farm..will be the site for the environmental planning center—a sort of a ‘think tank’ for city-planning experts.

1969 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 22 Jan. 1/4 He [sc. President Nixon] said he is going to..take over a smaller room across the street as a kind of think tank for what he called ‘brainwork’.

1970 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 3/5 A ‘think tank’ of 40 graduate engineers and naval architects will work on ideas and suggestions sent in by the sea-going and shore staffs.

1981 Daily Tel. 15 Dec. 13/2 The Rand Corporation, a ‘think tank’ which undertakes various studies for the Pentagon, completed an analysis of all the Communist-bloc armies.

1991 J. A. Smith Idea Brokers Prol. p. xiii The colloquial term think tank..from World War II military jargon for a secure room where plans and strategies could be discussed.

2005 Independent 18 May 29/1 Why, one wonders, do American-style think-tanks bother setting up in this country at all when governments (and oppositions) are so reluctant to embrace really new ideas?

b. A meeting or conference of experts to provide advice and ideas.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority > meeting of

think-tank1973

1973 Chicago Tribune 25 Nov. vii. 3/1 At a think-tank that took place in 1965, he told this reviewer and other participants that [etc.].

1976 T. Sharpe Wilt iv. 39 She had been accepted by people who flew to California or Tokyo to conferences and Think Tanks as casually as she took the bus to town.

1978 Washington Post 8 May a14/2 The meeting here, which one official called the NAACP's first ‘think tank’, was an effort to develop new positions for the association.

2007 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 21 Oct. 57 The NRL invited its harshest critic..to attend a think tank last Tuesday to discuss some of the big issues in rugby league—from wrestling manoeuvres to refereeing standards.

Derivatives

ˈthink-tanker n. a member of or participant in a think-tank (sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority > group of > member of

brain truster1933

think-tanker1966

1966 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard & Rev. 12 Jan. 4/4 They've..suffered mightily from the think tankers' free-wheeling intrusions.

1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath vii. 124 A brief report from our Think Tankers on hypnotising the village people.

2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 93/1 Think-tankers, lobbyists..and politicians spin through the revolving door between the public and private sectors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	think-tank
释义	think-tankn. Brit. /ˈθɪŋktaŋk/, U.S. /ˈθɪŋkˌtæŋk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: think v.², tank n.¹ Etymology: < think v.² + tank n.¹ With sense 1 compare thought box n. at thought n. Compounds 1a(b), think box n. at think v.² Compounds. Originally U.S. 1. U.S. colloquial. The brain as the organ of thought; (hence also, by extension) the head. Cf. think box n. at think v.² Compounds. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [noun] > as seat of mind braineOE pericranium1590 sensorium1613 brainpana1641 pericrane1682 pericrany1699 brain-box1816 memory box1832 think-tank1889 think box1910 thinking box1911 1889 Los Angeles Times 10 Nov. 9 (headline) Think tank thoughts on ‘The State of the Union’. 1892 Washington Post 22 Aug. 4/6 On all subjects except politics Horace is provided with a first-class think-tank. 1905 A. L. Stillman in A. H. Shearer Little Bk. Rutgers Tales 51 There's too much scrapping in the Joint... Your Think-tanks are getting to be Air-tight Compartments. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 203 It hadn't penetrated my think-tank that this was your hacienda when I came mavericking in. 1939 Ogden (Ogden City, Utah) Standard Examiner 1 Jan. 10 a/5 The pain in the belfry, the agony in the think tank, or whatever else you may be suffering in the skull as the result of the New Year's arriving. 1951 San Antonio (Texas) Express 14 Feb. 2 b/1 You'd probably beg his pardon..by busting him over the think tank with the nearest blunt instrument you could get your hands on. 1964 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 8 May 2A/3 Truman..said he hoped to live to be 90 but only ‘if the old think-tank is working’. 1969 Pocono (Stroudsburg, Pa.) Rec. 8 Jan. 6 (cartoon) You drop your guns or I'll put a bullet in her think tank! 2. a. A research institute or other organization providing advice and ideas on national or commercial problems; an interdisciplinary group of specialist consultants; (also) a private space used for deliberation. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization invisible college1647 rota1660 working party1744 free association1761 working committee1821 Ethical Society1822 bar association1824 league1846 congress1870 tiger1874 cult1875 Daughters of the American Revolution1890 community group1892 housing association1898 working party1902 development agency1910 affinity group1915 propaganda machine1916 funding body1922 collective1925 Ku-Klux1930 network1946 NGO1946 production brigade1950 umbrella organization1950 plantation1956 think-tank1958 think group1961 team1990 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority > group of brain trust1890 brains trust1933 think factory1958 think-tank1958 1958 Econ. Jrnl. 68 362 The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (known in some quarters as the Think Tank) at Palo Alto. 1962 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. in D. L. Larson Cuban Crisis 230 Robert Kennedy had stepped out of a ‘Think Tank’ meeting that morning to return a call from the President. 1967 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 8 Oct. (1970) 577 Mt. Hope Farm..will be the site for the environmental planning center—a sort of a ‘think tank’ for city-planning experts. 1969 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 22 Jan. 1/4 He [sc. President Nixon] said he is going to..take over a smaller room across the street as a kind of think tank for what he called ‘brainwork’. 1970 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 3/5 A ‘think tank’ of 40 graduate engineers and naval architects will work on ideas and suggestions sent in by the sea-going and shore staffs. 1981 Daily Tel. 15 Dec. 13/2 The Rand Corporation, a ‘think tank’ which undertakes various studies for the Pentagon, completed an analysis of all the Communist-bloc armies. 1991 J. A. Smith Idea Brokers Prol. p. xiii The colloquial term think tank..from World War II military jargon for a secure room where plans and strategies could be discussed. 2005 Independent 18 May 29/1 Why, one wonders, do American-style think-tanks bother setting up in this country at all when governments (and oppositions) are so reluctant to embrace really new ideas? b. A meeting or conference of experts to provide advice and ideas. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority > meeting of think-tank1973 1973 Chicago Tribune 25 Nov. vii. 3/1 At a think-tank that took place in 1965, he told this reviewer and other participants that [etc.]. 1976 T. Sharpe Wilt iv. 39 She had been accepted by people who flew to California or Tokyo to conferences and Think Tanks as casually as she took the bus to town. 1978 Washington Post 8 May a14/2 The meeting here, which one official called the NAACP's first ‘think tank’, was an effort to develop new positions for the association. 2007 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 21 Oct. 57 The NRL invited its harshest critic..to attend a think tank last Tuesday to discuss some of the big issues in rugby league—from wrestling manoeuvres to refereeing standards. Derivatives ˈthink-tanker n. a member of or participant in a think-tank (sense 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority > group of > member of brain truster1933 think-tanker1966 1966 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard & Rev. 12 Jan. 4/4 They've..suffered mightily from the think tankers' free-wheeling intrusions. 1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath vii. 124 A brief report from our Think Tankers on hypnotising the village people. 2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 93/1 Think-tankers, lobbyists..and politicians spin through the revolving door between the public and private sectors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1889
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