time warpn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪm wɔːp/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪm ˌwɔrp/

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

Etymology: < time n. + warp n.¹

Originally Science Fiction.

A. n.

1. Chiefly Science Fiction. An imaginary or hypothetical distortion of space-time whereby people or objects at one point in time can be moved to another, or within which time moves at a different speed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [noun] > time travel > time warp

time warp1937

time-slip1941

1937 O. Saari in Astounding Stories Aug. 70/2 The time warp produced by neutronium was the foothold; traveling along and against it, the Time Traveler could move forward in time!

1968 D. C. Fontana Tomorrow is Yesterday in J. Blish Star Trek 2 31 A time warp landed us back here.

1976 Amer. Film Inst. Catal.: Feature Films, 1961–70 1240/2 Three months later, the expedition's flagship..returns to the young planet to search for survivors. Owing to a time warp, 18 years have passed on the planet.

2008 M. Crilley Akiko & Missing Misp vi. 53 That's right. The future. You sent me through a time warp.

2. A place which has not changed with the passage of time; a situation in which things are preserved in a form which they characteristically took in the past, but which is now rarely seen or no longer relevant. Frequently in to be stuck (also trapped, etc.) in a time warp: to be stuck in the past.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness

staleness1552

surannation1656

superannuation1658

antiquation1659

fustinessa1661

antiquateness1664

antiquatedness1730

superannuity1781

innovelty1783

old-fashionedness1817

square-toedness1846

fossilism1861

obsolescence1887

old-timiness1887

frumpishness1889

old-fangledness1895

out-of-dateness1915

datedness1933

outdatedness1953

time warp1965

1965 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Nov. 18/1 The main thing is that Rhodesians are caught in a time warp.

1973 T. McGuane 92 in Shade (1974) 95 It's just a little American home in another time warp.

1978 Sat. Night (Toronto) Apr. 30/3 External was stuck in a 1950s timewarp.

1983 Listener 3 Nov. 32/3 Molly Kean's images are of psychic rather than physical decay, of families able to live beyond their means because they are trapped in a peculiar time-warp.

1996 Daily Mirror 12 June 6/1 He and his anti-European allies are stuck in a time-warp when Germans were jack-booted Nazis and Britain ruled the waves and an Empire.

2010 Ideal Home May 34/2 We didn't want to live in a time warp.

B. adj. (attributive).

Usually hyphenated. Originally: of, relating to, or characteristic of a time warp. In later use also: reminiscent of, or stuck in, the past.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated

moth-frettenOE

antiquate?a1425

antique?1532

rusty1549

moth-eaten1551

musty1575

worm-eatenc1575

overyear1584

out of date1589

old-fashioned1592

out of date1592

worm-eat1597

old-fashion1599

ancient1601

outdated1616

out-of-fashion1623

over-aged1623

superannuateda1634

thorough-old1639

overdateda1641

trunk-hosea1643

antiquitated1645

antiquated1654

out-of-fashioned1671

unmodern1731

of the old school1749

auld-farrant1750

old-fangled1764

fossila1770

fogram1772

passé1775

unmodernized1775

oxidated1791

moss-covered1792

square-toeda1797

old-fashionable1807

pigtail1817

behind the times1826

slow1827

fossilized1828

rococo1836

antiquish1838

old-timey1850

out of season1850

moss-grown1851

old style1858

antiqued1859

pigtaily1859

prehistoric1859

backdated1862

played1864

fossiled1866

bygone1869

mossy-backed1870

old-worldly1878

past-time1889

outmoded1896

dated1900

brontosaurian1909

antiquey1926

horse-and-buggy1926

vintage1928

Neolithic1934

time-warped1938

demoded1941

steam age1941

hairy1946

old school1946

rinky-dink1946

time warp1954

Palaeolithic1957

retardataire1958

throwback1968

wally1969

antwacky1975

1954 W. M. Miller in Fantastic Jan. 34/1 They showed me a dozen pictures of moppets with LTR-guns, moppets in time-warp suits, moppets wearing Captain Chronos costumes, [etc.].

1971 Guardian 17 June 10/5 The time warp effect was..intensified by having David Frost—essentially an early sixties figure.

1985 Observer 31 Mar. 20/9 A real time-warp situation reminiscent of the old Beatlemania.

1998 Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. viii. 25/6 A lot of the diners at this 1950s time-warp French-continental restaurant look like they've been retired for quite awhile.

2005 S. Elmes Talking for Brit. xi. 277 Voices also experienced a time-warp moment when ‘duds’ was offered as the preferred local word for ‘clothes’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	time warp
释义	time warpn.adj. Brit. /ˈtʌɪm wɔːp/, U.S. /ˈtaɪm ˌwɔrp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., warp n.¹ Etymology: < time n. + warp n.¹ Originally Science Fiction. A. n. 1. Chiefly Science Fiction. An imaginary or hypothetical distortion of space-time whereby people or objects at one point in time can be moved to another, or within which time moves at a different speed. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > time travel > time warp time warp1937 time-slip1941 1937 O. Saari in Astounding Stories Aug. 70/2 The time warp produced by neutronium was the foothold; traveling along and against it, the Time Traveler could move forward in time! 1968 D. C. Fontana Tomorrow is Yesterday in J. Blish Star Trek 2 31 A time warp landed us back here. 1976 Amer. Film Inst. Catal.: Feature Films, 1961–70 1240/2 Three months later, the expedition's flagship..returns to the young planet to search for survivors. Owing to a time warp, 18 years have passed on the planet. 2008 M. Crilley Akiko & Missing Misp vi. 53 That's right. The future. You sent me through a time warp. 2. A place which has not changed with the passage of time; a situation in which things are preserved in a form which they characteristically took in the past, but which is now rarely seen or no longer relevant. Frequently in to be stuck (also trapped, etc.) in a time warp: to be stuck in the past. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness staleness1552 surannation1656 superannuation1658 antiquation1659 fustinessa1661 antiquateness1664 antiquatedness1730 superannuity1781 innovelty1783 old-fashionedness1817 square-toedness1846 fossilism1861 obsolescence1887 old-timiness1887 frumpishness1889 old-fangledness1895 out-of-dateness1915 datedness1933 outdatedness1953 time warp1965 1965 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Nov. 18/1 The main thing is that Rhodesians are caught in a time warp. 1973 T. McGuane 92 in Shade (1974) 95 It's just a little American home in another time warp. 1978 Sat. Night (Toronto) Apr. 30/3 External was stuck in a 1950s timewarp. 1983 Listener 3 Nov. 32/3 Molly Kean's images are of psychic rather than physical decay, of families able to live beyond their means because they are trapped in a peculiar time-warp. 1996 Daily Mirror 12 June 6/1 He and his anti-European allies are stuck in a time-warp when Germans were jack-booted Nazis and Britain ruled the waves and an Empire. 2010 Ideal Home May 34/2 We didn't want to live in a time warp. B. adj. (attributive). Usually hyphenated. Originally: of, relating to, or characteristic of a time warp. In later use also: reminiscent of, or stuck in, the past. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 1954 W. M. Miller in Fantastic Jan. 34/1 They showed me a dozen pictures of moppets with LTR-guns, moppets in time-warp suits, moppets wearing Captain Chronos costumes, [etc.]. 1971 Guardian 17 June 10/5 The time warp effect was..intensified by having David Frost—essentially an early sixties figure. 1985 Observer 31 Mar. 20/9 A real time-warp situation reminiscent of the old Beatlemania. 1998 Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. viii. 25/6 A lot of the diners at this 1950s time-warp French-continental restaurant look like they've been retired for quite awhile. 2005 S. Elmes Talking for Brit. xi. 277 Voices also experienced a time-warp moment when ‘duds’ was offered as the preferred local word for ‘clothes’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1937
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