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单词 vital measurements
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vital measurements
d. Of statistics: (a) concerned with or relating to the facts of life, e.g. birth, marriage, death, etc.; also transferred; (b) colloquial the measurements of a woman's figure, spec. bust, waist, and hips (cf. statistics n. 3b); similarly vital measurements. (Occasionally of a man's figure.)
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vital1837
biostatical1863
biostatic1869
biostatistical1899
statistical-mechanical1908
stylometric1935
macrolinguistic1960
bibliometric1969
cliometric1974
1837 in J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. ii. 567 (title) Vital statistics; or, The statistics of health, sickness, diseases, and death.
1885 J. Nicol (title) Vital, social, and economic statistics of the city of Glasgow, 1881–85.
1949 Brit. Birds 42 147 Vital statistics from ringed Swallows.
1956 Newsweek 23 Jan. 60 New eyes open on a bright wonderful world—and photography makes identification positive, records vital statistics in life's first few minutes.
1958 J. Townsend Young Devils ii. 19 A short history of the school plus its vital statistics—i.e. number of boys, teachers, classrooms, subjects and educational standards.
1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 13/2 The epidemic of iatrogenic deaths in asthmatic children shows the need for continuous monitoring of vital statistics.
1974 Nature 22 Mar. 306/1 The vital statistics of this second edition command respect—94 of the 1,562 pages are needed to index its 64 chapters!
1958 Observer 18 May 10/4 To control and vary our vital measurements with changing fashion.1968 G. Kent Pict. Hist. Wrestling v. 119/1 Height 6ft. 1 in. weight 15 st. chest 48 ins. biceps 15 ins. thigh 26½ ins. Donald Dinnie and his vital measurements.1957 Times 1 Aug. 5/5 Those feminine measurements which have become known, in the entertainment world, as vital statistics.1959 C. R. Cooper Teen-age Vice (new ed.) viii. 125 Regina..wrote haphazardly to men, giving her age and vital statistics.1966 P. G. Wodehouse Plum Pie 60 A book like yours always involves a serious risk for the publisher owing to the absence of the Sex Motif, which renders it impossible for him to put a nude female of impressive vital statistics on the jacket.1975 C. Weston Susannah Screaming (1976) xxv. 135 I have her phone number and vital statistics.
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