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单词 walkround
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walkroundn.adj.

Brit. /ˈwɔːk raʊnd/, U.S. /ˈwɔk ˌraʊnd/, /ˈwɑk ˌraʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: walk v., round adv.
Etymology: < walk v. + round adv. With use as noun compare slightly later walk-around n. (a) at walk v. Compounds.
A. n.
U.S. A dance performed in a large circle; = walk-around n. (a) at walk v. Compounds. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] > specific
rayc1450
Sellenger's round1567
miller's round1579
roundelay1589
cushion-dance1607
prinkum-prankuma1635
roundabout1766
pillow dance1811
batuque1820
walkround1861
hora1878
kissing dance1899
maxixe1909
garba1920
raas garba1935
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > round dance
round1600
walkround1861
hora1878
1861 Temple Bar May 199 The ‘Jim Crow dance’..soon gave place to better tunes..and ‘walk rounds’.
1874 V. L. Cameron Diary 5 Mar. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. (1875) 45 197 They gave a dance and a song. The first might well be the origin of the nigger breakdowns and walk-rounds.
1895 Cent. Mag. Oct. 958/1 His work with the caravan was to sing songs, chiefly darky songs, accompanied by ‘hoe-downs’ and ‘walk rounds’.
1943 Life 5 July 80 After the ‘walk-round’, which served as an entrance for the black-faced showmen, they stood before a semicircle of chairs and waited for the interlocutor's: ‘Gentlemen, be seated’.
B. adj.
Designating a shop, market, etc., so arranged that customers may walk round and serve themselves. Frequently in walkround store. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [adjective] > relating to shop > types of shop
high streetc1600
co-op1872
multiple1903
fixed price1907
serve-self1909
serve-yourself1909
quick-service1910
self-serve1910
self-service1912
drive-through1918
Army and Navy1919
drive-in1930
one-stop1933
Army-Navy1934
full-service1934
mom-and-pop1942
walkround1950
ma-and-pa1965
pop-up1993
1950 Times 11 Sept. 10/6 (advt.) Modern shop premises designed as a walk-round store.
1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiii. 120 Walk~round store (where the goods are so accessible that you may be tempted to buy far more than you need).
2007 G. Dudeney Internet & Lang. Classroom (ed. 2) ii. 86 Organise a walkround market, with students bartering with each other to exchange what they have for things they really want.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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