war timen.

Brit.

/ˈwɔː tʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈwɔr ˌtaɪm/

1. The time when war is being waged.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > time of war

war time1387

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. VIII. 283 The woodes in Wales.., þat were grete socour to men of þe contray to hyde hem self in werre tyme.

1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 271 Whom than thou makist not riche Whan werre tyme is and whan pees is, þou list not hem to knowe.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 44 When he shalbe..compelled in war tyme..to faule to his bowe.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 33 The Seed coming from France, this War-time hath prevented its being so much propagated as otherways it would have been.

1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 218 Above all, it was war-time, and of necessity all circumstances of mere convenience were obliged to give way to a paramount sense of danger.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. ii. 37 These war times were hard, and everything was dear.

1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xiii. 242 There was too much filthiness and drunkenness went on in the old war-times, not to leave a taint behind it, for many a generation.

attributive.1915 H. H. Henson (title) War-time Sermons.1915 Lady Jephson (title) A War-time Journal.1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment viii. 121 Men's friends at home would have the agonies of false alarms added to their normal wartime miseries.1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night ii. 30 The present lot are the real War-time generation.1945 ABC of Cookery (Min. of Food) 1 It is intended to be used with the Ministry of Food Recipe Leaflets although it is not restricted to war~time cookery.1965 New Statesman 7 May 709/3 Without the exigencies of war, he would need to have war-time powers. But he would lack..the simple war-time criterion of the need ‘to maintain production’.1978 M. Cadogan & P. Craig Women & Children First viii. 179 Tilli is..suffering wartime shortages bitterly.

2. U.S. History. Daylight-saving time introduced during World War II (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day

time1646

apparent time1694

local timea1703

Greenwich Mean Time1782

sun time1837

GMT1840

railway time1847

railroad time1849

Greenwich time1861

Eastern time1878

Pacific time1880

Universal Time1882

Eastern Standard Time1883

Mountain time1883

British Standard Time1908

daylight saving1908

zone time1908

LMT1909

British Summer Time1916

summertime1916

U.T.1929

B.S.T.1930

EST1935

British Double Summer Time1941

war time1942

B.D.S.T.1943

ephemeris time1950

1942 Time 9 Feb. 12/3 Franklin Roosevelt decided what he will call wartime daylight saving when it starts next week. Official name: War Time.

1979 Sci. Amer. May 39/3 Year-round daylight-saving time, or ‘war-time’, as it was named by President Roosevelt, began on February 9, 1942.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	war time
释义	war timen. Brit. /ˈwɔː tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈwɔr ˌtaɪm/ 1. The time when war is being waged. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > time of war war time1387 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. VIII. 283 The woodes in Wales.., þat were grete socour to men of þe contray to hyde hem self in werre tyme. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 271 Whom than thou makist not riche Whan werre tyme is and whan pees is, þou list not hem to knowe. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 44 When he shalbe..compelled in war tyme..to faule to his bowe. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 33 The Seed coming from France, this War-time hath prevented its being so much propagated as otherways it would have been. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 218 Above all, it was war-time, and of necessity all circumstances of mere convenience were obliged to give way to a paramount sense of danger. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. ii. 37 These war times were hard, and everything was dear. 1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xiii. 242 There was too much filthiness and drunkenness went on in the old war-times, not to leave a taint behind it, for many a generation. attributive.1915 H. H. Henson (title) War-time Sermons.1915 Lady Jephson (title) A War-time Journal.1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment viii. 121 Men's friends at home would have the agonies of false alarms added to their normal wartime miseries.1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night ii. 30 The present lot are the real War-time generation.1945 ABC of Cookery (Min. of Food) 1 It is intended to be used with the Ministry of Food Recipe Leaflets although it is not restricted to war~time cookery.1965 New Statesman 7 May 709/3 Without the exigencies of war, he would need to have war-time powers. But he would lack..the simple war-time criterion of the need ‘to maintain production’.1978 M. Cadogan & P. Craig Women & Children First viii. 179 Tilli is..suffering wartime shortages bitterly. 2. U.S. History. Daylight-saving time introduced during World War II (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1942 Time 9 Feb. 12/3 Franklin Roosevelt decided what he will call wartime daylight saving when it starts next week. Official name: War Time. 1979 Sci. Amer. May 39/3 Year-round daylight-saving time, or ‘war-time’, as it was named by President Roosevelt, began on February 9, 1942. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1387
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