单词 | camping |
释义 | † campingn.1 Obsolete. 1. Fighting in camp-fight n. or single combat. [Perhaps taken by Caxton from Flemish kampen.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > fighting in single combat or duel camping1481 combating1594 duello1598 duel1612 duelling1631 kemping1793 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 95 Reynard the foxe thought how come I on this Campyng, we ben not bothe lyke. 2. Contending, fighting. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] fightOE skirmingc1275 medleyc1330 mellinga1375 strugglingc1386 mellayc1400 meddlinga1450 skirmerya1500 stightlinga1500 debatea1533 camping?1549 scrambling1598 scuffling1599 duel1764 tussling1844 scrapping1891 bopping1958 ?1549 in N. Pocock Troubles connected Prayer Bk. (1884) 148 Leave off..good countrymen, your camping at your own doors and bestow that your stoutness of courage..against..your enemies. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 545/2 A young and a stoute prelate, more fitter for the camping cure, then for the peaceable church of Christ. 3. Contending in a camp-ball match; foot-ball playing. Also attributive, as in camping-ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > other forms of football > [noun] > ancient > playing campingc1430 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 200 Bolsteryd out of lenghth and breed, Lyche a large campyng balle. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 60 Campynge, pedipiludium. a1496 in J. Cullum Hist. & Antiq. Hawsted in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 23 (1784) 113 [The] camping pightel [joined to the east side of the churchyard]. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Biiijv The stoole ball, top, or camping ball If suche one should assaye As hath no mannour skill therin..Theye all would..laughe at hym aloude. a1855 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 8 I have heard old persons speak of a celebrated camping, Norfolk against Suffolk, on Diss Common, with 300 on each side... The Suffolk men, after 14 hours, were the victors. Nine deaths were the result of the contest, within a fortnight! These were called fighting camps: for much boxing was practised in them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). campingn.2 1. Going into a camp, encamping; a lodging in tents, etc. camping out, cf. camp v.2 2b. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [noun] camping1572 tenting1858 camp1865 laagering1894 1572 N. Roscarrock in J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie sig. C.iij Campinges, mornings, musterings. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 56 The..Order of their Marchings, Camping and Exercise was excellent. 1850 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (ed. 2) II. 234 The camping out of the people in the night when the first shocks occurred. 2. attributive, as in camping-place, camping-ground. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > site of standing1598 camping-place1606 outspanning1841 yayla1864 camping-ground1867 1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 94 I had rather be at a camping dinner then at yours. 1616 S. Purchas Descr. India in Pilgrimage Many memorials and monuments of Alexanders Expedition to these Parts..Altars, Camping-places, and great Pits. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 187 In quest of a camping-place. 1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1895) I. 319 Burnt patches of prairie, and deserted camping grounds. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 207 A beautiful camping-ground. Draft additions September 2013 camping trip n. ΚΠ 1858 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 13 Nov. 378/3 Breakfast ended, we load our boats for a two or three weeks' camping trip. 1921 Los Angeles Times 27 Sept. i. 13/8 (advt.) Anyone contemplating camping or touring trips can buy cheap the latest model folding house trailer. 1995 Leader (Canada) Mar. 17/3 Each Troop Scouter is responsible for planning and executing one camping trip. 2008 R. Hill Cure for All Dis. (2009) i. ii. 13 She was desolate when I got back early from my camping trip. Draft additions September 2013 camping site n. a place used for camping; = campsite n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > for tourists camp-ground1806 camping site1844 campsite1850 tourist park1927 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. xvi. 313 I can now present a table of the most notable camping sites. 1935 R. S. Odell Handbk. Arthur Pass National Park 23 Probably the best camping site is on the edge of the timber line. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside iii. x. 101 If somebody wishes to..let out his field as a caravan or camping site.., he has first to convince representatives of the local community that [etc.]. 2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales vii. 276 The Pembrokeshire Coast Path runs through the farm, which has a small..camping site (electric hook-ups, shower and WC). camping stove n. originally U.S. a portable cooking stove for camping, now typically using bottled gas as fuel. ΚΠ 1874 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 27 June (advt.) Camping stoves, only 30 pounds weight, complete with utensils. 1958 Washington Post 24 Aug. f19/1 Last winter I used our camping stove to cook on for three weeks when we had no electricity. 2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning xiv. 113 I wish now that I had bought a camping stove so that I could brew up here in this moot, restless landscape. camping trailer n. chiefly North American a small trailer (trailer n. 6a) used for camping holidays, as opposed to one which is permanently parked and used as a residence; esp. one incorporating a (frequently canvas) foldaway structure. ΚΠ 1967 Punch 14 June 869/1 (caption) Camping trailers are popular with nature lovers and the economy minded. 1997 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 29 June (Travel section) 5 Tent trailers..fall somewhere between a tent and a camping trailer, fold down to 10 by 6 feet and can be towed by a passenger car. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). campingn.3 The action or fact of being camp; camp behaviour, speech, or performance; flamboyance, exaggerated theatricality. Also: an instance of this. ΚΠ 1922 C. Van Vechten in Double Dealer Apr. 186/1 His [sc. Ronald Firbank's] form arranges itself for the most part in a diagram of dialogue..and such dialogue! In the argot of perversity one would call it camping. These mad romances are a Uranian version of Alice in Wonderland. 1932 ‘R. Scully’ Scarlet Pansy xix. 150 With their voices pitched high in imitation of the effusive type of woman, the guests declaimed with the utmost exaggeration possible, what they had to say... They burlesqued all life. This they designated ‘camping’, and ‘to camp’ brilliantly fixed one's social status. 1960 Encounter Feb. 23/2 He, so proud to display his masculinity, to despise effeminate young men, to dress with masculine rigour.., had taken to an open and defiant ‘camping’. 1983 Christian Sci. Monitor 28 July 17/2 Amidst all the outrageous camping, there is none so outrageous as Tom Lacy in the role of..Malvolio. 2001 J. Watts Mae West iv. 87 She found comradeship in the camping of the drag queens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † campingadj.1 Obsolete. Wrangling, contentious, scolding: cf. cample v. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > abusive chidingc1175 invective1430 villainous1470 reproachful1531 reviling1534 oblatranta1538 vituperatory1586 vituperous1588 maledicent1599 vituperious1604 abuseful1612 virulent1631 camping1642 Thersitical1650 wording1682 vituperative1727 vituperatious1797 slangwhanging1809 sharp-tongued1837 vituperant1864 campling1881 Thersitean1908 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > noisy or angry wrangling1576 camping1642 wording1682 altercative1702 rowy1870 campling1881 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 14 A troope of camping Huswives in Viraginia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). campingadj.2 That camps or lodges in a tent, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [adjective] campinga1616 tented1811 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. iv. 14 I..sent him forth, From Courtly friends, with Camping foes to liue. View more context for this quotation 1872 H. W. Taunt Map of Thames 22/2 A camping man should not require more than three good meals per diem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1c1430n.21572n.31922adj.11642adj.2a1616 |
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