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单词 camping
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campingn.1

Etymology: < camp v.1
Obsolete.
1. Fighting in camp-fight n. or single combat. [Perhaps taken by Caxton from Flemish kampen.]
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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.
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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.
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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

Brit. /ˈkampɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkæmpɪŋ/
Etymology: < camp v.2
1. Going into a camp, encamping; a lodging in tents, etc. camping out, cf. camp v.2 2b.
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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.
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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.

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camping trip n.
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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.

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camping site n. a place used for camping; = campsite n.
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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.
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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.
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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

Brit. /ˈkampɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkæmpɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: camp v.3, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < camp v.3 + -ing suffix1.
The action or fact of being camp; camp behaviour, speech, or performance; flamboyance, exaggerated theatricality. Also: an instance of this.
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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

Etymology: < camp v.1 4.
Obsolete.
Wrangling, contentious, scolding: cf. cample v.
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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

Etymology: < camp v.2 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcamping.
That camps or lodges in a tent, etc.
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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).
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