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单词 carry-on
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carry-onn.adj.

Brit. /ˈkarɪɒn/, U.S. /ˈkɛriˌɔn/, /ˈkɛriˌɑn/, Scottish English /ˈkarɪɔn/, Irish English /ˈkæriɒːn/
Forms: also as two words.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to carry on at carry v. Phrasal verbs.
Etymology: < to carry on at carry v. Phrasal verbs. With sense A. 1 compare to carry on 4a at carry v. Phrasal verbs and also earlier carrying-on n. 2.
Originally Scottish and Irish English (northern).
A. n.
1. colloquial (chiefly British and Irish English).
a. A display of excitement, anger, or agitation, esp. when excessive, unnecessary, or unseemly; a fuss, a commotion. Also as a mass noun: fuss, commotion, excitement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss
to-doc1330
adoc1380
great (also much) cry and little woolc1460
feery-fary1535
fray1568
stirc1595
do1598
coil1599
hurl1603
ruffle1609
clutterment1611
buzz1628
bustle1637
paddle1642
racket1644
clutter1652
tracas1656
tracasserie1656
circumference1667
flutter1667
hurly-burly1678
fuss1701
fissle1719
fraise1725
hurry-scurry1753
fix-fax1768
fal-lal1775
widdle1789
touse1792
fuffle1801
going-on1817
hurry and scurry1823
sputter1823
tew1825
Bob's-a-dying1829
fidge1832
tamasha1842
mulling1845
mussing1846
fettling1847
fooster1847
trade1854
scrimmage1855
carry-on1861
fuss-and-feathers1866
on-carry1870
make-a-do1880
miration1883
razzle-dazzle1885
song and dance1885
to get a rustle on1891
tea-party1903
stirabout1905
whoop-de-do1910
chichi1928
production1941
go-go1966
1861 Ulster Mag. Nov. 455 Lord bless my hert, woman, it wad tak me frae this tae the end o' the week tae tell ye the hauf I ken aboot that ne'er-dae-weel woman's carry-ons.
1890 J. Service Thir Notandums v. 29 [He] had been cheated out of his dinner by a' the carry on.
1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite l. 35 You'd stopped from that daft carry-on at once..weeping like a fool over something as common as kale.
1964 Guardian 2 Mar. 7/6 They want madmen and blood and wild carry-ons and all that.
2001 J. Boyle Galloway Street 52 I'm to show the letter to Miss Conlon, she says, because somebody will have to put a stop to this carry-on.
b. More generally: any activity or behaviour, esp. when viewed as inappropriate, inconvenient, or unacceptable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun]
busyingeOE
busyOE
busyship?c1225
busyhead1340
occupation?1387
occupyinga1400
businessc1405
vacationc1450
employing1459
employment1542
entertainment1551
activity1570
trade1591
negotiation1628
engagement1661
employ1675
busyness1809
occupancy1826
carry-on1917
1917 N. Munro in Evening News (Glasgow) 1 Jan. 2/4 ‘I never saw such merrages!’ said Jinnet. ‘What a carry on! They go awa' and get merried the same's it was fit-on for a costume; it would put me in the nerves!’
1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. i. 24 Get sick of it. Same old carry-on every time. Places all alike when you come to know 'em.
1959 P. Bull I know Face vi. 111 We were all engaged for a radio version of Hamlet... I had never realized the incredible carry-on connected with these productions.
1997 C. Brookmyre Country of Blind (2001) ii. 39 I'm too old for all that carry-on.
2015 A. Schofield Martin John (2016) 115 It's not right to blame another man for your own carry-on.
2. Originally and chiefly North American. A bag or suitcase taken on to a plane as hand-held luggage and kept in the cabin during the flight. Cf. sense B.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > passengers and cargo carried by aircraft > luggage carried on board by passenger
carry-on1960
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag > hand-held
mailc1275
clothesack1393
cloak-bagc1540
portmanteau1553
valance?a1562
pockmanty1575
cap-case1577
cloak-bearer1580
night baga1618
valisea1630
toilet1656
Roger1665
shirt case1823
weekend case1827
carpet-bag1830
holdall1851
handbag1859
suitcase1873
sample case1875
gripsack1877
case1879
grip1879
Gladstone (bag)1882
traveller1895
vanity-case1913
luggage1915
revelation1923
two-suiter1923
overnight bag1925
one-suiter1933
suiter1933
overnight case1934
Samsonite1939
flight bag1943
Pullman1946
grip-bag1958
overnighter1959
carry-on1960
Vuitton1975
go bag1991
1960 Evening Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 23 Nov. (Brownsville Tri-County ed.) 36/3 These convenient ‘carry-ons’ (you don't leave them at the weigh-in counter or wait for them to be unloaded) generally feature zippered side openings for easy access.
1976 Changing Times July 42/1 A club bag..is more convenient than an overnight bag or a carry-on.
2012 J. Thayil Narcopolis iii. xi. 224 On the plane, I threw my carry-on into the overhead bin.
B. adj. Originally and chiefly North American.
Designating luggage small or compact enough to be carried on to a plane by a passenger and kept in the cabin during the flight.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adjective] > of or relating to baggage
sumpter1758
baggageless1891
carry-on1948
society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [adjective] > designating luggage carried on board
carry-on1948
1948 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 13 Aug. (Final Home ed.) 3/1 Carry-on baggage privileges..will become this month a reality for Northwest Airlines' passengers.
1962 Consumer Bull. July 25/1 I have found the best set to be one large (26- or 29-inch) suitcase..and a small carry-on canvas 21-inch suitcase.
1970 Time 19 Jan. 53/1 Coats and carry-on baggage are stowed in large overhead storage compartments.
2008 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 100 Most of its 44,500 airport officers are assigned to truffle through carry-on bags for things like guns, bombs, three-ounce tubes of anthrax, Crest toothpaste, nail clippers, Snapple, and so on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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