单词 | console |
释义 | consolen. 1. a. Architecture. A variety of the bracket or corbel; applied more particularly to an ornamental chock of uniform breadth or face, its profile a straight-lined or scroll-shaped figure or foliage (usually an ogee curve terminating in a volute above and below), surmounted by a horizontal tablet; fixed upright against a wall or other surface and serving singly as a ledge to support something. Also, a similar figure carved in relief on a keystone, etc., for ornament, the horizontal tablet being frequently absent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > corbel > specific type console1706 mask1731 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Console (Fr. in Masonry), a kind of Bracket or Shouldering-piece that juts out, and serves to support a Cornice, or to bear up Figures, Busts, Vessels and other Ornaments of the like Nature. 1754 R. Pococke Trav. (1889) II. 139 The drawing-room, in which, on consoles, are the twelve Caesars. 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha vii. 89 The graceful arching of the roof, unsupported by console or column. 1855–8 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) at Bracket The difference between a block, a cantilever, a console, a modillion, a mutule, and a tassel, depends chiefly upon the place in which each of these varieties of the bracket or corbel is employed. 1855–58 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Console..an ornament in any material which projects about half its height or less, for the purpose of carrying anything. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. ii. §50. 167 The bust that stands on the console. b. The ‘carrier’ of a breech-loading gun, a kind of bracket-truss for supporting the breech-screw when withdrawn preparatory to loading. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > other parts of breech base1626 bridge pin1686 breech-pin1727 finger-piece1767 tang1805 hut1848 breech-lever1862 breech-screw1862 plunger1866 shoe1866 breech-block1881 breech-plug1881 console1882 crossbar1884 obturator1891 tray1909 1882 Notes on Constr. of Ordnance (U.S.) No. 1. 20 July 1 If [the gas] meets with an obstacle, as the arm of the console, it will result in the breaking of the hinge that unites it to the gun. 1890 Engineering 31 Jan. 109/3. c. Used in U.S. for a bracket on a wall for supporting machinery, and the like. 2. a. Short for console-table n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > console table clap-tablec1702 console-table1813 console1840 1840 L. S. Costello Summer amongst Bocages & Vines I. 376 A fine bed and marble-topped console. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin i. 2 Inlaid consoles and costly tables of ‘marqueterie’. b. A cabinet for a gramophone, radio, television set, tape recorder, etc. Also attributive. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > other cupboards or cabinets Flanders chest1400 warestall1508 livery cupboard1571 boy1656 by-closet1696 corner-cupboard1711 India cabinet1721 pot-cupboard1789 housemaid's cupboard1843 monocleid1885 vargueño1911 console1925 cocktail cabinet1928 storage unit1951 1925–6 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 391/1 The new model console phonograph. 1926–7 Sears, Roebuck Catal. 599 Console Cabinet... A cabinet that is designed to accommodate a radio receiver, charger and all batteries. 1958 Economist 26 July 271/2 Some present tape-recorders..do not need to be portable... In recognition of this, console models have been on the market. 3. a. A case or frame enclosing the claviers, draw-knobs, etc., of an organ; esp. when separate from the body of the instrument, as in organs with electric action.[Originally bracketed out from the body of the organ, like the keyboard of a cottage piano.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > console key desk1854 console1880 1880 C. A. Edwards Organs ii. vi. 67 The term consol, or the French form console, is used in referring to the complete claviers, draw-knobs, &c., when set up separately at a distance from the body of the instrument..or more particularly where the electric action is used. 1885 Engineer 28 Aug. 156/1 The console is placed almost in the centre of the screen [at Westminster Abbey]. 1891 Discovery 1 Feb. 6 This cable terminates..on the organist's key desk or ‘console’, as it is called. From this ‘console’ the current passes..to the various sounding parts of the instrument. b. A desk, cabinet, or the like, incorporating switches, dials, etc., for the control of electrical or other apparatus; a control panel; a switchboard. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > desk > [noun] deskc1405 lectern1509 dess1552 book desk1686 prie-dieu1687 bureau1698 secretary1803 toys1816 secretaire1818 consulting-desk1823 slope1833 box-desk1860 roll-top1884 type-desk1901 partners' desk1925 partners' pedestal desk1930 console1944 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > control panel or unit brain-box1876 control box1878 control panel1902 panel board1905 board1940 console1944 touch panel1957 keypad1966 pad1976 zapper1984 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [adjective] > control panel console1944 1944 R. H. Delany in Proc. IRE 32 600 A broadcast-studio control console. 1944 R. H. Delany in Proc. IRE 32 600 A plywood mockup was made of the proposed console cabinet. 1946 Electronic Engin. 18 360 The console unit..forms the central unit from which the set is controlled and where the Radar information is presented. 1948 Gloss. Techn. Theatr. Terms (Strand Electric Co.) 8 Console, a mobile remote control for stage lighting resembling and using certain of the accessories of the cinema organ. 1951 Engineering 27 July 101/3 A console in which are grouped all the controllers and recorders for operating an industrial..plant. 1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production i. 16 Liaison with the lighting director..can be facilitated by arranging adjacent video control and lighting consoles. 1964 T. W. McRae Impact Computers on Accounting viii. 236 The person who operates the computer is called the console operator. 1966 New Yorker 12 Nov. 100 An enormous computer console. Compounds console-table n. a table supported by a fixed bracket against a wall; also, a movable side-table supported by consoles. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > console table clap-tablec1702 console-table1813 console1840 1813 Examiner 1 Feb. 71/2 Sofas, fauteuils, console-tables. 1874 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 759 For chimney pieces or console tables such a mode of treatment may be legitimate. 1888 Sale & Exch. 13 Sept. 5/2 A fine old gilt console table with marble top..with splendid plate glass over. Total height about 9 ft. console-mirror n. a mirror fixed to the wall supported on a console. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > wall or chimney mirror pier-glass1703 pier1709 pier looking-glass1725 chimney-glass1809 pier mirror1845 mirror-wall1881 console-mirror1882 over-glass1883 trumeau mirror1883 1882 J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ 3rd Ser. 166 She caught sight of her own face in a console mirror. Draft additions May 2001 = games console n. at game n. Compounds 4b. ΚΠ 1976 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 29 Nov. 73 A new variety of electronic game that can be hooked up to the family TV set. Most recent development is a small console with replaceable cartridge to provide a large number of game selections. 1983 Chain Store Age (Nexis) Jan. (Gen. Merchandise ed.) 111 The basic Atari systems may be the strongest-selling units, but all buyers are looking for exceptionally strong growth from more sophisticated games and consoles. 2000 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. (Connected section) 3/4 It is entirely possible, of course, that Microsoft could make a complete hash of its first foray into the console world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). consolev. transitive. To comfort in mental distress or depression; to alleviate the sorrow of (any one); ‘to free from the sense of misery’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve froverc900 hearteOE lighteOE onlightc1175 salvec1175 leathc1200 solace1297 stillc1315 to put in comfortc1320 easec1385 comfort1389 fordilla1400 recomforta1400 ronea1400 solancea1400 cheer?a1425 acheerc1450 consolate1477 repease1483 dilla1500 recreate?a1500 sporta1500 dulcerate?1586 comfit1598 comfortize1600 reassure1604 sweeten1647 console1693 re-establish1722 release1906 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 199 Till I, thy Consul sole, consol'd thy Doom. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 534 Others, the Syren Sisters compass round, And empty heads console with empty sound. 1761 J. Dewes in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. I am but poorly qualified at present to console you upon the great loss you have sustained. 1794 R. Hurd Life Warburton in Bp. W. Warburton Wks. (1811) I. 23 Mr. Pope..consoled himself and his friend with this sarcastic reflexion. 1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 8 Euphues seeks to console Eubulus on the death of his daughter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1706v.1693 |
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