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单词 console
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consolen.

Brit. /ˈkɒnsəʊl/, U.S. /ˈkɑnˌsoʊl/
Forms: Also consol.
Etymology: < French console (16th cent.): Littré suggests that it is abbreviated fromconsolider to consolidate adj.
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.
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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b. The ‘carrier’ of a breech-loading gun, a kind of bracket-truss for supporting the breech-screw when withdrawn preparatory to loading.
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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.
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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.
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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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

/kənˈsəʊl/
Etymology: < French console-r (15th cent. in Littré) (= Spanish consolar , Italian consolare ), < Latin consōlāre , doublet of consōlārī , < con- + sōlārī to solace, soothe. A late word which has taken the place of the earlier consolate adj.
transitive. To comfort in mental distress or depression; to alleviate the sorrow of (any one); ‘to free from the sense of misery’ (Johnson).
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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.
absolute.1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 60 Earth can console, Heaven can torment no more.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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