airwayn.

Brit.

/ˈɛːweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈɛrˌweɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, way n.¹

Etymology: < air n.¹ + way n.¹In sense 1b perhaps after German Luftweg trachea, normal passage for air into the lungs (beginning of the 19th cent.; 18th cent. in sense ‘route through the air’ (in this sense rare before the 20th cent., and now chiefly in auf dem Luftweg by air)) or French voie aérienne normal passage for air into the lungs (1809; 1863 or earlier in sense ‘route through the air’, in a science-fiction context in Jules Verne, 1931 or earlier in spec. sense ‘route regularly followed by aircraft between airports’; all originally and chiefly in plural voies aériennes ); compare also French conduits aériens (plural noun) vessels through which air passes into the lungs collectively (1810). In sense 2a, and probably also 2b, originally after railway n.; compare airline n. 2. With sense 3 compare air wave n. 2.

a. A passage for air, esp. one for ventilation in a mine.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > ventilation passages or openings

througher1645

thirling1686

air-pit1709

horse-head1747

sollar1778

airway1800

wind-hole1802

bearing door1813

air course1814

downcast shaft1814

upcast shaft (or pit)1816

buze1823

air road1832

raggling1839

thirl1847

brattice1849

intake1849

run1849

trapdoor1849

skailing1850

return1851

wind-road1860

breakthrough1875

wind-way1875

breast1882

cross-heading1883

skail-door1883

U.C.1883

undercast1883

vent1886

furnace-drift1892

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe > in a mine

througher1645

thirling1686

air-pit1709

airway1800

wind-hole1802

air course1814

buze1823

air road1832

raggling1839

air heading1841

thirl1847

run1849

wind-road1860

wind-way1875

1800 Statutes at Large 39-41 Geo. III 392 If any Person or Persons shall..attempt to pull down or fill up any Airway, Waterway..or Shaft..then..every such person shall be deemed and adjudged to be guilty of a Misdemeanour.

1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 32 Intake, the airway along which the fresh air is conducted into a place, district, or mine.

1863 Proc. Royal Soc. 13 323 These glass cocks have this great advantage over those of metal, that it can always be ascertained if they are airtight; their transparency permits us to see if the key and shell are in optical contact; and the slightest air-way there is at once detected.

1880 Colliery Guard. 5 Nov. [It] drives the gas, in a diluted state, into the airways, and so carries it away to the upcast.

1908 Daily Chron. 7 Mar. 5/5 Free the return air-way from noxious gases.

1938 Times 29 June 4/5 I turned round and went back to get to an air-way. I got a mouthful of gas.

1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Air way, ventilation passage in a coal mine. Wigan, Outwood, Rossendale.

b. Anatomy and Medicine. The normal passage for air into the lungs; (also) a device to keep this passage open through which air can be supplied.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > respiratory passages

pipec1385

suspiralc1400

windpipe1530

spirator1657

air passage1771

respiratory tract1831

airway1856

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > device to keep airway open

airway1908

1856 Lancet 6 Dec. 621/2 If the secretion began in the middle of the air-way, it would block up and retain..all beyond that point.

1908 Lancet 15 Feb. 491/1 Should there be much jaw spasm at the moment when it is desired to introduce the ‘air-way’ it may be necessary to separate the teeth by means of a Mason's gag.

1950 Lima (Ohio) News 18 Jan. 6/5 His airway may be obstructed, and this usually can be relieved by gently turning his face downward.

1985 C. S. Ward Anaesthetic Equipm. (ed. 2) vii. 151/1 A tube may..be obstructed if the patient is lightly anaesthetized and bites it. This may be prevented either by inserting an airway alongside the tube or by using a ‘London Hospital airway prop’.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 July d7/3 Any item that can block a child's airway is a choking hazard.

a. A route through the air, esp. one regularly followed by aircraft between airports.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > air as medium for operation of aircraft > [noun] > route through the air

skypath1840

airway1873

lane1911

corridor1920

air corridor1922

1873 Punch 1 Feb. 44 Are their [sc. the inhabitants of a planet] railways, or airways, or whatever their means of locomotion may be called, as well managed as our own?

1911 L. Blériot in C. Grahame-White & H. Harper Aeroplane vii. 218 Aerial traffic between countries will, in the future, be conducted by means of regular ‘airways’. That is to say, the aerial craft passing between London and Paris will fly via a definite aerial route.

1938 E. R. Johnson Govt. Regulation of Transportation p. vi The railroads, pipe-lines, waterways, highways, and airways are parts of a general transportation system.

1987 Pilots Internat. Mar. 18/4 This filled up the airways with aircraft and we were refused permission to cross East Midlands.

2002 Times (Nexis) 18 July 9 The Queen has the additional safety of a ‘purple airway’. Whenever she travels, air traffic controllers are informed of her route well in advance, and warn other traffic to keep out of the way.

b. = airline n. 2. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > public service airline

airline1890

air service1911

airway1920

line1920

1908 Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 3/2 An impression of 1920... Extract from Passenger Handbook of the Great Eastern Airway Company for June.]

1920 19th Cent. Aug. 333 It is the business of an airway to sell speed at a price.

1937 Discovery May 163/2 A message was sent to an airways agent.

1985 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. a4/4 We warn all international airways that all Iranian airspace is considered a prohibited zone.

2002 Press Trust of India (Nexis) 16 Oct. The privatisation of some international airways had led to grounding of their fleets.

3. In plural. U.S. The imaginary paths through the air by which radio transmissions travel. Cf. air wave n. 2.

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1930 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 16 Dec. (Radio section) 4/4 Ever alert to catch a new tune that he might at some future date send it out over the airways to delight his Van Heusen audience.

1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Oct. 18/8 By that time a radio broadcaster had appeared with a portable microphone but Ted had nothing for the airways.

1971 P. Cameron in A. B. Shostak Sociol. & Student Life i. 3 Situationally we well know that taboo words are taboo on the airways, in formal or quasi-formal gatherings.., or in most written communication.

2000 Punch (Nassau, Bahamas) 11 Dec. 8/4 Basil Smith's newly released CD ‘National Heroes’ recently hit the local airways.

Compounds

airway beacon n. chiefly U.S. (now historical) each of a number of powerful flashing lights marking an air corridor and acting as a visual guide for aircraft pilots.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > light for guidance of aircraft

traffic light1912

beacon1918

flare path1919

airway beacon1926

obstruction light1934

marker1936

fixed light1960

1926 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Dec. 8/3 The airway beacon located on the Miller farm..has been restored to use..after being out of commission for nine days.

1960 E. W. Teale Journey into Summer 347 Airway beacons twinkled along the lower mountaintops when finally we left the great eyrie and started down.

1999 J. M. Koonce in D. J. Garland et al. Handbk. Aviation Human Factors i. 6 In the higher, drier southwestern United States some of the lighted airway beacons continued to stand into the 1950s.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	airway
释义	airwayn. Brit. /ˈɛːweɪ/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌweɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, way n.¹ Etymology: < air n.¹ + way n.¹In sense 1b perhaps after German Luftweg trachea, normal passage for air into the lungs (beginning of the 19th cent.; 18th cent. in sense ‘route through the air’ (in this sense rare before the 20th cent., and now chiefly in auf dem Luftweg by air)) or French voie aérienne normal passage for air into the lungs (1809; 1863 or earlier in sense ‘route through the air’, in a science-fiction context in Jules Verne, 1931 or earlier in spec. sense ‘route regularly followed by aircraft between airports’; all originally and chiefly in plural voies aériennes ); compare also French conduits aériens (plural noun) vessels through which air passes into the lungs collectively (1810). In sense 2a, and probably also 2b, originally after railway n.; compare airline n. 2. With sense 3 compare air wave n. 2. 1. a. A passage for air, esp. one for ventilation in a mine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > ventilation passages or openings througher1645 thirling1686 air-pit1709 horse-head1747 sollar1778 airway1800 wind-hole1802 bearing door1813 air course1814 downcast shaft1814 upcast shaft (or pit)1816 buze1823 air road1832 raggling1839 thirl1847 brattice1849 intake1849 run1849 trapdoor1849 skailing1850 return1851 wind-road1860 breakthrough1875 wind-way1875 breast1882 cross-heading1883 skail-door1883 U.C.1883 undercast1883 vent1886 furnace-drift1892 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe > in a mine througher1645 thirling1686 air-pit1709 airway1800 wind-hole1802 air course1814 buze1823 air road1832 raggling1839 air heading1841 thirl1847 run1849 wind-road1860 wind-way1875 1800 Statutes at Large 39-41 Geo. III 392 If any Person or Persons shall..attempt to pull down or fill up any Airway, Waterway..or Shaft..then..every such person shall be deemed and adjudged to be guilty of a Misdemeanour. 1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 32 Intake, the airway along which the fresh air is conducted into a place, district, or mine. 1863 Proc. Royal Soc. 13 323 These glass cocks have this great advantage over those of metal, that it can always be ascertained if they are airtight; their transparency permits us to see if the key and shell are in optical contact; and the slightest air-way there is at once detected. 1880 Colliery Guard. 5 Nov. [It] drives the gas, in a diluted state, into the airways, and so carries it away to the upcast. 1908 Daily Chron. 7 Mar. 5/5 Free the return air-way from noxious gases. 1938 Times 29 June 4/5 I turned round and went back to get to an air-way. I got a mouthful of gas. 1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Air way, ventilation passage in a coal mine. Wigan, Outwood, Rossendale. b. Anatomy and Medicine. The normal passage for air into the lungs; (also) a device to keep this passage open through which air can be supplied. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > respiratory passages pipec1385 suspiralc1400 windpipe1530 spirator1657 air passage1771 respiratory tract1831 airway1856 the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > device to keep airway open airway1908 1856 Lancet 6 Dec. 621/2 If the secretion began in the middle of the air-way, it would block up and retain..all beyond that point. 1908 Lancet 15 Feb. 491/1 Should there be much jaw spasm at the moment when it is desired to introduce the ‘air-way’ it may be necessary to separate the teeth by means of a Mason's gag. 1950 Lima (Ohio) News 18 Jan. 6/5 His airway may be obstructed, and this usually can be relieved by gently turning his face downward. 1985 C. S. Ward Anaesthetic Equipm. (ed. 2) vii. 151/1 A tube may..be obstructed if the patient is lightly anaesthetized and bites it. This may be prevented either by inserting an airway alongside the tube or by using a ‘London Hospital airway prop’. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 July d7/3 Any item that can block a child's airway is a choking hazard. 2. a. A route through the air, esp. one regularly followed by aircraft between airports. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > air as medium for operation of aircraft > [noun] > route through the air skypath1840 airway1873 lane1911 corridor1920 air corridor1922 1873 Punch 1 Feb. 44 Are their [sc. the inhabitants of a planet] railways, or airways, or whatever their means of locomotion may be called, as well managed as our own? 1911 L. Blériot in C. Grahame-White & H. Harper Aeroplane vii. 218 Aerial traffic between countries will, in the future, be conducted by means of regular ‘airways’. That is to say, the aerial craft passing between London and Paris will fly via a definite aerial route. 1938 E. R. Johnson Govt. Regulation of Transportation p. vi The railroads, pipe-lines, waterways, highways, and airways are parts of a general transportation system. 1987 Pilots Internat. Mar. 18/4 This filled up the airways with aircraft and we were refused permission to cross East Midlands. 2002 Times (Nexis) 18 July 9 The Queen has the additional safety of a ‘purple airway’. Whenever she travels, air traffic controllers are informed of her route well in advance, and warn other traffic to keep out of the way. b. = airline n. 2. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > public service airline airline1890 air service1911 airway1920 line1920 1908 Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 3/2 An impression of 1920... Extract from Passenger Handbook of the Great Eastern Airway Company for June.] 1920 19th Cent. Aug. 333 It is the business of an airway to sell speed at a price. 1937 Discovery May 163/2 A message was sent to an airways agent. 1985 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. a4/4 We warn all international airways that all Iranian airspace is considered a prohibited zone. 2002 Press Trust of India (Nexis) 16 Oct. The privatisation of some international airways had led to grounding of their fleets. 3. In plural. U.S. The imaginary paths through the air by which radio transmissions travel. Cf. air wave n. 2. ΚΠ 1930 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 16 Dec. (Radio section) 4/4 Ever alert to catch a new tune that he might at some future date send it out over the airways to delight his Van Heusen audience. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Oct. 18/8 By that time a radio broadcaster had appeared with a portable microphone but Ted had nothing for the airways. 1971 P. Cameron in A. B. Shostak Sociol. & Student Life i. 3 Situationally we well know that taboo words are taboo on the airways, in formal or quasi-formal gatherings.., or in most written communication. 2000 Punch (Nassau, Bahamas) 11 Dec. 8/4 Basil Smith's newly released CD ‘National Heroes’ recently hit the local airways. Compounds airway beacon n. chiefly U.S. (now historical) each of a number of powerful flashing lights marking an air corridor and acting as a visual guide for aircraft pilots. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > light for guidance of aircraft traffic light1912 beacon1918 flare path1919 airway beacon1926 obstruction light1934 marker1936 fixed light1960 1926 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Dec. 8/3 The airway beacon located on the Miller farm..has been restored to use..after being out of commission for nine days. 1960 E. W. Teale Journey into Summer 347 Airway beacons twinkled along the lower mountaintops when finally we left the great eyrie and started down. 1999 J. M. Koonce in D. J. Garland et al. Handbk. Aviation Human Factors i. 6 In the higher, drier southwestern United States some of the lighted airway beacons continued to stand into the 1950s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1800
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