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单词 dugout
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dugoutadj.n.

Forms: Also dug-out.
Etymology: See dug adj., and dig out , to dig out 2 at dig v. Phrasal verbs.
A. adj.
Hollowed out by digging, excavated.
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [adjective] > dug or excavated
wroughtOE
underdolven1382
holkedc1420
cast1487
mineda1500
pioneda1616
uneartheda1625
delved1673
disentombed1871
dugout1886
1886 Athenæum 24 Apr. 556/3 In some cases the station was completely insulated, and reached only by means of dug-out canoes.
1887 Archaeologia 50 370 Dug-out boats of more or less rude construction.
1889 Spectator 14 Dec. 838 Ordinary dug-out canals like that of Suez.
B. n. (chiefly U.S.)
1. A canoe made by hollowing out the trunk of a tree.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > dug-out
troughc893
cot1537
monoxylon1555
toni1582
piragua1599
pitpan1726
log-canoe1752
monoxyle1775
corial1796
dugout1819
montaria1853
lakatoi1885
mokoro1897
doonga1905
curiara1910
1819 J. A. Quitman in Clairborne Life (1860) I. 42 At Wheeling..we purchased a small canoe, called here a ‘dug-out’, or ‘man-drowner’.
1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 57 We had no boat with us, not even a dug-out.
1887 Archaeologia 50 370 Ship-building..of a very superior kind to these rude dug-outs.
2.
a. A channel made by digging. U.S.
ΚΠ
1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents II. xlv. 535 A little further we came to a ‘dug out’—that is, a passage cut or dug across a bar.
b. A rough kind of dwelling formed by an excavation in the ground (usually in a slope or bank), roofed with turf, canvas, etc. Also attributive.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > cave or underground dwelling
earth houseeOE
cavec1220
bikea1522
mattamore1695
subterranean1714
subterrane1759
yurt1780
weem1792
subterrene1793
ice cave1810
gibber-gunyah1847
dugout1855
fogou1864
abri1887
pit house1907
1855 in J. A. Thomson 80 Years Reminisc. (1904) I. 171 I live in a dug-out tent [at Balaklava], which is pretty warm, with a capital fire-place made out of potato tins!
1860 Jrnl. Discourses 8 293/1 When you have built splendid habitations, be as willing to leave them as you would to leave a dug-out.
1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxxi. 685 The unhappy traveler, if compelled to seek shelter in winter, will find it in a Swedish ‘dug-out’.
1881 Chicago Times 16 Apr. Instead of ‘dug-outs’ on the prairies, he found the farmers living in large, handsome frame houses.
1883 Leisure Hour 281/2 The Kansas ‘dug-outs’ consist..of a square hole dug in the ground, roofed either by a canvas waggon-cloth or..with sods.
c. spec. Applied to the roofed shelters used in trench warfare. Also attributive.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > shelter in trench
dugout1904
tamboo1916
elephant1917
glory-hole1925
1904 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 7/1 The following telegram from General Sakharoff..has been received at St. Petersburg:..Our troops, thanks to their dug-outs, warm clothing, and plentiful food, do not suffer from the cold.
1914 D. O. Barnett Let. in In Happy Memory (1915) 19 A dug-out in the reserve trenches.
a1917 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator (1918) 23 And I shall see no more The gallant friendly faces Framed in my dug-out door.
1919 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 26 Desire Trench..was a shallow disconnected trough upholstered in mud and possessing four or five unfinished dug-out shafts.
1919 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 63 A bombed dug-out is the last word in ‘unhealthiness’.
3. A person of out-dated appearance or ideas; spec. a superannuated officer, etc., recalled for temporary military service. slang.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > one who is old fashioned
mumpsimus1573
fogram1760
fogey1792
fogramite1813
frump1817
primitist1818
foist1820
Rip Van Winkle1833
foozle1860
old-timer1860
mossyback1865
mossback1873
dugout1912
pterodactyl1921
unhip1936
fud1942
square1944
primitivist1975
retread1982
1912 Blackwood's Mag. June 805/2 From his turn-out, he was probably a prehistoric ‘dug-out’, a ‘was-bird’ of ‘weird’ early Victorian ideas.
1915 (title) Tales of a ‘dug-out’.
1915 Tales of ‘Dug-out’ 5 [Publishers' note] These War Stories are written by an Officer—a ‘dug-out’, returning to the Service after 20 years' absence.
1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through ii. ii. 232 A new untried man—usually a dug-out in an advanced state of decay—is stuck into the job.
1918 W. J. Locke Rough Road vii. 75 The Colonel was immensely proud of them and sang their praises to any fellow dug-out who would listen to him.
1920 Q. Rev. July 139 Retired officers and civilians, the much sneered at ‘Dug-outs’..saved the situation.
1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 98 These ‘elder statesmen’ are the last people to whom a community can safely commit its destinies in an emergency, since..these ‘dug-outs’ are doubly incapacitated.
1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest iii. 31 The Assistant Provost Marshal..was a dug-out major of a famous cavalry regiment.

Draft additions 1993

Hence, an underground air-raid shelter.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > air-raid shelter
police box1855
air raid shelter1917
shelter1918
surface shelter1922
Anderson shelter1939
dugout1940
Morrison shelter1941
tube shelter1942
1940 J. Colville Diary 17 Sept. in Fringes of Power (1985) 241 The House of Commons repaired to its dug-outs.
1954 C. R. Attlee As it Happened xiv. 120 We were all ordered down to the dug-out—King, Ministers and domestic servants.

Draft additions 1993

A low shelter at the side of a sports pitch, with seating for the manager, trainer, players, etc. of a team. Originally and chiefly U.S.
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society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > shelter at side of sports pitch
dugout1912
1912 N.Y. Tribune 17 Oct. 1/4 The Boston rooters..cheered themselves hoarse. But over near the New York dugout another scene was enacted.
1948 N.Y. Times 9 May v. 5/8 Vern Stephens threw his grounder into the Boston dugout.
1973 Times 15 Aug. 7/3 The [baseball] players in their dugout were saying among themselves that his deliveries were coming fast, then dropping.
1976 Liverpool Echo 7 Dec. 18/2 He had the unhappy experience of sitting in the trainer's dug-out watching Paul Mariner..score the winning goal.
1986 Philadelphia Inquirer 11 July a17/3 There was an embarrassingly large scattering of boos when he walked to the dugout.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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