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单词 eem
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Eemn.

Brit. /iːm/, U.S. /im/
Origin: From a proper name; originally modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymon: proper name Eem.
Etymology: < the name of the river Eem in the Netherlands (northern Utrecht Province). Originally in Eem-system , after Dutch Eem-stelsel (P. Harting 1874, in Verslagen en mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen: afdeeling natuurkunde 8 288). Compare Eemian adj.
Geology.
The last Pleistocene (Eemian) interglacial stage in northern Europe; cf. Eemian adj. Usually attributive.
ΚΠ
1875 F. W. Rudler in W. Whitaker Geol. Rec. 1874 371 Recent borings in the valley of the Eem show the existence of similar deposits to those at Amsterdam; and as these are more recent than any of Dumont's Pliocene beds, they are separated under the distinctive name of the Eem-system (Eem-stelsel).
1945 F. E. Zeuner Pleistocene Period ix. 238 This ‘Eem’ fauna is temperate and contains many ‘Lusitanian’, i.e. south-western species.
1957 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 241 28 In the Netherlands and north Germany the Eem marine deposits do not appear to reach higher than about 7 m below the present mean sea-level.
1976 Marine Geol. 21 20 During the Eem the climate was similar to that in the Holocene.
2000 C. Lavers Why Elephants have Big Ears ix. 237 Some of the temperature changes in the preceding Eem interglacial suggested from analyses of..ice cores appear to be even more dramatic.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

eemv.1

Etymology: representing Old English efnan, Old Norse efna to perform (Danish evne to have ability, Swedish ämna to form, shape. Compare Middle English em-cristen for even-.
dialect.
To spare time; to find an opportunity; to ‘afford’; to succeed (in doing a thing), ‘get’ (to do).
ΚΠ
1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 16 Chesh...I cannot Eem, I have no leisure, I cannot spare time.
1745 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (1773) I. 157 We warken hard..And connot eem to be so feert.
1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 118 Aw've tried mony a time but aw could never eem to do it.
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