Everestn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɛv(ə)rᵻst/, U.S.

/ˈɛv(ə)rəst/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Everest.

Etymology: < the name of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, on the border of Nepal and Tibet < the name of Sir George Everest (1790–1866), Surveyor-General of India from 1830 until 1843.The mountain was given this name by Everest's successor A. S. Waugh, in 1857 ( Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. London 1 346). Its Tibetan name is Jo-mo-glang-ma, usually translated as ‘holy mother’. Compare Chinese Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng ( < the Tibetan name + fēng peak; also Shèngmǔ Fēng, lit. ‘holy mother peak’, after Tibetan). An Indian name meaning ‘divine mountain’ is recorded in the 19th cent. in English contexts, e.g. as Deodungha (apparently reflecting a Bengali form); the official Nepali name Sagarmāthā (lit. ‘sky-head, having the head in the sky’) was introduced in 1960).

A. n.

1. A huge pile or heap; a great mass or quantity of (material or immaterial things).

ΚΠ

1909 Englewood (Chicago) Times 23 Apr. He nodded toward an Everest of broken bottles in the yard.

1937 Home Farmer Jan. 20/2 We..digested an Everest of advice given free gratis.

1950 Irish Times 23 Mar. 5/4 Mr Churchill..must have amassed an Everest of files in order..to write his memoirs of the late war.

1970 A. Bowman Being Human 66 We are almost overwhelmed.., indeed embarrassed by a veritable Everest of facts about the body.

1996 Times 2 Aug. 16/2 This money..is now being piled up in a dozen Everests.

2009 J. Niven Amateurs xvi. 110 Lisa was in the kitchen, surrounded by an Everest of ironing.

2. A thing that represents the greatest conceivable achievement, challenge, difficulty, etc. Also: a person who is the greatest conceivable practitioner of an art.

ΚΠ

1933 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 1 June 4/3 Many must have at least a student's interest in that Everest among musicians, Johann Sebastian Bach.

1958 Duke of Edinburgh in M. Holdgate Mountains in Sea p. v Every man has to face his Everest some time during his life.

1991 New Scientist 27 July 45/3 Nigel Winser makes pertinent reference to the ‘environmental Everest’ which is certainly the foremost challenge which modern man has to explore.

2008 C. Cleave Other Hand vi. 208 Maybe I'm a winner. Maybe becoming the Home Office's press bitch was my own personal Everest.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of height, size, etc.: resembling or reminiscent of Mount Everest. Usually hyperbolically.

ΚΠ

1929 R. Aldington Death of Hero i. ii. 52 Isabel..displayed signs of that..talent for violent invective she afterwards developed to such Everest peaks of unpleasantness.

1937 Times 29 Sept. (Royal ed.) 9/3 What would become of this price when the heating load soared to a veritable Everest height?

1972 Financial Times 19 Oct. 3/3 An exceptional band which hit an inspirational peak of Everest proportions.

1985 J. Goodfield Quest for Killers v. 213 Soon he was submerged by the Everest dimensions of his job.

2016 T. Devens Barefoot Beach xxxvii. 361 The Everest size of the baby bump.

Compounds

Similative, as Everest-sized adj.

ΚΠ

1989 Car & Driver Oct. 147/1 That reclassification caused an Everest-sized hike in the Pathfinder's import tariff.

2010 Times 11 Dec. 1/4 That rebalancing act faces an Everest-sized obstacle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	everest
释义	Everestn.adj. Brit. /ˈɛv(ə)rᵻst/, U.S. /ˈɛv(ə)rəst/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Everest. Etymology: < the name of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, on the border of Nepal and Tibet < the name of Sir George Everest (1790–1866), Surveyor-General of India from 1830 until 1843.The mountain was given this name by Everest's successor A. S. Waugh, in 1857 ( Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. London 1 346). Its Tibetan name is Jo-mo-glang-ma, usually translated as ‘holy mother’. Compare Chinese Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng ( < the Tibetan name + fēng peak; also Shèngmǔ Fēng, lit. ‘holy mother peak’, after Tibetan). An Indian name meaning ‘divine mountain’ is recorded in the 19th cent. in English contexts, e.g. as Deodungha (apparently reflecting a Bengali form); the official Nepali name Sagarmāthā (lit. ‘sky-head, having the head in the sky’) was introduced in 1960). A. n. 1. A huge pile or heap; a great mass or quantity of (material or immaterial things). ΚΠ 1909 Englewood (Chicago) Times 23 Apr. He nodded toward an Everest of broken bottles in the yard. 1937 Home Farmer Jan. 20/2 We..digested an Everest of advice given free gratis. 1950 Irish Times 23 Mar. 5/4 Mr Churchill..must have amassed an Everest of files in order..to write his memoirs of the late war. 1970 A. Bowman Being Human 66 We are almost overwhelmed.., indeed embarrassed by a veritable Everest of facts about the body. 1996 Times 2 Aug. 16/2 This money..is now being piled up in a dozen Everests. 2009 J. Niven Amateurs xvi. 110 Lisa was in the kitchen, surrounded by an Everest of ironing. 2. A thing that represents the greatest conceivable achievement, challenge, difficulty, etc. Also: a person who is the greatest conceivable practitioner of an art. ΚΠ 1933 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 1 June 4/3 Many must have at least a student's interest in that Everest among musicians, Johann Sebastian Bach. 1958 Duke of Edinburgh in M. Holdgate Mountains in Sea p. v Every man has to face his Everest some time during his life. 1991 New Scientist 27 July 45/3 Nigel Winser makes pertinent reference to the ‘environmental Everest’ which is certainly the foremost challenge which modern man has to explore. 2008 C. Cleave Other Hand vi. 208 Maybe I'm a winner. Maybe becoming the Home Office's press bitch was my own personal Everest. B. adj. (attributive). Of height, size, etc.: resembling or reminiscent of Mount Everest. Usually hyperbolically. ΚΠ 1929 R. Aldington Death of Hero i. ii. 52 Isabel..displayed signs of that..talent for violent invective she afterwards developed to such Everest peaks of unpleasantness. 1937 Times 29 Sept. (Royal ed.) 9/3 What would become of this price when the heating load soared to a veritable Everest height? 1972 Financial Times 19 Oct. 3/3 An exceptional band which hit an inspirational peak of Everest proportions. 1985 J. Goodfield Quest for Killers v. 213 Soon he was submerged by the Everest dimensions of his job. 2016 T. Devens Barefoot Beach xxxvii. 361 The Everest size of the baby bump. Compounds Similative, as Everest-sized adj. ΚΠ 1989 Car & Driver Oct. 147/1 That reclassification caused an Everest-sized hike in the Pathfinder's import tariff. 2010 Times 11 Dec. 1/4 That rebalancing act faces an Everest-sized obstacle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1909
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