field dayn.

Brit.

/ˈfiːld deɪ/, U.S.

/ˈfil(d) ˈdeɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, day n.

Etymology: < field n.¹ + day n.

a. Military. A day on which troops are assembled for a manoeuvring exercise; a military review or exercise. Also in extended use. Cf. field exercise n. at field n.¹ Compounds 1b(b). Now chiefly historical.field-day order: see order n. 14d.

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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > training-day

training day1581

field day1723

1723 Daily Jrnl. 3 Sept. Yesterday was Field Day for the Horse in Hide-Park, when one of the four Troops of Guards pass'd in Review there before the several Officers of their own Corps.

1747 Scheme Equip. Men of War 32 These periodical Intervals of eating and drinking..are to the Citizens as it were Field Days, for improving..their Valour.

1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 62 Almost every movement at a Field Day should be followed by an Advance in Line.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 624 Our present field-days represent the very acme and culminating point of war.

1920 E. O'Duffy Wasted Island 401 Occasionally on Sundays there would be a field-day for the whole regiment.

1962 B. R. Nanda Nehrus 73 One of the most exciting days at Harrow was the Cadet Corps field day.

1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing (2000) xv. 307 Despite his earlier exertions the Earl of Uxbridge looked just as he did at a field day.

b. figurative. A day noted for remarkable or exciting events; a period of celebration or triumph. Now chiefly in to have a field day: to enjoy a great opportunity for action or success (sometimes at the expense of others).

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the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > exciting or memorable day

red-letter day1663

field day1827

1827 T. Creevey Let. 26 Mar. (1934) ii. xiii. 236 Saturday was a considerable field day in Arlington Street,..and a very merry jolly dinner and evening we had.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xx. 74 The mean pomp and ostentation which distinguish our banquets on grand field-days.

1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life I. i. 209 Thursday..is to be a great field-day in the Commons.

1925 E. F. Norton in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 ii. 45 The two experts, who had for days been working every afternoon, and often late into the night, put in a regular field-day.

1953 A. Huxley Let. 8 Dec. (1969) 689 Industrial agriculture is having a field day in the million acres of barren plain now irrigated.

1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 98/2 The human-factors men have been having a field day with it.

2004 A. McCall Smith Sunday Philos. Club xix. 204 He made those embarrassingly frank remarks about his private temptations, and the press had a field day.

†2. Hunting. A day on which a hunting party meets. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > meeting of hunt

field day1774

meet1838

lawn-meet1890

gala meet1894

1774 J. Langhorne Country Justice 13 Where, round the Hall, the Oak's high surbase rears The Field-day Triumphs of two hundred years.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII cviii. 109 Sometimes a dance (though rarely on field days, For then the gentlemen were rather tired).

3. A day devoted to outdoor sport, esp. an occasion on which the students of a school or college compete in various races and athletic events. Cf. sports day n. at sport n.¹ Compounds 4b. Now chiefly U.S.

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the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > special or ceremonial days

Easter terma1387

station day1560

lecture-day1616

scarlet-day1632

charter-day1817

field day1821

Thing-day1875

1821 Observer 5 Mar. 1/3 During the last fortnight there has been no less than three field days, on which competitors for bruizing honours of high repute, have had the felicity of mashing each others frames with the most perfect good will.

1856 Spirit of Times 20 Dec. 536/2 The undergraduate members of Pembroke College had a grand field-day on Tuesday last,..where a numerous field of spectators were much gratified at the agility and prowess exhibited.

1903 Cent. Mag May 63/1 At Wellesley, field-day in the fall is a fillip for the enthusiasm of the girls whose interest is in field-sports.

1962 M. Bishop Hist. Cornell xii. 206 In track and field we attempted no intercollegiate meets, but we had local field days from time to time.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. viii. 5/4 During field day in fifth grade..her son's teacher instructed the entire class to allow a student with a prosthetic leg to win the 50-yard-dash.

4. A day on which fieldwork is carried out; spec. a day on which a learned society meets to carry out explorations or investigations in the field. Now rare.

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the world > matter > chemistry > experiments > [noun] > field-day

field day1831

1831 Brit. Critic 9 80 The Cambridge geological professor..would attempt in vain to lead out his class to a ‘field-day’.

1889 Canad. Rec. Sci. 3 315 At the Annual Field-day..the various members of that Society had an excellent opportunity offered them, of examining the more salient characteristics of the natural phenomena existing in that locality.

1907 Proc. Worcester Soc. Antiq. 21 120 The committee appointed to report a place to visit on our field-day excursion recommended Newport, R. I.

1949 Pop. Mech. Mar. 169/1 He had a field day in California, where he claims the wood collector has his greatest opportunity.

5. A day set aside for the exhibition of crops, livestock, or agricultural machinery.

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the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > agricultural show

show1765

field day1837

royal1958

1837 Times 19 Oct. 7/3 The great field days of the agricultural societies.

1877 Farmer's Mag. Oct. 227/2 A more interesting field-day for exhibiting labour-saving agricultural machinery we have never witnessed.

1922 Market Growers Jrnl. 15 July 8/3 The 1922 field day meeting June 29 on the Washington county, Ohio, Experiment Truck Farm was one of the best held in the history of the farm.

1983 L. R. Miller & K. Gilman Horses at Work 41 (caption) Jack Carver discing plowed ground in New Hampshire during a Yankee Draft Horse Association field day.

1999 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 21 Working demonstrations of machinery will again be a major strength of the field days, with harvesters, baling, silage, and cultivation equipment put through its paces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	field day
释义	field dayn. Brit. /ˈfiːld deɪ/, U.S. /ˈfil(d) ˈdeɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, day n. Etymology: < field n.¹ + day n. 1. a. Military. A day on which troops are assembled for a manoeuvring exercise; a military review or exercise. Also in extended use. Cf. field exercise n. at field n.¹ Compounds 1b(b). Now chiefly historical.field-day order: see order n. 14d. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > training-day training day1581 field day1723 1723 Daily Jrnl. 3 Sept. Yesterday was Field Day for the Horse in Hide-Park, when one of the four Troops of Guards pass'd in Review there before the several Officers of their own Corps. 1747 Scheme Equip. Men of War 32 These periodical Intervals of eating and drinking..are to the Citizens as it were Field Days, for improving..their Valour. 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 62 Almost every movement at a Field Day should be followed by an Advance in Line. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 624 Our present field-days represent the very acme and culminating point of war. 1920 E. O'Duffy Wasted Island 401 Occasionally on Sundays there would be a field-day for the whole regiment. 1962 B. R. Nanda Nehrus 73 One of the most exciting days at Harrow was the Cadet Corps field day. 1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing (2000) xv. 307 Despite his earlier exertions the Earl of Uxbridge looked just as he did at a field day. b. figurative. A day noted for remarkable or exciting events; a period of celebration or triumph. Now chiefly in to have a field day: to enjoy a great opportunity for action or success (sometimes at the expense of others). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > exciting or memorable day red-letter day1663 field day1827 1827 T. Creevey Let. 26 Mar. (1934) ii. xiii. 236 Saturday was a considerable field day in Arlington Street,..and a very merry jolly dinner and evening we had. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xx. 74 The mean pomp and ostentation which distinguish our banquets on grand field-days. 1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life I. i. 209 Thursday..is to be a great field-day in the Commons. 1925 E. F. Norton in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 ii. 45 The two experts, who had for days been working every afternoon, and often late into the night, put in a regular field-day. 1953 A. Huxley Let. 8 Dec. (1969) 689 Industrial agriculture is having a field day in the million acres of barren plain now irrigated. 1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 98/2 The human-factors men have been having a field day with it. 2004 A. McCall Smith Sunday Philos. Club xix. 204 He made those embarrassingly frank remarks about his private temptations, and the press had a field day. †2. Hunting. A day on which a hunting party meets. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > meeting of hunt field day1774 meet1838 lawn-meet1890 gala meet1894 1774 J. Langhorne Country Justice 13 Where, round the Hall, the Oak's high surbase rears The Field-day Triumphs of two hundred years. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII cviii. 109 Sometimes a dance (though rarely on field days, For then the gentlemen were rather tired). 3. A day devoted to outdoor sport, esp. an occasion on which the students of a school or college compete in various races and athletic events. Cf. sports day n. at sport n.¹ Compounds 4b. Now chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > special or ceremonial days Easter terma1387 station day1560 lecture-day1616 scarlet-day1632 charter-day1817 field day1821 Thing-day1875 1821 Observer 5 Mar. 1/3 During the last fortnight there has been no less than three field days, on which competitors for bruizing honours of high repute, have had the felicity of mashing each others frames with the most perfect good will. 1856 Spirit of Times 20 Dec. 536/2 The undergraduate members of Pembroke College had a grand field-day on Tuesday last,..where a numerous field of spectators were much gratified at the agility and prowess exhibited. 1903 Cent. Mag May 63/1 At Wellesley, field-day in the fall is a fillip for the enthusiasm of the girls whose interest is in field-sports. 1962 M. Bishop Hist. Cornell xii. 206 In track and field we attempted no intercollegiate meets, but we had local field days from time to time. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. viii. 5/4 During field day in fifth grade..her son's teacher instructed the entire class to allow a student with a prosthetic leg to win the 50-yard-dash. 4. A day on which fieldwork is carried out; spec. a day on which a learned society meets to carry out explorations or investigations in the field. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > experiments > [noun] > field-day field day1831 1831 Brit. Critic 9 80 The Cambridge geological professor..would attempt in vain to lead out his class to a ‘field-day’. 1889 Canad. Rec. Sci. 3 315 At the Annual Field-day..the various members of that Society had an excellent opportunity offered them, of examining the more salient characteristics of the natural phenomena existing in that locality. 1907 Proc. Worcester Soc. Antiq. 21 120 The committee appointed to report a place to visit on our field-day excursion recommended Newport, R. I. 1949 Pop. Mech. Mar. 169/1 He had a field day in California, where he claims the wood collector has his greatest opportunity. 5. A day set aside for the exhibition of crops, livestock, or agricultural machinery. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > agricultural show show1765 field day1837 royal1958 1837 Times 19 Oct. 7/3 The great field days of the agricultural societies. 1877 Farmer's Mag. Oct. 227/2 A more interesting field-day for exhibiting labour-saving agricultural machinery we have never witnessed. 1922 Market Growers Jrnl. 15 July 8/3 The 1922 field day meeting June 29 on the Washington county, Ohio, Experiment Truck Farm was one of the best held in the history of the farm. 1983 L. R. Miller & K. Gilman Horses at Work 41 (caption) Jack Carver discing plowed ground in New Hampshire during a Yankee Draft Horse Association field day. 1999 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 21 Working demonstrations of machinery will again be a major strength of the field days, with harvesters, baling, silage, and cultivation equipment put through its paces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1723
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