Greenwichn.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/,

/ˈɡrɪnɪtʃ/,

/ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/,

/ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/

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

Etymology: < the name of Greenwich, a metropolitan borough of south-east London, famous for its astronomical observatory and its hospital formerly occupied by naval pensioners.The origin of the nickname Greenwich goose n. at sense 3 is uncertain; compare the following (reflecting a tradition which dates back at least as far as 1791):1886 A. G. K. L'Estrange Palace & Hosp. II. xxiii. 279 The pensioners obtained the name of Greenwich geese in a significant way. A farmer who lived near the hospital, and had often lost his geese, was awakened one night by an unaccountable cackling, but, on looking out, he saw no bipeds of any kind except some Greenwich pensioners, who were making off as fast as they could in a boat. The farmer cried out, ‘There goes my geese—there goes my geese!’ and the unenviable name stuck to the blue-coated fraternity ever afterwards.

I. Compounds with scientific senses.

a. Greenwich meridian n. the prime meridian passing through Greenwich.The meridian through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich was adopted as the prime meridian of the world at an international conference in 1884 (cf. quot. 1884 for prime meridian n. at prime adj. and adv. Compounds). It passed through the transit circle built by Sir George Airy at the observatory in 1851, and was marked on the ground by a metal strip. With the advent of modern geodetic reference systems, the original meridian was replaced in the 1980s by one based on an internationally agreed spheroid and situated about 336 feet (102 m, 5.3 seconds of arc) east of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > longitude > prime meridian

prime meridiana1703

Greenwich meridian1715

1702 I. Newton Theory of Moon's Motion 11 The mean Motions of the Sun and Moon, accounted from the Vernal Equinox at the Meridian of Greenwich, I make to be as followeth.]

1715 in W. Whiston Astron. Lect. xxx. 345 I suppose the following mean Motions of the Sun and Moon from the Vernal Equinox in the Greenwich-Meridian.

1760 R. Heath Astronomia Accurata 406/1 The mean Time..of the Moon's Eastern Limb passing Greenwich Meridian, according to Tables.

1833 Naut. Almanac 1834 510 If we refer to page 268, we shall find that Mercury does not pass over the Greenwich meridian on February 7th.

1854 G. W. Peck Melbourne, & Chincha Islands Introd. 24 To-day we pass the 180th degree of longitude east from Greenwich... Here we fuse two days into one to correct for the twelve hours we have gained since passing the Greenwich meridian.

1870 Pop. Sci. Rev. 9 358 The sun arrives at the Greenwich meridian 10 minutes before it arrives at the Bristol meridian.

1951 A. C. Clarke Sands of Mars ii. 15 We keep normal Earth-Time—Greenwich Meridian—aboard the ship.

1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside ii. v. 47 The effects have..tended to be masked by the hedgerows and spinneys which still survive west of the Greenwich meridian.

2009 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 Aug. 22 In Greenwich, there's the Maritime Museum, the wonderful Greenwich Park to run around, the Royal Observatory..and the Greenwich Meridian.

b. Greenwich time n. time by the sun at the Greenwich meridian; spec. = Greenwich Mean Time n. at sense 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day

time1646

apparent time1694

local timea1703

Greenwich Mean Time1782

sun time1837

GMT1840

railway time1847

railroad time1849

Greenwich time1861

Eastern time1878

Pacific time1880

Universal Time1882

Eastern Standard Time1883

Mountain time1883

British Standard Time1908

daylight saving1908

zone time1908

LMT1909

British Summer Time1916

summertime1916

U.T.1929

B.S.T.1930

EST1935

British Double Summer Time1941

war time1942

B.D.S.T.1943

ephemeris time1950

1754 J. Robertson Elements Navigation II. ix. x. 307 The difference between the Greenwich time and the ship's time, is the difference of longitude.

1814 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 19) 130 What is Greenwich Time when it is Noon 75°, or Five Hours, West of Greenwich?

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. vi. 96 At nine o'clock every night, Greenwich time..the gun fires.

1922 H. S. Jones Gen. Astron. iii. 55 The first zone is comprised between longitudes 7½° E. and 7½° W. of Greenwich and throughout it Greenwich time is used.

2008 London (Ontario) Free Press (Nexis) 2 Nov. 18 At noon Greenwich time, people were asked to walk in support of organ donation.

c. Greenwich Mean Time n. mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian, internationally recognized as a standard time; abbreviated GMT.Now officially superseded by Universal Time (see note at Universal Time n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day

time1646

apparent time1694

local timea1703

Greenwich Mean Time1782

sun time1837

GMT1840

railway time1847

railroad time1849

Greenwich time1861

Eastern time1878

Pacific time1880

Universal Time1882

Eastern Standard Time1883

Mountain time1883

British Standard Time1908

daylight saving1908

zone time1908

LMT1909

British Summer Time1916

summertime1916

U.T.1929

B.S.T.1930

EST1935

British Double Summer Time1941

war time1942

B.D.S.T.1943

ephemeris time1950

1782 B. Hancock Doctr. Eclipses 62 (heading) A table of the radical mean places and motions of the Moon from the Sun, for years and months New Style, for the meridian of Greenwich mean time.

1863 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 388 The transferal of Greenwich mean time into sidereal, and vice versâ.

1886 J. Merrifield Naut. Astron. 165 The chronometer..is..slow when it shows an earlier time than the true Greenwich mean time.

1942 Times 30 Dec. 7/5 The revised agreement took effect as from noon, Greenwich mean time, on April 1 last.

2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 173/2 The Falklands are four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.

d. Greenwich star n. now historical and rare each of a group of 46 stars visible from Greenwich, whose positions are tabulated and used for computations such as the determination of longitude.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > star > kind of star > stars that show the way > [noun] > navigation aid

sea-starc1050

longitude star1814

Greenwich star1821

lunar star1840

moon-culminator1846

nautical star1867

1821 Q. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts Jan. 432 (table) The mean places of 46 Greenwich Stars, Reduced to Jan. 1, 1821.

1849 O. M. Mitchell Burritt's Geogr. of Heavens 147 β Scorpii... A second rate Greenwich star.

1873 E. J. Stone Cape Catal. 1,159 Stars Introd. p. xii The constants for the Greenwich Stars are given for 1860 in the Greenwich Catalogue.

1994 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 27 427 The committee appointed in March 1821 by the Astronomical Society to investigate the possibility of determining the apparent places of the forty-six Greenwich stars for every day in the year.

†II. Compounds with general senses.

2. Greenwich barber n. slang Obsolete a seller of sand from the area round Greenwich.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things

soaper?c1225

oilman1275

smear-monger1297

upholder1333

basket-seller?1518

broom-seller?1518

upholster1554

rod-woman1602

starchwoman1604

pin manc1680

colour seller1685

potato-woman1697

printseller1700

rag-seller1700

Greenwich barber1785

sandboy1821

iceman1834

umbrella man1851

fly-boy1861

snuff-boxera1871

pedlar1872

snake-boy1873

bric-a-brac man1876

tinwoman1884

resurrectionist1888

butch1891

paanwallah1955

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Greenwich barbers, retailers of sand from the pits at and about Greenwich, Kent; perhaps they are stiled barbers from their constant shaving the sand banks.

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 430/1 Greenwich barbers (popular), retailers of sand, so called because the inhabitants of Greenwich ‘shave the pits’ in the neighbourhood to supply London with sand.

3. Greenwich goose n. slang Obsolete a pensioner living at Greenwich Naval Hospital.

ΚΠ

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Greenwich goose, a pensioner of Greenwich hospital.

1843 Jack's Edition of Life at Sea xxxviii. 417 In the good old days, instead of keeping people in the service with legs and arms on them that had undergone repair,..they would have been amputated in a jiffy, and sent home to renew the stock of Greenwich geese.

1867 J. R. Houlding Austral. Capers xlii. 374 How lucky Ma thought of buying that magic life-preserver from the old wooden-legged ‘Greenwich Goose’!

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 430/1 Greenwich goose (popular), formerly a pensioner of the Greenwich Naval Hospital.

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

单词	greenwich
释义	Greenwichn. Brit. /ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/, /ˈɡrɪnɪtʃ/, /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/, /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Greenwich. Etymology: < the name of Greenwich, a metropolitan borough of south-east London, famous for its astronomical observatory and its hospital formerly occupied by naval pensioners.The origin of the nickname Greenwich goose n. at sense 3 is uncertain; compare the following (reflecting a tradition which dates back at least as far as 1791):1886 A. G. K. L'Estrange Palace & Hosp. II. xxiii. 279 The pensioners obtained the name of Greenwich geese in a significant way. A farmer who lived near the hospital, and had often lost his geese, was awakened one night by an unaccountable cackling, but, on looking out, he saw no bipeds of any kind except some Greenwich pensioners, who were making off as fast as they could in a boat. The farmer cried out, ‘There goes my geese—there goes my geese!’ and the unenviable name stuck to the blue-coated fraternity ever afterwards. I. Compounds with scientific senses. 1. a. Greenwich meridian n. the prime meridian passing through Greenwich.The meridian through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich was adopted as the prime meridian of the world at an international conference in 1884 (cf. quot. 1884 for prime meridian n. at prime adj. and adv. Compounds). It passed through the transit circle built by Sir George Airy at the observatory in 1851, and was marked on the ground by a metal strip. With the advent of modern geodetic reference systems, the original meridian was replaced in the 1980s by one based on an internationally agreed spheroid and situated about 336 feet (102 m, 5.3 seconds of arc) east of this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > longitude > prime meridian prime meridiana1703 Greenwich meridian1715 1702 I. Newton Theory of Moon's Motion 11 The mean Motions of the Sun and Moon, accounted from the Vernal Equinox at the Meridian of Greenwich, I make to be as followeth.] 1715 in W. Whiston Astron. Lect. xxx. 345 I suppose the following mean Motions of the Sun and Moon from the Vernal Equinox in the Greenwich-Meridian. 1760 R. Heath Astronomia Accurata 406/1 The mean Time..of the Moon's Eastern Limb passing Greenwich Meridian, according to Tables. 1833 Naut. Almanac 1834 510 If we refer to page 268, we shall find that Mercury does not pass over the Greenwich meridian on February 7th. 1854 G. W. Peck Melbourne, & Chincha Islands Introd. 24 To-day we pass the 180th degree of longitude east from Greenwich... Here we fuse two days into one to correct for the twelve hours we have gained since passing the Greenwich meridian. 1870 Pop. Sci. Rev. 9 358 The sun arrives at the Greenwich meridian 10 minutes before it arrives at the Bristol meridian. 1951 A. C. Clarke Sands of Mars ii. 15 We keep normal Earth-Time—Greenwich Meridian—aboard the ship. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside ii. v. 47 The effects have..tended to be masked by the hedgerows and spinneys which still survive west of the Greenwich meridian. 2009 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 2 Aug. 22 In Greenwich, there's the Maritime Museum, the wonderful Greenwich Park to run around, the Royal Observatory..and the Greenwich Meridian. b. Greenwich time n. time by the sun at the Greenwich meridian; spec. = Greenwich Mean Time n. at sense 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1754 J. Robertson Elements Navigation II. ix. x. 307 The difference between the Greenwich time and the ship's time, is the difference of longitude. 1814 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 19) 130 What is Greenwich Time when it is Noon 75°, or Five Hours, West of Greenwich? 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. vi. 96 At nine o'clock every night, Greenwich time..the gun fires. 1922 H. S. Jones Gen. Astron. iii. 55 The first zone is comprised between longitudes 7½° E. and 7½° W. of Greenwich and throughout it Greenwich time is used. 2008 London (Ontario) Free Press (Nexis) 2 Nov. 18 At noon Greenwich time, people were asked to walk in support of organ donation. c. Greenwich Mean Time n. mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian, internationally recognized as a standard time; abbreviated GMT.Now officially superseded by Universal Time (see note at Universal Time n.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1782 B. Hancock Doctr. Eclipses 62 (heading) A table of the radical mean places and motions of the Moon from the Sun, for years and months New Style, for the meridian of Greenwich mean time. 1863 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 388 The transferal of Greenwich mean time into sidereal, and vice versâ. 1886 J. Merrifield Naut. Astron. 165 The chronometer..is..slow when it shows an earlier time than the true Greenwich mean time. 1942 Times 30 Dec. 7/5 The revised agreement took effect as from noon, Greenwich mean time, on April 1 last. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 173/2 The Falklands are four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. d. Greenwich star n. now historical and rare each of a group of 46 stars visible from Greenwich, whose positions are tabulated and used for computations such as the determination of longitude. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > stars that show the way > [noun] > navigation aid sea-starc1050 longitude star1814 Greenwich star1821 lunar star1840 moon-culminator1846 nautical star1867 1821 Q. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts Jan. 432 (table) The mean places of 46 Greenwich Stars, Reduced to Jan. 1, 1821. 1849 O. M. Mitchell Burritt's Geogr. of Heavens 147 β Scorpii... A second rate Greenwich star. 1873 E. J. Stone Cape Catal. 1,159 Stars Introd. p. xii The constants for the Greenwich Stars are given for 1860 in the Greenwich Catalogue. 1994 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 27 427 The committee appointed in March 1821 by the Astronomical Society to investigate the possibility of determining the apparent places of the forty-six Greenwich stars for every day in the year. †II. Compounds with general senses. 2. Greenwich barber n. slang Obsolete a seller of sand from the area round Greenwich. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things soaper?c1225 oilman1275 smear-monger1297 upholder1333 basket-seller?1518 broom-seller?1518 upholster1554 rod-woman1602 starchwoman1604 pin manc1680 colour seller1685 potato-woman1697 printseller1700 rag-seller1700 Greenwich barber1785 sandboy1821 iceman1834 umbrella man1851 fly-boy1861 snuff-boxera1871 pedlar1872 snake-boy1873 bric-a-brac man1876 tinwoman1884 resurrectionist1888 butch1891 paanwallah1955 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Greenwich barbers, retailers of sand from the pits at and about Greenwich, Kent; perhaps they are stiled barbers from their constant shaving the sand banks. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 430/1 Greenwich barbers (popular), retailers of sand, so called because the inhabitants of Greenwich ‘shave the pits’ in the neighbourhood to supply London with sand. 3. Greenwich goose n. slang Obsolete a pensioner living at Greenwich Naval Hospital. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Greenwich goose, a pensioner of Greenwich hospital. 1843 Jack's Edition of Life at Sea xxxviii. 417 In the good old days, instead of keeping people in the service with legs and arms on them that had undergone repair,..they would have been amputated in a jiffy, and sent home to renew the stock of Greenwich geese. 1867 J. R. Houlding Austral. Capers xlii. 374 How lucky Ma thought of buying that magic life-preserver from the old wooden-legged ‘Greenwich Goose’! 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 430/1 Greenwich goose (popular), formerly a pensioner of the Greenwich Naval Hospital. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1715
随便看	myriad-tinkling myriad-tinted myriad-tongued myriad-voiced myriad-wheeled myriad-wise myriad-worlded myriad-wrinkled myriadaccomplished myriadcoloured myriadder myriaddest myriaded myriader myriadest myriadflaking myriadfold myriadfolds myriadhanded myriadislanded myriadjewelled myriadlimbed myriadminded myriadmirrored myriadmurmuring