Great Laken.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈleɪk/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈleɪk/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., lake n.⁴

Etymology: < great adj. + lake n.⁴With use in sense 1 compare French Grands Lacs , plural (1672 or earlier). With use in sense 2 compare earlier the great pond at pond n. 2. In quot. 1684 at sense 2a after Mohawk kanyatara'ko:wa ocean, lit. ‘big lake’. The speech was given in a different language, but was translated by Mohawk speakers.

With the.

1. In plural. The five lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, which lie between Canada and the United States.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > specific

Great Lakes1634

dhandh1851

Masurian Lakes1878

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. i. 2 An Iland, surrounded on the North side with the spacious River Cannada, and on the South with Hudsons River,..these two Rivers overlapping one another, having their rise from the great Lakes.

1683 W. Penn Let. Free Soc. Traders 1 The reason of this Cold is given from the great Lakes that are fed by the Fountains of Canada.

1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 151 A Communication with the great Lakes behind Canada.

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 470/2 They also claim all the lands to the northward as far as the great lakes.

1813 Niles' Reg. 5 65/1 The position of the great lakes is..well known to the people of the United States.

1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder I. p. v Incidents that might be supposed characteristic of the Great Lakes.

1899 19th Cent. Sept. 405 Brought from the Pacific and ‘planted’ in the Great Lakes, these steel-heads are the most prized of all the Salmonidae.

1904 N. S. Shaler Citizen 77 Where the territory borders on the sea or the Great Lakes, the authorities have charge of such harbours as are not in the control of the federal authority.

1966 Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. Apr. 113/2 The abnormally low water levels on the Great Lakes.

2011 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 5 Oct. 11A In a La Nina winter..the winter storm track comes out of central Canada, across the Great Lakes and into the Mid-Atlantic.

2. In singular.

a. In representations of the speech of North American Indians: the North Atlantic Ocean. Cf. the great pond at pond n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Atlantic Ocean

Atlantica1387

Western Ocean1576

pond1612

Great Lake1684

mid-Atlantic1804

millpond1813

Middle Atlantic1826

puddle1869

whale-poola1876

1684 in Documentary Hist. N.Y. (1819) I. 402 Wee have put ourselves under the Great Sachim Charles that lives over the Great Lake.

1836 in J. N. Nicollet Jrnl. (1970) 115 I tell you this before my warriors..so that you can relate it to our Great Father on the other side of the Great Lake.

1996 G. Whelan Indian School (1997) 81 ‘I went far north to country across the great lake,’ Lost Owl said, ‘to the country of the British.’

b. The Mediterranean Sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Mediterranean Sea

the great sea1382

sea of middle eartha1387

South Seaa1398

Mediterrany?a1475

Mediterranean Sea?1556

mid-earth sea1559

Midland Sea1579

Mediterrane1582

Mediterranean1621

middle-land sea1650

Great Lake1857

Mare Nostrum1921

Med?1942

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. ii. 73 The provinces surrounded and enclosed the Mediterranean; and Italy, in the shape of an immense promontory, advanced into the midst of that great lake.

1854 T. De Quincey Casuistry Rom. Meals in Misc. 252 This custom of Rome was the custom also of all nations that lived round the great lake of the Mediterranean.]

1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxxi. 308 The most terrible tempest that ever desolated the shores of the Great Lake.

1884 W. B. Boyce Introd. Study Hist. 134 The great lake, the Mediterranean, was the highway of commerce.

1939 B. Miall tr. H. Pirenne Mohammed & Charlemagne i. i. 17 The provinces of the north—Belgium, Britain,..Pannonia—were merely outlying ramparts against barbarism. Life was concentrated on the shores of the great lake.

1990 Official Rep. Deb. (Council of Europe Parl. Assembly) II. 308/1 An incurable cancer has..been infecting the entire Mediterranean basin, that great lake around which peoples, descended from the greatest civilisations in history, are settled.

Compounds

General attributive, in sense 1, in singular and plural, as Great Lake(s) basin, Great Lake(s) region, etc.

ΚΠ

1840 Knickerbocker Sept. 217 The lake itself, along with other portions of the great lake chain, must become a nursery for seamen and ship-building.

1844 in O. L. Holley Picturesque Tourist 195 A vast but secluded country, not yet accommodated with the means of constant and permanent intercourse and traffic with the great lake states.

1851 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. June 700 The northern and southern internal Commerce, extending from the head of the St. Lawrence and Great Lake basin to Mobile.

1857 H. R. Schoolcraft Hist. Indian Tribes U.S. VI. Index 84/2 Great Lakes region, aborigines of.

1881 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1880 79 Great Lakes fishery.

1899 J. B. Mansfield Hist. Great Lakes I. xxvii. 516/1 The districts into which the Great Lakes region was divided.

1929 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 43/2 (caption) Battles with freezing gales are all in the life of the hardy Great Lakes skipper.

1947 C. L. Hubbs & K. F. Lagler Fishes Great Lakes Region 44 Now extinct in the Great Lakes basin.

2007 J. M. Volo & D. D. Volo Family Life in Native Amer. i. i. 11 Those that went east–west along the St. Lawrence Valley and through the Great Lake region gave access to the furs of the western plains.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great lake
释义	Great Laken. Brit. /ˌɡreɪt ˈleɪk/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪt ˈleɪk/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., lake n.⁴ Etymology: < great adj. + lake n.⁴With use in sense 1 compare French Grands Lacs , plural (1672 or earlier). With use in sense 2 compare earlier the great pond at pond n. 2. In quot. 1684 at sense 2a after Mohawk kanyatara'ko:wa ocean, lit. ‘big lake’. The speech was given in a different language, but was translated by Mohawk speakers. With the. 1. In plural. The five lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, which lie between Canada and the United States. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > specific Great Lakes1634 dhandh1851 Masurian Lakes1878 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. i. 2 An Iland, surrounded on the North side with the spacious River Cannada, and on the South with Hudsons River,..these two Rivers overlapping one another, having their rise from the great Lakes. 1683 W. Penn Let. Free Soc. Traders 1 The reason of this Cold is given from the great Lakes that are fed by the Fountains of Canada. 1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 151 A Communication with the great Lakes behind Canada. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 470/2 They also claim all the lands to the northward as far as the great lakes. 1813 Niles' Reg. 5 65/1 The position of the great lakes is..well known to the people of the United States. 1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder I. p. v Incidents that might be supposed characteristic of the Great Lakes. 1899 19th Cent. Sept. 405 Brought from the Pacific and ‘planted’ in the Great Lakes, these steel-heads are the most prized of all the Salmonidae. 1904 N. S. Shaler Citizen 77 Where the territory borders on the sea or the Great Lakes, the authorities have charge of such harbours as are not in the control of the federal authority. 1966 Canad. Geogr. Jrnl. Apr. 113/2 The abnormally low water levels on the Great Lakes. 2011 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 5 Oct. 11A In a La Nina winter..the winter storm track comes out of central Canada, across the Great Lakes and into the Mid-Atlantic. 2. In singular. a. In representations of the speech of North American Indians: the North Atlantic Ocean. Cf. the great pond at pond n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Atlantic Ocean Atlantica1387 Western Ocean1576 pond1612 Great Lake1684 mid-Atlantic1804 millpond1813 Middle Atlantic1826 puddle1869 whale-poola1876 1684 in Documentary Hist. N.Y. (1819) I. 402 Wee have put ourselves under the Great Sachim Charles that lives over the Great Lake. 1836 in J. N. Nicollet Jrnl. (1970) 115 I tell you this before my warriors..so that you can relate it to our Great Father on the other side of the Great Lake. 1996 G. Whelan Indian School (1997) 81 ‘I went far north to country across the great lake,’ Lost Owl said, ‘to the country of the British.’ b. The Mediterranean Sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Mediterranean Sea the great sea1382 sea of middle eartha1387 South Seaa1398 Mediterrany?a1475 Mediterranean Sea?1556 mid-earth sea1559 Midland Sea1579 Mediterrane1582 Mediterranean1621 middle-land sea1650 Great Lake1857 Mare Nostrum1921 Med?1942 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. ii. 73 The provinces surrounded and enclosed the Mediterranean; and Italy, in the shape of an immense promontory, advanced into the midst of that great lake. 1854 T. De Quincey Casuistry Rom. Meals in Misc. 252 This custom of Rome was the custom also of all nations that lived round the great lake of the Mediterranean.] 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxxi. 308 The most terrible tempest that ever desolated the shores of the Great Lake. 1884 W. B. Boyce Introd. Study Hist. 134 The great lake, the Mediterranean, was the highway of commerce. 1939 B. Miall tr. H. Pirenne Mohammed & Charlemagne i. i. 17 The provinces of the north—Belgium, Britain,..Pannonia—were merely outlying ramparts against barbarism. Life was concentrated on the shores of the great lake. 1990 Official Rep. Deb. (Council of Europe Parl. Assembly) II. 308/1 An incurable cancer has..been infecting the entire Mediterranean basin, that great lake around which peoples, descended from the greatest civilisations in history, are settled. Compounds General attributive, in sense 1, in singular and plural, as Great Lake(s) basin, Great Lake(s) region, etc. ΚΠ 1840 Knickerbocker Sept. 217 The lake itself, along with other portions of the great lake chain, must become a nursery for seamen and ship-building. 1844 in O. L. Holley Picturesque Tourist 195 A vast but secluded country, not yet accommodated with the means of constant and permanent intercourse and traffic with the great lake states. 1851 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. June 700 The northern and southern internal Commerce, extending from the head of the St. Lawrence and Great Lake basin to Mobile. 1857 H. R. Schoolcraft Hist. Indian Tribes U.S. VI. Index 84/2 Great Lakes region, aborigines of. 1881 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1880 79 Great Lakes fishery. 1899 J. B. Mansfield Hist. Great Lakes I. xxvii. 516/1 The districts into which the Great Lakes region was divided. 1929 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 43/2 (caption) Battles with freezing gales are all in the life of the hardy Great Lakes skipper. 1947 C. L. Hubbs & K. F. Lagler Fishes Great Lakes Region 44 Now extinct in the Great Lakes basin. 2007 J. M. Volo & D. D. Volo Family Life in Native Amer. i. i. 11 Those that went east–west along the St. Lawrence Valley and through the Great Lake region gave access to the furs of the western plains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1634
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