gurneyn.

Brit.

/ˈɡəːni/, U.S.

/ˈɡərni/

Etymology: Apparently named after J. Theodore Gurney of Boston, Massachusetts, who patented a new design of cab in 1883: see P. Tamony in Pacific Historian (1966) Winter 15–20.

U.S.

1. In full Gurney cab. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cab of a type popular in America in the late 19th century, entered from the rear and fitted with lengthwise seating. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage

hackney coach1618

hell-cart1623

hackney1664

hack1692

fiacre1699

hackney carriage1735

dilly1805

street coach1818

jarvey1819

cab1822

hackney cab1832

gurney1884

cabriolet1907

1884 Hub 1 Feb. 707/2 The Gurney cab has the driver's-seat in front and the entrance is at the rear of the body.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 3/2 The hansom made its appearance in Chicago about a year ago, and threatened to cut out a less elegant vehicle known as a gurney.

1966 P. Tamony in Pacific Historian X. 19 As the San Francisco police patrol wagon developed from an open dray-type to a sided-and-roofed vehicle in the 1890s, with its entrance at the rear, and as the ambulance gift of Mr. Fair's daughters in 1894–1895 trotted to calls, it may be assumed that these vehicles were nicknamed after the rear-entrance Gurney Cab, then also a novelty. These are the transferred usages I heard as a boy.

2. transferred. (Originally in Western U.S.)

†a. A similar vehicle used as a police wagon or emergency ambulance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > ambulance

ambulance1825

ambulance car1904

meat wagon1925

gurney1939

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > ambulance

ambulance1825

blood wagon1922

meat wagon1925

gurney1939

ambo1974

1939 P. Tamony in News Let. & Wasp (San Francisco) 2 June 5/1 ‘Gurney’..is used in two senses: it means a patrol-wagon, and indicates the rubber-tired conveyance used in hospitals.

b. A wheeled stretcher or trolley, used esp. to transport patients in an ambulance or hospital.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > trolley

gurney1956

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheeled stretcher

gurney1956

1956 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Gurney, guerney, a stretcher with wheels for transporting a recumbent patient. Sometimes spelled girney.

1965 ‘W. Everett’ Bullets for Doctor (1966) vii. 57 Christina helped me bandage the patient and we transferred him to a home-made gurney and moved him into the hospital room and into a bed.

1976 W. Blinn Starsky & Hutch: Death Ride vi. 38 A nurse wheeled the patient out of the emergency room on a gurney.

1986 Times 16 Oct. 18/8 He stood by the metal gurney and its overhead neon light and painted ceiling which is the dead man's final earthly sight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gurney
释义	gurneyn. Brit. /ˈɡəːni/, U.S. /ˈɡərni/ Etymology: Apparently named after J. Theodore Gurney of Boston, Massachusetts, who patented a new design of cab in 1883: see P. Tamony in Pacific Historian (1966) Winter 15–20. U.S. 1. In full Gurney cab. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cab of a type popular in America in the late 19th century, entered from the rear and fitted with lengthwise seating. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage hackney coach1618 hell-cart1623 hackney1664 hack1692 fiacre1699 hackney carriage1735 dilly1805 street coach1818 jarvey1819 cab1822 hackney cab1832 gurney1884 cabriolet1907 1884 Hub 1 Feb. 707/2 The Gurney cab has the driver's-seat in front and the entrance is at the rear of the body. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 3/2 The hansom made its appearance in Chicago about a year ago, and threatened to cut out a less elegant vehicle known as a gurney. 1966 P. Tamony in Pacific Historian X. 19 As the San Francisco police patrol wagon developed from an open dray-type to a sided-and-roofed vehicle in the 1890s, with its entrance at the rear, and as the ambulance gift of Mr. Fair's daughters in 1894–1895 trotted to calls, it may be assumed that these vehicles were nicknamed after the rear-entrance Gurney Cab, then also a novelty. These are the transferred usages I heard as a boy. 2. transferred. (Originally in Western U.S.) †a. A similar vehicle used as a police wagon or emergency ambulance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > ambulance ambulance1825 ambulance car1904 meat wagon1925 gurney1939 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > ambulance ambulance1825 blood wagon1922 meat wagon1925 gurney1939 ambo1974 1939 P. Tamony in News Let. & Wasp (San Francisco) 2 June 5/1 ‘Gurney’..is used in two senses: it means a patrol-wagon, and indicates the rubber-tired conveyance used in hospitals. b. A wheeled stretcher or trolley, used esp. to transport patients in an ambulance or hospital. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > trolley gurney1956 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheeled stretcher gurney1956 1956 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Gurney, guerney, a stretcher with wheels for transporting a recumbent patient. Sometimes spelled girney. 1965 ‘W. Everett’ Bullets for Doctor (1966) vii. 57 Christina helped me bandage the patient and we transferred him to a home-made gurney and moved him into the hospital room and into a bed. 1976 W. Blinn Starsky & Hutch: Death Ride vi. 38 A nurse wheeled the patient out of the emergency room on a gurney. 1986 Times 16 Oct. 18/8 He stood by the metal gurney and its overhead neon light and painted ceiling which is the dead man's final earthly sight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
随便看	bonninesses bonny bonny and bonny clabber bonny wally bonnyish bonobo bonobos bonorum bons mots bonsai bonsai plant bonsai tree bonsaier bonsaiest bonsais bonsella bonsense bonspiel bonspiels bont tick bontebok bonteboks bontebuck bonton