Haysn.

Brit.

/heɪz/, U.S.

/heɪz/

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

Etymology: < the name of William H. Hays (1879–1954), American politician and chairman from 1922–45 of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, which introduced the Motion Picture Production Code in 1930.

Used attributively (esp. in Hays code) with reference to a set of ethical guidelines for the self-regulation of motion picture content in the United States, issued by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America under William Hays's direction, and in force from 1930 until the 1960s. Cf. pre-code adj. 2, production code n. at production n. Compounds 3.The Hays code was replaced by an age-based rating system.

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1930 N.Y. Times 11 Apr. 24/2 The objection of the Hays office to the reproduction of the play on the screen because of the nature of the material.

1930 Washington Post 27 May 14/6 He earnestly lamented the failure of the new Hays code of movie behavior to function with any visible degree of success.

1942 S. Bellow Lett. (2010) 24 You're lucky the censor is not somebody from the Hays Office. My, what swearing.

1966 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 21 Sept. 2/2 The motion picture association of America Tuesday adopted a new code of self regulation that replaces the hays code of 1930 and established the procedures for advertising films as ‘suggested for mature audiences’.

1975 Film Comment Mar. 37/1 [The director] compared directing a telefilm with movie-making under the puritanical Hays production code of the Thirties.

1992 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. ii. 13/3 Until the so-called Hays Code..was vanquished..such endings were not allowed. One of the tenets of the code..was that no evil deed could go unpunished.

1995 CNN (Nexis) 4 May Homophobia broke out in the 1940's when the Hays era enforced a strict moral code on Hollywood.

2014 Radio Times 22 Mar. (South/West ed.) 89/2 The best of the Tarzan series and quite raunchy for its day—it was filmed before the introduction of the Hays Code.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hays
释义	Haysn. Brit. /heɪz/, U.S. /heɪz/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Hays. Etymology: < the name of William H. Hays (1879–1954), American politician and chairman from 1922–45 of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, which introduced the Motion Picture Production Code in 1930. Used attributively (esp. in Hays code) with reference to a set of ethical guidelines for the self-regulation of motion picture content in the United States, issued by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America under William Hays's direction, and in force from 1930 until the 1960s. Cf. pre-code adj. 2, production code n. at production n. Compounds 3.The Hays code was replaced by an age-based rating system. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > ethical guidelines Hays code1930 production code1930 1930 N.Y. Times 11 Apr. 24/2 The objection of the Hays office to the reproduction of the play on the screen because of the nature of the material. 1930 Washington Post 27 May 14/6 He earnestly lamented the failure of the new Hays code of movie behavior to function with any visible degree of success. 1942 S. Bellow Lett. (2010) 24 You're lucky the censor is not somebody from the Hays Office. My, what swearing. 1966 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 21 Sept. 2/2 The motion picture association of America Tuesday adopted a new code of self regulation that replaces the hays code of 1930 and established the procedures for advertising films as ‘suggested for mature audiences’. 1975 Film Comment Mar. 37/1 [The director] compared directing a telefilm with movie-making under the puritanical Hays production code of the Thirties. 1992 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. ii. 13/3 Until the so-called Hays Code..was vanquished..such endings were not allowed. One of the tenets of the code..was that no evil deed could go unpunished. 1995 CNN (Nexis) 4 May Homophobia broke out in the 1940's when the Hays era enforced a strict moral code on Hollywood. 2014 Radio Times 22 Mar. (South/West ed.) 89/2 The best of the Tarzan series and quite raunchy for its day—it was filmed before the introduction of the Hays Code. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1930
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