单词 | hellbender |
释义 | hellbendern. 1. Originally U.S. An aquatic giant salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (family Cryptobranchidae), which has greyish folded skin and a flattened head, found in parts of the central and eastern United States. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Cryptobranchidae > cryptobranchus alleghaniensis (hellbender) land pike1687 hellbender1812 mud-devil1825 water-puppy1832 Menopoma1835 menopome1842 man-eater1859 ground-puppy1863 mud puppy1877 1812 B. S. Barton (title) Memoir concerning an animal of the class Reptilia or Amphibia, which is known by the name of Alligator and Hellbender. 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 185 A large array of names, among which are Tweeg, Hellbender, Mud Devil, and Ground Puppy. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs II. 179 That extraordinary fish lizard..known as the hell-bender from its extreme ugliness. 1926 A. S. Pearse Animal Ecol. iii. 68 The male hellbender guards his nest, eating eggs from it, but exercising a generally protective function by his presence. 1969 D. F. Costello Prairie World viii. 155 Among the giant salamanders found in eastern prairie waters is the hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis ). 2000 Jrnl. Herpetol. 34 604/2 In some populations maximum activity of hellbenders was reported to occur approximately two hours after dark. 2. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A wild drinking spree. See bender n. 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout cups1406 drinking?1518 banquet1535 Bacchanal1536 pot-revel1577 compotation1593 rouse1604 Bacchanalia1633 potmealc1639 bout1670 drinking-bout1673 carouse1690 carousal1765 drunk1779 bouse1786 toot1790 set-to1808 spree1811 fuddlea1813 screed1815 bust1834 lush1841 bender1846 bat1848 buster1848 burst1849 soak1851 binge1854 bumming1860 bust-out1861 bum1863 booze1864 drink1865 ran-tan1866 cupping1868 crawl1877 hellbender1877 break-away1885 periodical1886 jag1894 booze-up1897 slopping-up1899 souse1903 pub crawl1915 blind1917 beer-up1919 periodic1920 scoot1924 brannigan1927 rumba1934 boozeroo1943 sesh1943 session1943 piss-up1950 pink-eye1958 binge drinking1964 1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 283 Jack has been on a perfect hell-bender of a spree. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 294/1 Hell bender,..a protracted and intensified drunken frolic—the superlative of bender. 1941 Charleston (W. Virginia) Daily Mail 31 Jan. He went on a hell-bender, got drunker'n seven hundred dollars and blowed in all his wages. 2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 28 May s13 You're supposed to down a pint of water every hour to repair the sad state of your liver after a hell-bender. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1812 |
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