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单词 hellbender
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hellbendern.

Brit. /ˈhɛlˌbɛndə/, U.S. /ˈhɛlˌbɛndər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hell n., bender n.
Etymology: < hell n. + bender n.
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.
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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.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout
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rumba1934
boozeroo1943
sesh1943
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piss-up1950
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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).
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