单词 | hells kitchen |
释义 | hell's kitchenn. 1. The hottest part of hell, conceived of as the site of raging fires. Frequently in into hell's kitchen: to damnation, to ruin or destruction. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > fire of hell-fireeOE fireOE flamec1384 hell's kitchen1694 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. lxvii. 267 Dost thou see the smoke of Hell's Kitchins [Fr. des cuisines d'enfer]?..thou never sawest so many damn'd Souls since thou wast born. 1802 L. Chester Federalism Triumphant i. i. 13 We may now vilify and abuse, and lie like devils, push Jefferson into hell's kitchen, damn all Democrats..as atheists, deists, Jews, Turks, Algerines, devils and damned spirits. 1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 20 July in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 54 He..swore fervently in favor of driving the British ‘into Hell's kitchen’, by main force. 2000 Jazz Jrnl. Internat. Oct. 6/1 I can only describe the experience of being led through the casino at Caesars Palace as like being cast into Hells kitchen—with gaming machines flashing, ringing and rattling as far as the eye could see. 2. A place or experience likened to hell, esp. in being chaotic, hot, unpleasant, frightening, or associated with sin. Formerly also a derogatory nickname for: a disreputable public house or illicit drinking den.In quot. 1827 with reference to a taproom in the Flying Horse public house, formerly in the Groat Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which was notorious in the early 19th cent. for its rowdiness and its disreputable clientele. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > place of evil swallowc1380 hella1450 sink1526 pump1531 Sodom?1550 Tophet1618 pandemonium1800 hell's kitchen1827 sin city1973 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > vile or miserable hell-holec1400 dogholec1450 cabin1594 sty1605 hole1616 hogsty1688 gourbi1738 rathole1770 pigsty1798 hell's kitchen1827 den1836 kennel1837 pigpen1872 rural slum1886 1827 W. Midford in T. Thompson et al. Coll. Songs Newcastle Dialect 125 Gan to hell's kitchen—should ye have occasion—Ye'll see hizzies drinking through spite and vexation. 1846 M. McIntosh Orig. Poems Pref. vii His mother would lift her little boy from his warm bed, kiss, dress and send him away into hell's kitchen, until 7 at night. 1874 Jackson Sentinel (Maquoketa, Iowa) 5 Mar. 4/1 A band of fifty noble women..called at the rum-hole known as ‘Hell's Kitchen’, where, one week before, the proprietor had beaten a lad well known in the village. 1900 ‘J. Flynt’ & ‘F. Walton’ Powers that Prey 98 ‘Think Hell's Kitchen 'ud learn him?’ Hell's Kitchen, in the speech of people who do not know what it means to work there, is the foundry. 1998 M. Booth Industry of Souls iii. 49 He's been through hell's kitchen..and still come out with a smile in his heart. 2012 N.Y. Times 9 May (Late ed.) a12/1 But Mr. Margolis did not become a top chef in what Mr. Romney calls the president's ‘hell's kitchen’ of negative ads based solely on his eye for a pretty picture. 3. With capital initials. The name of a district on the West Side of Manhattan, New York City, formerly an urban slum associated with poverty, violence, and crime.This area has undergone extensive regeneration since the 1970s and is now sometimes alternatively known as Clinton. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in North America > (part of) New York the Bowery1787 Gotham1807 hell's kitchen1879 tenderloin district1887 west side1897 Big Apple1922 village1929 apple1939 Soul City1964 1879 Scribner's Monthly May 39/2 We..passed under the crooked pier at the foot of West Tenth street... This is known as ‘Hell's kitchen’. It may seem incredible that any free man should choose such a place for his abode. 1941 C. O. Skinner Soap behind Ears 168 She asked me a few routine questions..in the manner of someone questioning a welfare worker concerning life in Hell's Kitchen. 1974 D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill ii. 141 A bar on the East Side, almost the width of Manhattan Island away from Hell's Kitchen. 2020 Gothamist (Nexis) 26 Mar. For the last eighteen months, she and her husband had been renting a one bedroom in Hell's Kitchen for $3,200/month. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1694 |
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