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单词 atkins
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Atkinsn.1

Brit. /ˈatkɪnz/, U.S. /ˈætkɪnz/
Forms: Also Mister Atkins.
Etymology: See Thomas Atkins n.
= Tommy Atkins n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] > British
Thomas Atkins1815
Tommy Atkins1850
Tommy1881
Thomas1888
Atkins1890
woodbine1918
1890 R. Kipling in Scots Observer 1 Mar. 409/2 O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' ‘Tommy, go away’; But it's ‘Thank you, Mister Atkins’, when the band begins to play.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 1 Nov. 4/3 Our citizen soldiers have been unduly agitated... Pathetic pictures have been drawn in the imagination of our sturdy civilian ‘Atkinses’ of wives left weeping.
1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness i. 3 Private Atkins..is from the masses himself.
1928 E. Weekley Eng. Lang. vii. 47 Padre, father, adopted in the sense of priest by the natives of India and then acquired from the natives by Mr. Atkins.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Atkinsn.2

Brit. /ˈatkɪnz/, U.S. /ˈætkɪnz/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Atkins.
Etymology: < the name of Robert Coleman Atkins (1930–2003), U.S. cardiologist, who devised the weight-loss programme.
attributive. Designating or typical of a high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, esp. one in which carbohydrates, chiefly simple sugars and starches, are severely restricted as a means of promoting weight loss.A proprietary name.
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the world > food and drink > food > diet > [noun] > specific diets
Lessian diet1646
milk-diet1671
flesh-diet1731
meagre1770
bean-diet1820
mono-diet1920
Hay diet1925
Mediterranean diet1928
Atkins1972
slim1977
F Plan Diet1982
1972 N.Y. Times 21 Oct. 18/3 (advt.) After four months of Dr. Atkins' diet, he had lost 85 pounds—yet he was never hungry.]
1972 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 29/2 Dr. Mayer..listed a number of what he termed fad diets, such as ‘the drinking man's’, the rice diet, the Mayo and the Atkins, and branded them extreme and dangerous.
1986 Patient Care (Nexis) 15 June 137 For a time, the ‘Atkins diet’ was the most popular of the low-carbohydrate diets. It is subject to the same criticism that is leveled against all the other low-carbohydrate diets.
2003 Brit. Med. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 17 May 1090 Sceptics are concerned in part because of the absence of long term studies needed to answer questions raised about the safety of the Atkins diet.
2003 Daily Tel. 22 May 8/4 A typical Atkins breakfast, for instance includes no toast or cereal, but can include a plate of scrambled eggs and bacon.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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