McDonald'sn.

Brit.

/məkˈdɒnldz/, U.S.

/məkˈdɑnəl(d)z/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name McDonald's.

Etymology: < the name of the McDonald's Corporation, U.S. firm operating a worldwide fast food chain. The first McDonald's restaurant was founded in 1948 in San Bernardino, California, by Maurice (‘Mac’) McDonald (1902–71) and Richard (‘Dick’) McDonald (c1909–98), U.S. restaurateurs. In 1954, franchise rights were bought by Raymond Albert Kroc (1902–84), U.S. entrepreneur, who founded the corporation in 1955.

allusively. Any service, organization, etc., likened to the McDonald's chain in some respect, esp. in operating in a highly efficient, standardized manner.

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1982 Peace News 6 Aug. 14/2 All the most common types of therapy available today are discussed, ranging from traditional psychoanalysis to EST, ‘the McDonalds of therapy’.

1990 UNIX Jrnl. 2 vii. 8/2 This technology is going to transform today's reseller channels into well-organized machines that will be the McDonald's of information services by the middle of the decade.

1992 Economist 8 Aug. 64/1 KinderCare has its critics. Teachers..say it is a McDonald's of pre-school education, providing unimaginative guarding of latch-key kids rather than nursery schooling.

2000 M. Lewis New New Thing 73 The company that built the first information appliance would sit in the middle of all human communication; it would be the McDonald's of information.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mcdonalds
释义	McDonald'sn. Brit. /məkˈdɒnldz/, U.S. /məkˈdɑnəl(d)z/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name McDonald's. Etymology: < the name of the McDonald's Corporation, U.S. firm operating a worldwide fast food chain. The first McDonald's restaurant was founded in 1948 in San Bernardino, California, by Maurice (‘Mac’) McDonald (1902–71) and Richard (‘Dick’) McDonald (c1909–98), U.S. restaurateurs. In 1954, franchise rights were bought by Raymond Albert Kroc (1902–84), U.S. entrepreneur, who founded the corporation in 1955. allusively. Any service, organization, etc., likened to the McDonald's chain in some respect, esp. in operating in a highly efficient, standardized manner. ΚΠ 1982 Peace News 6 Aug. 14/2 All the most common types of therapy available today are discussed, ranging from traditional psychoanalysis to EST, ‘the McDonalds of therapy’. 1990 UNIX Jrnl. 2 vii. 8/2 This technology is going to transform today's reseller channels into well-organized machines that will be the McDonald's of information services by the middle of the decade. 1992 Economist 8 Aug. 64/1 KinderCare has its critics. Teachers..say it is a McDonald's of pre-school education, providing unimaginative guarding of latch-key kids rather than nursery schooling. 2000 M. Lewis New New Thing 73 The company that built the first information appliance would sit in the middle of all human communication; it would be the McDonald's of information. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1982
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