megaphonen.

Brit.

/ˈmɛɡəfəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mega- comb. form, -phone comb. form.

Etymology: < mega- comb. form + -phone comb. form. Compare earlier microphone n.

1. A device to aid hearing, consisting of two funnel-shaped receivers (‘listening funnels’) which collect sound waves and are connected to the ear by flexible tubes. Now historical.The device was invented by Thomas Edison, and included also a ‘speaking funnel’ that served as a megaphone in the subsequent sense (see quot. 1926 at sense 2a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > other amplifying devices

micracoustic1684

microphone1684

polyacoustic1684

resonator1864

resonance cavity1867

resonance chamber1870

aerophone1878

megaphone1878

sphygmophone1879

phonendoscope1895

auxetophone1904

stentorphone1921

1878 Sci. Amer. 39 111/3 Now, at last, we have a megaphone, which is to the ear almost what the telescope is to the eye.

1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 561 One of the most interesting experiments made by Mr. Edison..is that of conversing through a distance of one and a half to two miles, with..a few paper funnels. These funnels constitute the megaphone.

a. A funnel-shaped instrument that is spoken into at the smaller end to make the voice carry further. Also: a device of similar shape used to direct and amplify sound for recording.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > speaking trumpet or tube

trunk1546

speaking-trumpet1671

stentorophonic tube1686

whispering-trumpet1688

stentorian trumpet1690

trumpet1696

voice pipe1839

voice tube1839

whispering-tube1857

speaking-tube1889

megaphone1896

meg1937

loudhailer1941

bullhorn1955

1896 Boston Jrnl. 5 Nov. 6/4 The Society for the Suppression of Needless Noise should regulate the use of the megaphone.

1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship i. 14 The Captain..raised the megaphone to his mouth. ‘Carry on!’ he shouted. ‘Every man for himself.’

1926 Wireless World 15 Sept. 399/2 This megaphone concentrated the sound waves on to a mechanical diaphragm to which was connected a cutting stylus resting on a revolving disc of soft wax.

1943 M. Flavin Journey in Dark 174 On the rubberneck wagons the fellow with the megaphone would point it out and say: ‘Residence of Stanley Adams, financier and banker’.

1991 R. Mistry Such Long Journey (1992) 10 The fundraisers shouted themselves hoarse through megaphones, exhorting people to be as selfless as the Jawans who were reddening the Himalayan snow with their precious blood.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another

whistlec1380

dictourc1440

orator1474

prolocutor?a1475

prelocutor1500

vauntparler1534

paranympha1538

mouth1563

speech1578

speaker1583

promotor1603

ambassador1611

suffragant1613

suffragator1618

mouthpiece1776

linguist1819

megaphone1909

porte-parole1911

spokesperson1972

1909 Daily Chron. 7 June 5/1 They felt sure that the British Press were not the paid megaphones of financial buccaneers.

1968 Listener 20 June 803/1 Tell Joanna she must stop being a megaphone for a negative tendency in a parent–child participating democracy.

1986 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Trav. in Hyper Reality vi. 223 The attitude is observed by a category we could define..still better as Parusiacs, affected by the Fourth Eclogue Syndrome, megaphones of the golden age.

Compounds

C1. attributive (literal and figurative).

ΚΠ

1904 G. Ade True Bills 136 The Man with the Megaphone Voice cut no Ice whatsoever, for they had him sewed up.

1917 E. Wharton Summer ix. 138 From the main thoroughfares came the clanging of trolleys, the incessant popping of torpedoes, the jingle of street-organs, the bawling of megaphone men and the loud murmur of increasing crowds.

1938 Life 19 Sept. 46 (caption) He is no megaphone director and never lapses into displays of temperament.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 138/1 Is there any role left for the individual in a world of collective megaphone personalities?

1988 Independent 21 Dec. 15/3 The advertisement's real purpose seems to have been to show that the Government was taking action—‘the megaphone solution’, as it has been dubbed by Digby Anderson.

C2.

megaphone diplomacy n. the making of public statements regarding a matter of dispute, rather than negotiating directly.

ΚΠ

1983 R. L. Strout in Christian Sci. Monitor 29 Apr. 22/3 Lord Carrington..said..‘The notion that we should face the Russians down in a silent war of nerves, broken only by bursts of megaphone diplomacy, is based on a misconception.’

1998 Irish News (Electronic ed.) 3 Apr. Such behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings conducted quietly and efficiently are also a welcome break from the raucous megaphone diplomacy witnessed between the UUP and the Irish government, in particular, over the last few days.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

megaphonev.

Brit.

/ˈmɛɡəfəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: megaphone n.

Etymology: < megaphone n. Compare earlier telephone v., phone v.

a. transitive. To communicate with by megaphone. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak loudly or angrily

thundera1340

raisec1384

to speak outc1515

jowlc1540

fulmine1623

to talk big1680

tang1686

to speak upa1723

to go ona1753

rip1828

whalea1852

yap1864

to rip and tear1884

megaphone1901

to pop off1914

foghorn1918

to sound off1918

loudmouth1931

woof1934

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > utter loudly or angrily

yeiea1225

call?c1250

soundc1374

ringa1400

upcasta1400

barkc1440

resound?c1525

blustera1535

brawl1563

thunder1592

out-thunder?1611

peal1611

tonitruate1623

intonatea1631

mouth1700

rip1828

boom1837

explode1839

clamour1856

blare1859

foghorn1886

megaphone1901

gruff1925

loudmouth1931

woof1934

1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 Oct. 1/7 The Cufic..megaphoned the lightship asking to be reported.

b. intransitive. To communicate to by megaphone (figurative in quot. 1912).

ΚΠ

1912 J. H. Moore Ethics & Educ. 97 Long ago she [sc. a dog] and her associates were accustomed to megaphone to each other in this way.

1925 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 30 453 It has no more means of rescue in it than megaphoning to a drowning man who can't swim that he's out beyond his depth.

1932 E. Wharton Let. 31 May (1988) 551 It was only their guides megaphoning to them, & the responses were the tramp of their hurrying feet.

2. transitive. To utter or convey (as) through a megaphone.

ΚΠ

1920 Glasgow Herald 21 Apr. 8 The captain megaphoned an invitation to come on to the flag deck.

1963 A. Smith Throw out Two Hands iv. 46 Aldermanic individuals had to be given captive ascents on a long rope while they megaphoned their impressions to the gaping faces down below.

1995 Empire Nov. 91/1 The job may not comprise that standard duties of standing around in a field megaphoning orders, but Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg still found they had their hands full.

Derivatives

ˈmegaphoned adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > loud or angry > of speech

wratlinga1661

syrmatic1716

thundered1823

thunder-pealed1878

megaphoned1927

1927 H. G. Wells in Sunday Express 2 Oct. 12/7 The impressive gatherings.., the megaphoned and broadcast speeches.

1982 T. Keneally Schindler's Ark xvi. 153 Danka and Mrs. Dresner heard from around the corner of Dabrowski..the megaphoned roaring of Oberscharführers.

ˈmegaphoning adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > loud or angry

loud-mouthed1602

loud-tongued1622

blusterous1663

loudmouth1668

noisy1675

obstropolous1748

loud-spoken1882

megaphoning1901

chopsy1974

1901 R. C. Lehmann Anni Fugaces 70 The air grows blue with loud reproaches Hurled at the crews by megaphoning coaches.

1994 Scotsman 22 Nov. 20/6 The annual National Playwrights conference is the scene of megaphoning ‘brawls’ on minefield issues like the writing of Aboriginal parts by white writers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	megaphone
释义	megaphonen. Brit. /ˈmɛɡəfəʊn/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mega- comb. form, -phone comb. form. Etymology: < mega- comb. form + -phone comb. form. Compare earlier microphone n. 1. A device to aid hearing, consisting of two funnel-shaped receivers (‘listening funnels’) which collect sound waves and are connected to the ear by flexible tubes. Now historical.The device was invented by Thomas Edison, and included also a ‘speaking funnel’ that served as a megaphone in the subsequent sense (see quot. 1926 at sense 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > other amplifying devices micracoustic1684 microphone1684 polyacoustic1684 resonator1864 resonance cavity1867 resonance chamber1870 aerophone1878 megaphone1878 sphygmophone1879 phonendoscope1895 auxetophone1904 stentorphone1921 1878 Sci. Amer. 39 111/3 Now, at last, we have a megaphone, which is to the ear almost what the telescope is to the eye. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 561 One of the most interesting experiments made by Mr. Edison..is that of conversing through a distance of one and a half to two miles, with..a few paper funnels. These funnels constitute the megaphone. 2. a. A funnel-shaped instrument that is spoken into at the smaller end to make the voice carry further. Also: a device of similar shape used to direct and amplify sound for recording. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > speaking trumpet or tube trunk1546 speaking-trumpet1671 stentorophonic tube1686 whispering-trumpet1688 stentorian trumpet1690 trumpet1696 voice pipe1839 voice tube1839 whispering-tube1857 speaking-tube1889 megaphone1896 meg1937 loudhailer1941 bullhorn1955 1896 Boston Jrnl. 5 Nov. 6/4 The Society for the Suppression of Needless Noise should regulate the use of the megaphone. 1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship i. 14 The Captain..raised the megaphone to his mouth. ‘Carry on!’ he shouted. ‘Every man for himself.’ 1926 Wireless World 15 Sept. 399/2 This megaphone concentrated the sound waves on to a mechanical diaphragm to which was connected a cutting stylus resting on a revolving disc of soft wax. 1943 M. Flavin Journey in Dark 174 On the rubberneck wagons the fellow with the megaphone would point it out and say: ‘Residence of Stanley Adams, financier and banker’. 1991 R. Mistry Such Long Journey (1992) 10 The fundraisers shouted themselves hoarse through megaphones, exhorting people to be as selfless as the Jawans who were reddening the Himalayan snow with their precious blood. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another whistlec1380 dictourc1440 orator1474 prolocutor?a1475 prelocutor1500 vauntparler1534 paranympha1538 mouth1563 speech1578 speaker1583 promotor1603 ambassador1611 suffragant1613 suffragator1618 mouthpiece1776 linguist1819 megaphone1909 porte-parole1911 spokesperson1972 1909 Daily Chron. 7 June 5/1 They felt sure that the British Press were not the paid megaphones of financial buccaneers. 1968 Listener 20 June 803/1 Tell Joanna she must stop being a megaphone for a negative tendency in a parent–child participating democracy. 1986 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Trav. in Hyper Reality vi. 223 The attitude is observed by a category we could define..still better as Parusiacs, affected by the Fourth Eclogue Syndrome, megaphones of the golden age. Compounds C1. attributive (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1904 G. Ade True Bills 136 The Man with the Megaphone Voice cut no Ice whatsoever, for they had him sewed up. 1917 E. Wharton Summer ix. 138 From the main thoroughfares came the clanging of trolleys, the incessant popping of torpedoes, the jingle of street-organs, the bawling of megaphone men and the loud murmur of increasing crowds. 1938 Life 19 Sept. 46 (caption) He is no megaphone director and never lapses into displays of temperament. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 138/1 Is there any role left for the individual in a world of collective megaphone personalities? 1988 Independent 21 Dec. 15/3 The advertisement's real purpose seems to have been to show that the Government was taking action—‘the megaphone solution’, as it has been dubbed by Digby Anderson. C2. megaphone diplomacy n. the making of public statements regarding a matter of dispute, rather than negotiating directly. ΚΠ 1983 R. L. Strout in Christian Sci. Monitor 29 Apr. 22/3 Lord Carrington..said..‘The notion that we should face the Russians down in a silent war of nerves, broken only by bursts of megaphone diplomacy, is based on a misconception.’ 1998 Irish News (Electronic ed.) 3 Apr. Such behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings conducted quietly and efficiently are also a welcome break from the raucous megaphone diplomacy witnessed between the UUP and the Irish government, in particular, over the last few days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). megaphonev. Brit. /ˈmɛɡəfəʊn/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: megaphone n. Etymology: < megaphone n. Compare earlier telephone v., phone v. 1. a. transitive. To communicate with by megaphone. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak loudly or angrily thundera1340 raisec1384 to speak outc1515 jowlc1540 fulmine1623 to talk big1680 tang1686 to speak upa1723 to go ona1753 rip1828 whalea1852 yap1864 to rip and tear1884 megaphone1901 to pop off1914 foghorn1918 to sound off1918 loudmouth1931 woof1934 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > utter loudly or angrily yeiea1225 call?c1250 soundc1374 ringa1400 upcasta1400 barkc1440 resound?c1525 blustera1535 brawl1563 thunder1592 out-thunder?1611 peal1611 tonitruate1623 intonatea1631 mouth1700 rip1828 boom1837 explode1839 clamour1856 blare1859 foghorn1886 megaphone1901 gruff1925 loudmouth1931 woof1934 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 Oct. 1/7 The Cufic..megaphoned the lightship asking to be reported. b. intransitive. To communicate to by megaphone (figurative in quot. 1912). ΚΠ 1912 J. H. Moore Ethics & Educ. 97 Long ago she [sc. a dog] and her associates were accustomed to megaphone to each other in this way. 1925 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 30 453 It has no more means of rescue in it than megaphoning to a drowning man who can't swim that he's out beyond his depth. 1932 E. Wharton Let. 31 May (1988) 551 It was only their guides megaphoning to them, & the responses were the tramp of their hurrying feet. 2. transitive. To utter or convey (as) through a megaphone. ΚΠ 1920 Glasgow Herald 21 Apr. 8 The captain megaphoned an invitation to come on to the flag deck. 1963 A. Smith Throw out Two Hands iv. 46 Aldermanic individuals had to be given captive ascents on a long rope while they megaphoned their impressions to the gaping faces down below. 1995 Empire Nov. 91/1 The job may not comprise that standard duties of standing around in a field megaphoning orders, but Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg still found they had their hands full. Derivatives ˈmegaphoned adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > loud or angry > of speech wratlinga1661 syrmatic1716 thundered1823 thunder-pealed1878 megaphoned1927 1927 H. G. Wells in Sunday Express 2 Oct. 12/7 The impressive gatherings.., the megaphoned and broadcast speeches. 1982 T. Keneally Schindler's Ark xvi. 153 Danka and Mrs. Dresner heard from around the corner of Dabrowski..the megaphoned roaring of Oberscharführers. ˈmegaphoning adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > loud or angry loud-mouthed1602 loud-tongued1622 blusterous1663 loudmouth1668 noisy1675 obstropolous1748 loud-spoken1882 megaphoning1901 chopsy1974 1901 R. C. Lehmann Anni Fugaces 70 The air grows blue with loud reproaches Hurled at the crews by megaphoning coaches. 1994 Scotsman 22 Nov. 20/6 The annual National Playwrights conference is the scene of megaphoning ‘brawls’ on minefield issues like the writing of Aboriginal parts by white writers. 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