单词 | mintech |
释义 | Mintechn. colloquial. Now historical. The Ministry of Technology (a former department of the British government).In 1970 the Ministry of Technology was merged with the Board of Trade to form the Department of Trade and Industry. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > with specific responsibility > English or British admiralty1459 ordnance1485 Navy Office1660 navy board1681 patent office1696 excise-office1698 Treasury Office1706 Plantation Office1708 stamp office1710 War Office1721 India Office1787 home office1795 Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues1803 the Stamps1820 Welsh Office1852 W.O.1860 Local Government Board1871 pall-mall1880 Scottish Office1883 Ministry of Munitions1915 War House1925 Min of Ag1946 Mintech1967 DOE1972 Manpower Services Commission1973 1967 Guardian 26 Aug. 6/6 A Min Tech review of the whole problem. 1967 Spectator 15 Dec. 750/3 The gritty ‘technological’ phrasemaking of you-know-who and his Mintech. 1970 Punch 17 June 920/1 Every available taxpayer's penny is needed for wasting at Min-Tech. 1989 Spectator 15 Apr. 19/1 Benn could easily have been the author of Walker's crazed reform of local government, with its Mintech-style new county names. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1967 |
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