单词 | badminton |
释义 | Badmintonn.1 I. Compounds. 1. attributive (in Badminton cup, Badminton mixture). Designating a summer drink made with sweetened claret and soda water. Now rare. ΚΠ 1843 Bentley's Misc. Nov. 458 Panada and toast and water will..succeed to riz à la Turque, and Badminton mixture. 1863 C. E. Francatelli Cook's Guide 461 Badminton cup. Ingredients:—One bottle of red Burgundy, one quart of German Seltzer-water, the rind of one orange, [etc.]. 1940 C. Stead Man who loved Children vii. 252 She was at present tasting her Badminton Cup, her own secret specialty, for which dear Lennie..had brought three bottles of claret and one of curaçao. II. Simple uses. 2. Badminton cup (see sense 1). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > other drinks > [noun] Galianesc1386 tawnyc1430 Stygian liquor1638 cool-drink1667 pearl julep1680 ambrosia1685 content1699 amazake1727 carrot juice1772 arrowroot1822 fox-whelp1837 Badminton1845 bug juice1889 mahewu1936 Clamato1951 Arnold Palmer1991 Butterbeer1999 boba2000 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. i. i. 4 Waiter, bring me a tumbler of Badminton. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. ix. 188 ‘Ruteroth trains; Ruteroth trains awfully,’ put in Cos Wentworth, looking up out of a great silver flagon of Badminton, with which he was ending his breakfast. 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 585/2 This eloquent Frenchman remains the symbol of that age when men wore Nugee coats and drank Badminton, and when women bared their shoulders and sang tearful ditties to the music of the harp. 1955 Times 28 Nov. 9/4 Obscure recipes for Badminton, punch, and syllabub are bandied about. 1995 A. E. Bender & D. A. Bender Dict. Food & Nutrition 33 Badminton, a drink prepared with claret, sugar, and soda water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). badmintonn.2 A game played on a court (usually indoors) across a net with rackets and a shuttlecock.An adaptation of the children's game of battledore and shuttlecock. A popular tradition about the origins of the modern game, according to which it is said to have been developed by British army officers in India, and to have been so named after a version of the game which was played at Badminton House in 1873 by officers on leave, is not borne out by the evidence, although versions of the game were known among the British in India by 1872. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > battledore or badminton > [noun] shuttlec1440 shuttlecock1601 battledore1719 badminton1863 1863 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 711 If the weather be such as to induce you to remain within doors, your co-operation will be sought for a game at pool, badminton (which is battledore and shuttlecock played with sides, across a string suspended some five feet from the ground), and similar amusements. 1872 Times of India 20 Mar. 3/2 All the world here about is nearly mad on the subject of ‘badminton’, the new fashioned game of shuttlecock across a rope. 1874 Daily News 25 Mar. 5 Played a game at Badminton with two ladies. 1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xiv. 257 The unmarried daughter, who was going to knit a jumper for herself in the intervals between dancing and badminton and trips to London and riding [etc.]. 1992 Times of India 30 July 17/1 World champion Susi Susanti of Indonesia revealed glimpses of fascinating form in Olympic badminton today. 2003 N. Walker & S. Dann Badminton in Action 4/1 Competitive badminton is the world's fastest raquet sport. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1874 Pioneer (Allahabad) 30 Apr. 4/2 There are Badminton parties, picnics, and cricket matches going on. 1875 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 81 The Badminton game has made the circuit of the globe. 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 189/2 The Badminton hall should be not less than 18 ft. high. 1966 R. J. Mills & E. Butler Mod. Badminton ii. 25 The ideal hall for a badminton court. 2005 New Yorker 26 Sept. 94/1 [The] marble lobby was big enough for two badminton nets to be stretched side by side. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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