monkey trialn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌŋkɪ ˌtrʌɪəl/, U.S.

/ˈməŋki ˌtraɪ(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., trial n.¹

Etymology: < monkey n. + trial n.¹, so called on account of the controversy surrounding the suggestion that humans are related to other primates.

Now historical and allusive.

A trial of a teacher for teaching evolutionary theories contrary to the laws of certain states of the United States, spec. that of J. T. Scopes in Tennessee in 1925.

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monkey trial1925

Nuremberg trial1945

1925 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 22 May 1/1 The Monkey Trial.

1935 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 23 July 4/3 Judge John T. Raulston, who conducted the monkey trial, believes the statute is not enforced today.

1963 Times 30 Apr. 11/6 The student teachers, Miss Dori Doss and Miss Martha Powell, are apparently prepared for a second ‘monkey trial’ if necessary, though they realize that their determination could cost them their careers.

1969 D. F. Horrobin Sci. is God ii. 15 It is associated more with the summer heat of the monkey-trial country of Tennessee rather than with the coolness of the dreaming spires of Oxford.

1987 R. A. Thompson & L. S. Thompson Egoshell i. ii. 72 To teach Darwin's theory of evolution, Tennessee biology teachers had to fight negative evidence in the ‘Monkey Trial’ of 1925.

2000 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, Va.) 17 July 4/1 Brewer, 79, doesn't remember much about the Scopes ‘monkey trial’ other than the thousands of people who swelled this hamlet of 1,000.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monkey trial
释义	monkey trialn. Brit. /ˈmʌŋkɪ ˌtrʌɪəl/, U.S. /ˈməŋki ˌtraɪ(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: monkey n., trial n.¹ Etymology: < monkey n. + trial n.¹, so called on account of the controversy surrounding the suggestion that humans are related to other primates. Now historical and allusive. A trial of a teacher for teaching evolutionary theories contrary to the laws of certain states of the United States, spec. that of J. T. Scopes in Tennessee in 1925. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > specific trials monkey trial1925 Nuremberg trial1945 1925 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 22 May 1/1 The Monkey Trial. 1935 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 23 July 4/3 Judge John T. Raulston, who conducted the monkey trial, believes the statute is not enforced today. 1963 Times 30 Apr. 11/6 The student teachers, Miss Dori Doss and Miss Martha Powell, are apparently prepared for a second ‘monkey trial’ if necessary, though they realize that their determination could cost them their careers. 1969 D. F. Horrobin Sci. is God ii. 15 It is associated more with the summer heat of the monkey-trial country of Tennessee rather than with the coolness of the dreaming spires of Oxford. 1987 R. A. Thompson & L. S. Thompson Egoshell i. ii. 72 To teach Darwin's theory of evolution, Tennessee biology teachers had to fight negative evidence in the ‘Monkey Trial’ of 1925. 2000 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, Va.) 17 July 4/1 Brewer, 79, doesn't remember much about the Scopes ‘monkey trial’ other than the thousands of people who swelled this hamlet of 1,000. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925
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