Band-Aidn.adj.

Forms: Also with small initials or as one word.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈBand-Aid.

Originally U.S.

A. n.

1. A proprietary name for: a type of sticking-plaster with a gauze pad. Also, a strip of Band-Aid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > sticking-plaster

patch?c1425

sticking plaster1584

dry stitch1674

strap1749

sticking silk1766

court-plaster1773

adhesive bandage1797

strapping1818

adhesive1835

Band-Aid1924

Elastoplast1928

1924 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 4 Nov. tm27/1 Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J...Band-Aid..protective surgical dressing in the form of a bandage. Claims use since November, 1920.

1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 461/1 Band Aid..‘a protective dressing for cuts and wounds’..tin 1/–.

1933 Trade Marks Jrnl. 22 Feb. 213 Band-Aid... Medicated dressings for human use. Johnson & Johnson (Great Britain) Limited,..Slough, Buckinghamshire; Manufacturers.

1948 ‘P. Quentin’ Run to Death xx. 147 I..found a band aid. I applied it neatly over the burn.

1958 R. Chandler Playback xix. 157 He was as adhesive as a band-aid.

1964 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Sept. 1532/2 Band-aid... Pharmaceutical and sanitary substances;..medical and surgical plasters, materials prepared for bandaging;..first aid boxes sold complete. Johnson & Johnson,..New Brunswick, State of Jersey, United States of America; manufacturers and merchants.

1976 N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone xi. 267 Why not aspirin? Or a Band-Aid?

1983 Listener 30 June 31/3 There was some marvellous singing and playing, including footage of Alfred Brendel playing ineffable Liszt with Band-Aids on most of his fingers.

2. figurative. A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, etc.; a palliative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > instance of > of makeshift kind

quick-fix1896

Band-Aid1968

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [noun] > making shift > that with which one makes shift

make-do1895

lash-up1898

Band-Aid1968

1968 United Church Observer 15 Mar. 36/1 It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.

1974 R. M. Pirsig Zen & Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1976) I. v. 61 Consoling words are more for strangers, for hospitals, not kin. Little emotional Band-Aids like that aren't what he needs.

1981 Sunday Times 12 July 17/4 So much social work is just Band-Aid.

1985 National Westm. Bank Q. Rev. May 4 Successive applications of bandaids of differing descriptions is to be preferred to the application of mere common sense.

B. adj.

Makeshift or temporary; palliative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > of solution: makeshift

Band-Aid1970

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [adjective] > makeshift

extemporal1626

extemporary1631

extempore1694

extemporaneous1725

impromptu1764

makeshift1824

makeshifty1858

spot-made1894

make-do1923

roll-your-own1942

Band-Aid1970

1970 Times 20 Apr. 19 Better and better economic coordination might prevent the need for such heavy reliance on financial ‘band-aid’ solutions.

1974 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 26 Jan. 7/5 Band-aid measures like tinkering with traffic will not revitalize the downtown area.

1976 Sydney Morning Herald 23 Sept. 14/5 Two Sydney Harbour ferries ordered from the Newcastle Shipyards by the State Government were only a ‘band-aid arrangement’ to help the industry.

1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 4 Apr. 4 a/1 The alternatives you propose are just ‘Band-Aid’ solutions.

Derivatives

Band-Aid v. transitive, to apply a makeshift or temporary solution to (a problem, etc.); also with over.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > solve > in a makeshift way

Band-Aid1972

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] > make do with > apply makeshift solution to

Band-Aid1972

1972 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 Oct. 21 A problem of this dimension cannot be ignored or Band-aided over.

1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 Nov. 19/1 The courts of Victoria..will probably be bandaided through their present time and space crisis.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 18 Sept. 18/2 This is just Band-Aiding the cancer.

1983 N.Y. Times 23 June a15 Buy it now, Band-Aid it later.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	band-aid
释义	Band-Aidn.adj. Forms: Also with small initials or as one word. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈBand-Aid. Originally U.S. A. n. 1. A proprietary name for: a type of sticking-plaster with a gauze pad. Also, a strip of Band-Aid. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > sticking-plaster patch?c1425 sticking plaster1584 dry stitch1674 strap1749 sticking silk1766 court-plaster1773 adhesive bandage1797 strapping1818 adhesive1835 Band-Aid1924 Elastoplast1928 1924 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 4 Nov. tm27/1 Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J...Band-Aid..protective surgical dressing in the form of a bandage. Claims use since November, 1920. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 461/1 Band Aid..‘a protective dressing for cuts and wounds’..tin 1/–. 1933 Trade Marks Jrnl. 22 Feb. 213 Band-Aid... Medicated dressings for human use. Johnson & Johnson (Great Britain) Limited,..Slough, Buckinghamshire; Manufacturers. 1948 ‘P. Quentin’ Run to Death xx. 147 I..found a band aid. I applied it neatly over the burn. 1958 R. Chandler Playback xix. 157 He was as adhesive as a band-aid. 1964 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Sept. 1532/2 Band-aid... Pharmaceutical and sanitary substances;..medical and surgical plasters, materials prepared for bandaging;..first aid boxes sold complete. Johnson & Johnson,..New Brunswick, State of Jersey, United States of America; manufacturers and merchants. 1976 N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone xi. 267 Why not aspirin? Or a Band-Aid? 1983 Listener 30 June 31/3 There was some marvellous singing and playing, including footage of Alfred Brendel playing ineffable Liszt with Band-Aids on most of his fingers. 2. figurative. A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, etc.; a palliative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > instance of > of makeshift kind quick-fix1896 Band-Aid1968 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [noun] > making shift > that with which one makes shift make-do1895 lash-up1898 Band-Aid1968 1968 United Church Observer 15 Mar. 36/1 It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore. 1974 R. M. Pirsig Zen & Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1976) I. v. 61 Consoling words are more for strangers, for hospitals, not kin. Little emotional Band-Aids like that aren't what he needs. 1981 Sunday Times 12 July 17/4 So much social work is just Band-Aid. 1985 National Westm. Bank Q. Rev. May 4 Successive applications of bandaids of differing descriptions is to be preferred to the application of mere common sense. B. adj. Makeshift or temporary; palliative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > of solution: makeshift Band-Aid1970 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [adjective] > makeshift extemporal1626 extemporary1631 extempore1694 extemporaneous1725 impromptu1764 makeshift1824 makeshifty1858 spot-made1894 make-do1923 roll-your-own1942 Band-Aid1970 1970 Times 20 Apr. 19 Better and better economic coordination might prevent the need for such heavy reliance on financial ‘band-aid’ solutions. 1974 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 26 Jan. 7/5 Band-aid measures like tinkering with traffic will not revitalize the downtown area. 1976 Sydney Morning Herald 23 Sept. 14/5 Two Sydney Harbour ferries ordered from the Newcastle Shipyards by the State Government were only a ‘band-aid arrangement’ to help the industry. 1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 4 Apr. 4 a/1 The alternatives you propose are just ‘Band-Aid’ solutions. Derivatives Band-Aid v. transitive, to apply a makeshift or temporary solution to (a problem, etc.); also with over. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > solve > in a makeshift way Band-Aid1972 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] > make do with > apply makeshift solution to Band-Aid1972 1972 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 Oct. 21 A problem of this dimension cannot be ignored or Band-aided over. 1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 Nov. 19/1 The courts of Victoria..will probably be bandaided through their present time and space crisis. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 18 Sept. 18/2 This is just Band-Aiding the cancer. 1983 N.Y. Times 23 June a15 Buy it now, Band-Aid it later. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.adj.1924
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