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单词 montezuma
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Montezuman.

Brit. /ˌmɒntᵻˈz(j)uːmə/, U.S. /ˌmɑn(t)əˈzumə/
Forms: 1900s– Montesuma (irregular), 1900s– Montezuma.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Montezuma.
Etymology: < the name of Montezuma II (1466–1520), Aztec ruler at the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. In sense 1, after scientific Latin montezumae, specific name of Ortyx (now Cyrtonyx) montezumae (N. A. Vigors 1830, in Zool. Jrnl. 5 275).
1. Montezuma quail n. a plump, short-tailed quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae (family Odontophoridae), native to the southern United States and Mexico, the male of which has a bold black and white facial pattern. Also called harlequin quail, Massena quail. Cf. Mearns quail n. at Mearns n. 1.
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1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. II. 10 Mearns's Quail. Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi... Other names—Montezuma Quail; [etc.].
1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 117/1 Mearns' Quail.., also known as the Harlequin Quail..inhabits..mountain grasslands from southwestern United States to Mexico, where it is also called the Montezuma Quail.
1977 M. D. F. Udvardy Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Birds: Western Region 620 Montezuma Quail—‘Harlequin Quail’—(Cyrtonyx montezumae).
1990 C. M. Perrins Illustr. Encycl. Birds 113/3 The handsome Montezuma Quail is a bird of the mountainous, arid southwest of America.
2. Montezuma's revenge n. (occasionally also Montezuma revenge) slang diarrhoea suffered by travellers, esp. in Mexico.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea
diarrhoea1398
squirtc1460
hurl?a1513
gurry?1523
lasking1527
laxity1528
lax?1529
lask1542
skittera1585
looseness1586
scouring1597
laxativeness1610
laxness1634
squitter1664
lurry1689
thorough-go-nimble1694
wherry-go-nimble1766
the trots1808
cholerine1832
squit1841
choleriform1884
tummy1888
gippy tummy1915
shit1928
Rhea sisters1935
belly wuk1943
tomtit1944
run1946
Montezuma's revenge1955
Aztec hop1962
turista1970
1955 Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.) 12 Nov. The crew of Warner Bros. ‘Serenade’, most of whom got sick on location in Mexico, call their stomach ailment ‘Montezuma's Revenge’.
1969 Daily Tel. 11 Apr. 28/5 Prevent gippy tummy. Also known as Delhi belly, Rangoon runs, Tokyo trots, Montezuma revenge.
1970 Times 8 May 9/3 20-year-old Brian Kidd was struck down by what is known as ‘Montezuma's Revenge’—a stomach complaint.
1996 Church Times 21 June 10/3 Some of the initial research was carried out in the Kalahari, where Montezuma's Revenge is anything but a joke.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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