单词 | montezuma |
释义 | Montezuman. 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1917 |
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