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单词 moreton bay
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Moreton Bayn.

Brit. /ˌmɔːt(ə)n ˈbeɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɔrtn ˈbeɪ/, /ˌmɔrdən ˈbeɪ/, Australian English /ˌmɔːt(ə)n ˈbæe/, /ˌmɔːd(ə)n ˈbæe/
Forms: 1800s– Moreton Bay, 1900s– Morton Bay.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Moreton Bay.
Etymology: < the name of Moreton Bay, a large bay in southern Queensland, Australia, named in 1770 by Captain Cook < the name of James Douglas, fourteenth Earl of Morton (spelt Moreton in the published account of Cook's voyages), who had been instrumental in sending Cook in search of Australia + bay n.2The name Moreton Bay (district) was formerly applied to Queensland before its separation from New South Wales in 1859.
Chiefly Australian.
I. Compounds.
1. In the names of trees first found in the district of Moreton Bay, Queensland.
a. Moreton Bay pine n. the hoop pine, Araucaria cunninghamii, of coastal New South Wales and Queensland.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > other conifers
juniper1748
bald cypress1785
Norfolk Island pine1803
Norfolk pine1804
taxodium1821
kahikatea1823
Moreton Bay pine1826
mai1831
matai1831
white pine1833
podocarp1846
black rue1864
plum fir1866
cephalotaxus1883
hoop-pine1884
mountain hemlock1884
tide-land spruce1891
kahika1921
Leyland's cypress1933
Metasequoia1941
1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales 13 Moreton Bay Pine—found in great abundance at Moreton Bay.
1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales xv. 33 (heading) Araucaria. (Natural Order Coniferae.)..A. Cunninghamii.—Moreton Bay Pine; Colonial Pine; Hoop Pine.—A noble tree with a pyramidal or somewhat flattened head.
1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby ix. 251 Queensland! the home of the red pine and the kauripine, the red cedar, the Moreton Bay pine, and black-bean.
1981 F. B. Hora Oxf. Encycl. Trees of World 88/1 The wood of Araucaria..is easy to work. Araucaria araucana, A. bidwillii (Bunya-Bunya) and A. cunninghamii, (Moreton Bay Pine or Hoop Pine) are the most important timber trees.
b. Moreton Bay chestnut n. a large evergreen tree, Castanospermum australe (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)) of eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, having racemes of yellow flowers and large woody pods containing poisonous seeds; (also) the dark brown wood of this tree. Also called black bean.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens
pine1788
angophora1804
ohia1815
pate1832
pohutukawa1832
Moreton Bay chestnut1836
Olearia1839
horopito1847
ramarama1848
matipo1853
white pine1856
musk tree1866
manoao1867
patete1867
puka1867
rangiora1867
tawhiri1872
tarata1876
lemon-wood1879
Otago ivy-tree1883
horizontal1888
lehua1888
inanga1889
mountain pine1889
puka1889
Queensland kauri1889
sheep-bush1889
wilga1889
mutton-bird tree1891
tree-daisy1926
1836 J. Blackhouse Extracts from Lett. (1838) iii. 57 Some of the pods of the Moreton Bay chesnut [sic], which is a fine tree, with leaves like those of the European walnuts, are ten inches long and eight round.
1884 A. Nilson Timber Trees New S. Wales 40 C[astanospermum] australeMoreton Bay Chestnut; Bean Tree.—A beautiful tree, attaining a height of 130 feet and a diameter of 5 feet.
1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 259 One of the chief vegetable foods of the blacks is the fruit of ‘tindaburra’ (Moreton Bay chestnutCastanospermum australe).
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 286 Blackbean is an Australian wood, also referred to as Moreton Bay Chestnut.
1982 K. McArthur Bush in Bloom 124 The Moreton Bay Chestnut (castanospermum) is still scattering its red and yellow blossoms over the forest floor.
c. Moreton Bay ash n. a eucalypt with tessellated bark, Eucalyptus tessellaris, of Queensland, northern New South Wales, and New Guinea.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees
yellow box1662
gum tree1676
white gum tree1733
whip-stick1782
peppermint1790
red gum tree1790
red mahogany1798
white gum1798
box1801
blue gum1802
eucalyptus1809
box tree1819
black-butted gum1820
bloodwood1827
white ash1830
blackbutt1833
morrel1837
mountain ash1837
mallee scrub1845
apple gum1846
flooded gum1847
Moreton Bay ash1847
mallee1848
swamp gum1852
box-gum1855
manna gum1855
white top1856
river gum1860
grey box1861
woolly butt1862
marlock1863
fever tree1867
red ironbark1867
river white gum1867
karri1870
yellow jacket1876
eucalypt1877
yapunyah1878
coolibah1879
scribbly gum1883
forest mahogany1884
yellow jack1884
rose gum1885
Jimmy Low1887
nankeen gum1889
slaty gum1889
sugar-gum1889
apple box1890
Murray red gum1895
creek-gum1898
eucalyptian1901
forest red gum1904
river red gum1920
napunyah1921
whitewash gum1923
ghost gum1928
snow gum1928
Sydney blue gum1932
salmon gum1934
lapunyah1940
1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. 75 The Moreton Bay Ash (a species of Eucalyptus)..was here also very plentiful.
1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 15 Moreton Bay ash and other eucalypts.
1944 F. Clune Red Heart 64 Here he saw a Moreton Bay ash tree blazed with the letter L, made on Leichhardt's 1846 expedition.
d. Moreton Bay fig n. (a) any of several fig trees bearing axillary figs, native to eastern Australia; esp. the large Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark, often planted for shade; (b) [rhyming slang for fizgig n.] , an informer.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > fig-tree > types of
sycamore13..
sycamore-tree13..
sycamore-fig1615
Moreton Bay fig1849
Port Jackson fig1875
Pharaoh's fig1884
Illawarra1904
adam's fig1907
Moreton Bay1953
1849 J. Pattison New S. Wales 95 The oak, the elm, and those of the mother country, are seen growing along side the Moreton Bay fig.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 173/2 The Moreton Bay fig-tree has immense wall-like abutments.
1933 D. G. Stead Tree Bk. xxii. 89 A species with large glossy leaves is the well-known Moreton Bay Fig, which..is so hardy.
1953 S. J. Baker Austral. Speaks 134 Moreton Bay (fig), any witness who lays an information, anyone who unwarrantably attends to or meddles in the affairs of others; by rhyme of gig..which may be a contraction of fiz-gig, an informer.
1965 Austral. Encycl. IV. 59/1 The small-leaved Moreton Bay fig (F. platypoda) is the most widely distributed of all the Australian species.
1970 King's Cross Whisper (Sydney) No. 83. 3/1 On the plant side, conservationists are desperately trying to save the Moreton Bay Fig (gig) and the tea leaf (thief).
1975 Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Apr. 46/2 Moreton Bay Figs; gigs, meaning busybodies.
1991 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 29 Sept. 33/1 Moreton Bay fig trees have no place in suburban gardens, but there are many in parks and picnic reserves.
2. Moreton Bay bug n. any of various large marine decapod crustaceans valued for their edible tail flesh; esp. Thenus orientalis (family Scyllaridae) of northern Australia.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of family Scyllaridae
locust lobster1778
crawfish1860
kreef1863
Moreton Bay bug1970
1970 A. Healy & J. Yaldwyn Austral. Crustaceans 58 The ‘Balmain bug’ of New South Wales and the similar-looking ‘Moreton Bay bug’, Thenus orientalis, of Queensland and Northern Australia, are both taken with prawn trawls.
1993 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 23 June 29/3 Our entree selections included Moreton Bay bugs with mango, sweet basil and pickled papaw which were delicious as well as suitably low kilojoule.
II. Simple uses.
3. Australian slang. = Moreton Bay fig n. (b) at sense 1d; (also) a victim of a confidence trick.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe
foola1382
woodcockc1430
geckc1530
cousinc1555
cokes1567
milch cow1582
gudgeon1584
coney1591
martin1591
gull1594
plover1599
rook1600
gull-finch1604
cheatee1615
goata1616
whirligig1624
chouse1649
coll1657
cully1664
bubble1668
lamb1668
Simple Simon?1673
mouth1680
dupe1681
cull1698
bub1699
game1699
muggins1705
colour1707
milk cow1727
flat1762
gulpin1802
slob1810
gaggee1819
sucker1838
hoaxee1840
softie1850
foozle1860
lemon1863
juggins1882
yob1886
patsy1889
yapc1894
fall guy1895
fruit1895
meemaw1895
easy mark1896
lobster1896
mark1896
wise guy1896
come-on1897
pushover1907
John1908
schnookle1908
Gretchen1913
jug1914
schnook1920
soft touch1924
prospect1931
steamer1932
punter1934
dill1941
Joe Soap1943
possum1945
Moreton Bay1953
easy touch1959
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > fig-tree > types of
sycamore13..
sycamore-tree13..
sycamore-fig1615
Moreton Bay fig1849
Port Jackson fig1875
Pharaoh's fig1884
Illawarra1904
adam's fig1907
Moreton Bay1953
1953 S. J. Baker Austral. Speaks v. 134 Morton Bay (fig), any witness who lays an information, anyone who unwarrantably attends to or meddles in the affairs of others;..an informer.
1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) xii. 267 Moreton Bay, a trickster's victim or gay.
1984 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 June 69/1 Fifty percent of the Drug Squad's arrests are based on information received and woebetide a user, supplier or anyone else who becomes a dog, a gig or, as the police term it, a Moreton Bay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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