mustard gasn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌstəd ɡas/, U.S.

/ˈməstərd ˌɡæs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mustard n., gas n.¹

Etymology: < mustard n. + gas n.¹, so called on account of its odour, which is similar to that of mustard, garlic, or horseradish when in an impure form. Compare German Senfgas (1919 or earlier), French gaz moutarde (1931). Compare also yperite n.

A colourless oily liquid whose vapour causes severe irritation and blistering of the skin, used in chemical warfare, originally at Ypres during the First World War (1914–18); bis(2-chloroethyl)sulphide, (ClCH₂CH₂)₂S.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous gas > used in war

mustard gas1917

yperite1917

phosgene1918

war gas1934

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > gas

poison gas1816

gas1897

mustard gas1917

tear-gas1917

yperite1917

mustard1918

phosgene1918

riot gas1930

war gas1934

nausea gas1936

nerve gas1940

tear-smoke1946

Sarin1951

Soman1951

pepper gas1968

stun gas1968

pepper spray1986

1917 Chicago Daily News 16 Aug. 2/6 American soldiers here are testing the resistance offered by their gas masks to the newest and deadliest German poison vapor. It is called 'mustard gas', because of the tear compelling odor of the old fashioned mustard plaster.

1917 Manch. Guardian 21 Aug. 5/2 The Germans have been firing enormous numbers of asphyxiating shells filled with the new poison gas which is nicknamed ‘mustard gas’ on the British front.

1922 Daily Mail 20 Nov. 7 Residents of Horley, Surrey, complain of being ‘gassed’ by the fumes released in the breaking up of mustard gas shells at a dump near Gatwick Racecourse, about a mile and a half away.

1934 Discovery Feb. 32/1 As far as can be judged from the sample of casualties officially studied, one in thirty-eight of the British casualties from ‘mustard gas’ died and about one in four hundred was incapacitated for six months or longer.

1960 New Scientist 20 Oct. 1073/2 Investigators realized that burns produced by mustard gas shared many of the characteristics of burns produced by high doses of X-rays.

1973 G. Beare Snake on Grave xxvi. 160 Less than fifty years ago this place was a sea of blood and mud..scoured and sterilised by mustard gas.

1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero i. 6 He fought in the battle of the Marne and was gassed with mustard gas, which made him prone to pneumonia all his life.

2012 Daily Tel. 20 July 21/1 Syria has one of the largest stockpiles in the Middle East, including nerve agents, sarin, anthrax and mustard gas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mustard gas
释义	mustard gasn. Brit. /ˈmʌstəd ɡas/, U.S. /ˈməstərd ˌɡæs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mustard n., gas n.¹ Etymology: < mustard n. + gas n.¹, so called on account of its odour, which is similar to that of mustard, garlic, or horseradish when in an impure form. Compare German Senfgas (1919 or earlier), French gaz moutarde (1931). Compare also yperite n. A colourless oily liquid whose vapour causes severe irritation and blistering of the skin, used in chemical warfare, originally at Ypres during the First World War (1914–18); bis(2-chloroethyl)sulphide, (ClCH₂CH₂)₂S. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous gas > used in war mustard gas1917 yperite1917 phosgene1918 war gas1934 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > gas poison gas1816 gas1897 mustard gas1917 tear-gas1917 yperite1917 mustard1918 phosgene1918 riot gas1930 war gas1934 nausea gas1936 nerve gas1940 tear-smoke1946 Sarin1951 Soman1951 pepper gas1968 stun gas1968 pepper spray1986 1917 Chicago Daily News 16 Aug. 2/6 American soldiers here are testing the resistance offered by their gas masks to the newest and deadliest German poison vapor. It is called 'mustard gas', because of the tear compelling odor of the old fashioned mustard plaster. 1917 Manch. Guardian 21 Aug. 5/2 The Germans have been firing enormous numbers of asphyxiating shells filled with the new poison gas which is nicknamed ‘mustard gas’ on the British front. 1922 Daily Mail 20 Nov. 7 Residents of Horley, Surrey, complain of being ‘gassed’ by the fumes released in the breaking up of mustard gas shells at a dump near Gatwick Racecourse, about a mile and a half away. 1934 Discovery Feb. 32/1 As far as can be judged from the sample of casualties officially studied, one in thirty-eight of the British casualties from ‘mustard gas’ died and about one in four hundred was incapacitated for six months or longer. 1960 New Scientist 20 Oct. 1073/2 Investigators realized that burns produced by mustard gas shared many of the characteristics of burns produced by high doses of X-rays. 1973 G. Beare Snake on Grave xxvi. 160 Less than fifty years ago this place was a sea of blood and mud..scoured and sterilised by mustard gas. 1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero i. 6 He fought in the battle of the Marne and was gassed with mustard gas, which made him prone to pneumonia all his life. 2012 Daily Tel. 20 July 21/1 Syria has one of the largest stockpiles in the Middle East, including nerve agents, sarin, anthrax and mustard gas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917
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