Neptunen.

Brit.

/ˈnɛptjuːn/,

/ˈnɛptʃuːn/, U.S.

/ˈnɛpˌt(j)un/

Forms: Old English– Neptune, 1600s Neptun.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Neptūnus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Neptūnus Neptune, the god of the sea; further etymology uncertain. Compare Middle French Neptune (16th cent. denoting the sea, 1848 denoting the planet).

a. In Roman religion and mythology: the god of the sea, corresponding to the Greek Poseidon. Also in allusive use, or as a personification of the sea.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Neptune

NeptuneOE

earth-shaker1580

tridentifer1600

circler of the earth?1611

trident-bearer1749

water monarch1785

trident-swayer1904

OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) xii. 16 Eala, þu sæ Neptune, manna bereafigend and unscæððigra beswicend, þu eart wælreowra þonne Antiochus se cyngc.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 983 Jupiter..Unto his brother, which Neptune Was hote, it list him to comune Part of his good.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2421 Phyllis, The se..possith hym now up now doun Til Neptune hath of hym compassioun.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. iii. (heading) How that Enee wes witht the tempest schaik, And how Neptune his navy saifit fra wraik.

1564 Briefe Exam. sig. Biv^v Wyne was consecrated vnto Bacchus,..Water vnto Neptune.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 126 Full often hath she..sat, with me on Neptunes yellow sands.

1630 P. Massinger Renegado i. iii. sig. C3 We are the Neptunes of the Ocean.

a1678 A. Marvell Char. Holland in Misc. Poems (1681) 115 For while our Neptune doth a Trident shake..Vainly in Hell let Pluto domineer.

1747 Scheme Equip. Men of War 23 Their Tide of Learning,..whilst under the Influence of Neptune, is always Ebb.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 435 Many were revendicated to Neptune's antique demesne.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xxxi, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 305 The sacred wood, Which..Echoes the voice of Neptune.

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xvii. 251 Neptune, when imprisoned in such deep, narrow ocean valleys, is powerless.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xv. 400 In old pictures the sea deities in attendance on Neptune are often represented blowing shell-trumpets.

1963 N. Bawden Secret Passage vii. 97 ‘I'm supposed to be Neptune,’ he said. ‘This is my Trident.’

1992 J. Steffler Afterlife George Cartwright ii. 31 They crossed the equator..and all first-timers underwent Neptune's rites.

b. A sailor impersonating the sea-god Neptune in a ceremony observed on board ship when crossing the equator.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailor impersonating Neptune in ceremony

Neptune1815

1815 Let. 20 Oct. in Ann. Reg. 1815 (1816) ii. Chron. 104/2 At the usual ceremony of passing the Line,..Buonaparte made a present to old Neptune of one hundred Napoleons.

1829 C. H. Barnard Narr. Sufferings & Adventures i. 11 While crossing the equator, lon. 18° 30′, old father Neptune came saucily on board, and was received with the usual formalities.

1930 Daily Express 23 May 1/2 She crossed the equator at 9 a.m., and all the passengers received Neptune's baptism.

2. A brass or copper pan or plate used for the evaporation of sea water to obtain salt. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > equipment

pail1481

walling-lead1611

walma1661

Neptune1662

loot1669

ship1669

clearerc1682

cribc1682

barrow1686

hovel1686

leach-trough1686

salt-pan1708

sun pond1708

sun pan1724

scrape-pan1746

taplin1748

drab1753

room1809

thorn house1853

thorn-wall1853

fore-heater1880

pike1884

trunk1885

1662 T. Chambrelan et al. Let. 7 May in E. India Co. Let. Bks. E/3/86 f. 70^v Wee desire that..you provide..5000^lb. Waight of Guiney Neptune, of the severall sorts which the holland company usually sends.

1750 in Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 45 711 We have supplied many cargoes of Brass Neptunes, Guiny Pans, Kettles, [etc.].

1833 W. F. W. Owen et al. Narr. Voy. Afr., Arabia, Madagascar II. 315 A profusion of consecrated articles, such as cloths, neptunes, pots, pans, [etc.]

1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. viii. 90 The ‘neptune’—a plate of yellow copper, which has long been one of the standard articles of trade imported hither by the merchants.

1927 E. Lewis Trader Horn (1930) i. ii. 45 A bag of salt would be exchanged for brass and copper rods, lead bars, spiral wire plates, brass neptunes, trade boxes [etc.].

1969 A. Ryder Benin & Europeans iii. 98 Metal goods were in constant demand..the Dutch sent to Benin brass stew-pans, large and small brass bowls or ‘neptunes’, copper buckets.

3. (The name of) the planet of the solar system eighth in order of average distance from the sun.Neptune was first observed by Johann Galle at the Berlin Observatory in 1846, close to a position calculated (from the motion of Uranus) by the French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier (and independently by the British mathematician John Couch Adams). It is the fourth largest planet in the solar system in terms of size (the third largest in terms of mass), and is a gas giant with at least eight satellites and a faint ring system. Lying beyond the orbit of Uranus, Neptune is invisible to the naked eye.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Neptune

Neptune1847

1847 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 53 132 The name of the new planet seems not yet quite determined. The mythology designations of Janus, Oceanus, Neptunus, Atlas, &c., have been proposed.]

1847 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 53 441 The new planet Neptune.—The planet discovered by Galle, Sept. 23, 1846, in consequence of the indications furnished by Le Verrier, is by the Russian and German astronomers denominated Neptune, in accordance with the first decision of the Bureau des Longitudes, and of Le Verrier himself.

1848 Astron. Observ. Radcliffe Observ. 7 284 Observed Right Ascensions and North Polar distances of the Planet Neptune.

1890 C. A. Young Elem. Astron. §487 Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, do not seem yet to have cooled off to anything like the earth's condition.

1954 C. Payne-Gaposchkin Introd. Astron. viii. 177 The major planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) are all large, of low density, and surrounded by huge atmospheres.

1989 Newsweek 4 Sept. 50/1 Streaking through the remote exurbs of the solar system, the unmanned spacecraft Voyager 2 swooped over the north pole of the planet Neptune.

1991 C. A. Ronan Nat. Hist. Universe 132/2 Neptune also has a long-lived dark blue spot, named the Great Dark Spot.., which moves more slowly than the clouds surrounding it in the southern hemisphere.

2001 Sugar Feb. 114/3 There's a dodgy aspect between the moon and your ruling planet, Neptune, and this warns you to keep away from any negative people.

Compounds

Neptune's goblet n. = Neptune's cup n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [noun] > member of > specific types > thalassema neptuni

Neptune's cup1833

Neptune's goblet1839

1839 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 36 386 Dr. A. A. Gould, had examined the marine production presented some time since by Mr. Ballister, and commonly called Neptune's goblet.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 496 Neptune's Goblets, the large cup-shaped sponges found in the eastern seas.

1977 T. I. Storer et al. Elements Zool. (ed. 4) xvi. 270 (caption) Class Demospongia: Poterion, Neptune's goblet.

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

单词	neptune
释义	Neptunen. Brit. /ˈnɛptjuːn/, /ˈnɛptʃuːn/, U.S. /ˈnɛpˌt(j)un/ Forms: Old English– Neptune, 1600s Neptun. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Neptūnus. Etymology: < classical Latin Neptūnus Neptune, the god of the sea; further etymology uncertain. Compare Middle French Neptune (16th cent. denoting the sea, 1848 denoting the planet). 1. a. In Roman religion and mythology: the god of the sea, corresponding to the Greek Poseidon. Also in allusive use, or as a personification of the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Neptune NeptuneOE earth-shaker1580 tridentifer1600 circler of the earth?1611 trident-bearer1749 water monarch1785 trident-swayer1904 OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) xii. 16 Eala, þu sæ Neptune, manna bereafigend and unscæððigra beswicend, þu eart wælreowra þonne Antiochus se cyngc. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 983 Jupiter..Unto his brother, which Neptune Was hote, it list him to comune Part of his good. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2421 Phyllis, The se..possith hym now up now doun Til Neptune hath of hym compassioun. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. iii. (heading) How that Enee wes witht the tempest schaik, And how Neptune his navy saifit fra wraik. 1564 Briefe Exam. sig. Biv^v Wyne was consecrated vnto Bacchus,..Water vnto Neptune. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 126 Full often hath she..sat, with me on Neptunes yellow sands. View more context for this quotation 1630 P. Massinger Renegado i. iii. sig. C3 We are the Neptunes of the Ocean. a1678 A. Marvell Char. Holland in Misc. Poems (1681) 115 For while our Neptune doth a Trident shake..Vainly in Hell let Pluto domineer. 1747 Scheme Equip. Men of War 23 Their Tide of Learning,..whilst under the Influence of Neptune, is always Ebb. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 435 Many were revendicated to Neptune's antique demesne. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xxxi, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 305 The sacred wood, Which..Echoes the voice of Neptune. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xvii. 251 Neptune, when imprisoned in such deep, narrow ocean valleys, is powerless. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xv. 400 In old pictures the sea deities in attendance on Neptune are often represented blowing shell-trumpets. 1963 N. Bawden Secret Passage vii. 97 ‘I'm supposed to be Neptune,’ he said. ‘This is my Trident.’ 1992 J. Steffler Afterlife George Cartwright ii. 31 They crossed the equator..and all first-timers underwent Neptune's rites. b. A sailor impersonating the sea-god Neptune in a ceremony observed on board ship when crossing the equator. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailor impersonating Neptune in ceremony Neptune1815 1815 Let. 20 Oct. in Ann. Reg. 1815 (1816) ii. Chron. 104/2 At the usual ceremony of passing the Line,..Buonaparte made a present to old Neptune of one hundred Napoleons. 1829 C. H. Barnard Narr. Sufferings & Adventures i. 11 While crossing the equator, lon. 18° 30′, old father Neptune came saucily on board, and was received with the usual formalities. 1930 Daily Express 23 May 1/2 She crossed the equator at 9 a.m., and all the passengers received Neptune's baptism. 2. A brass or copper pan or plate used for the evaporation of sea water to obtain salt. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > equipment pail1481 walling-lead1611 walma1661 Neptune1662 loot1669 ship1669 clearerc1682 cribc1682 barrow1686 hovel1686 leach-trough1686 salt-pan1708 sun pond1708 sun pan1724 scrape-pan1746 taplin1748 drab1753 room1809 thorn house1853 thorn-wall1853 fore-heater1880 pike1884 trunk1885 1662 T. Chambrelan et al. Let. 7 May in E. India Co. Let. Bks. E/3/86 f. 70^v Wee desire that..you provide..5000^lb. Waight of Guiney Neptune, of the severall sorts which the holland company usually sends. 1750 in Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 45 711 We have supplied many cargoes of Brass Neptunes, Guiny Pans, Kettles, [etc.]. 1833 W. F. W. Owen et al. Narr. Voy. Afr., Arabia, Madagascar II. 315 A profusion of consecrated articles, such as cloths, neptunes, pots, pans, [etc.] 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. viii. 90 The ‘neptune’—a plate of yellow copper, which has long been one of the standard articles of trade imported hither by the merchants. 1927 E. Lewis Trader Horn (1930) i. ii. 45 A bag of salt would be exchanged for brass and copper rods, lead bars, spiral wire plates, brass neptunes, trade boxes [etc.]. 1969 A. Ryder Benin & Europeans iii. 98 Metal goods were in constant demand..the Dutch sent to Benin brass stew-pans, large and small brass bowls or ‘neptunes’, copper buckets. 3. (The name of) the planet of the solar system eighth in order of average distance from the sun.Neptune was first observed by Johann Galle at the Berlin Observatory in 1846, close to a position calculated (from the motion of Uranus) by the French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier (and independently by the British mathematician John Couch Adams). It is the fourth largest planet in the solar system in terms of size (the third largest in terms of mass), and is a gas giant with at least eight satellites and a faint ring system. Lying beyond the orbit of Uranus, Neptune is invisible to the naked eye. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Neptune Neptune1847 1847 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 53 132 The name of the new planet seems not yet quite determined. The mythology designations of Janus, Oceanus, Neptunus, Atlas, &c., have been proposed.] 1847 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 53 441 The new planet Neptune.—The planet discovered by Galle, Sept. 23, 1846, in consequence of the indications furnished by Le Verrier, is by the Russian and German astronomers denominated Neptune, in accordance with the first decision of the Bureau des Longitudes, and of Le Verrier himself. 1848 Astron. Observ. Radcliffe Observ. 7 284 Observed Right Ascensions and North Polar distances of the Planet Neptune. 1890 C. A. Young Elem. Astron. §487 Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, do not seem yet to have cooled off to anything like the earth's condition. 1954 C. Payne-Gaposchkin Introd. Astron. viii. 177 The major planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) are all large, of low density, and surrounded by huge atmospheres. 1989 Newsweek 4 Sept. 50/1 Streaking through the remote exurbs of the solar system, the unmanned spacecraft Voyager 2 swooped over the north pole of the planet Neptune. 1991 C. A. Ronan Nat. Hist. Universe 132/2 Neptune also has a long-lived dark blue spot, named the Great Dark Spot.., which moves more slowly than the clouds surrounding it in the southern hemisphere. 2001 Sugar Feb. 114/3 There's a dodgy aspect between the moon and your ruling planet, Neptune, and this warns you to keep away from any negative people. Compounds Neptune's goblet n. = Neptune's cup n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [noun] > member of > specific types > thalassema neptuni Neptune's cup1833 Neptune's goblet1839 1839 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 36 386 Dr. A. A. Gould, had examined the marine production presented some time since by Mr. Ballister, and commonly called Neptune's goblet. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 496 Neptune's Goblets, the large cup-shaped sponges found in the eastern seas. 1977 T. I. Storer et al. Elements Zool. (ed. 4) xvi. 270 (caption) Class Demospongia: Poterion, Neptune's goblet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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