单词 | old one |
释义 | old onen. 1. Frequently with the. An elderly person, esp. one's father or mother; (Irish English and Liverpool) an old woman; also applied familiarly to a person who is deceased. Also, in oral cultures: a senior member of a social group, esp. one who preserves the history and traditions of the group. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > [noun] parent?a1425 old one1642 aged p.1861 aged parent1861 rent1968 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. E These two old ones their last gasp had fet. 1776 H. Cowley Runaway I. Prologue Have the old ones tired you, with their Greek, and their Geometry? 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 204 ‘It's the old 'un.’ ‘Old one,’ said Mr. Pickwick. ‘What old one?’ ‘My father, Sir,’ replied Mr. Weller. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. iii. xix. 140 If they turn us out..there'll be nothing but the House for us old 'uns. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah v. 253 There! What have you to say to that, old one? 1925 S. O'Casey Shadow of Gunman 4 The way these oul' ones bawl at a body. 1954 O. St. J. Gogarty It isn't this Time of Year 18 It's as mean and meagre as the old wan that owns it. 1988 R. J. Conley Witch of Goingsnake & Stories 14 I heard the ancient stories, told by the old ones, many times as a child. 1997 C. B. Divakaruni Mistress of Spices 97 ‘Open yourself to the sight,’ the Old One told us, ‘and it will show you what you need to know.’ 2. A humorous or familiar name for: the Devil. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 1790 R. Tyler Contrast v. ii. 74 Is the old one in you? 1822 C. P. Clinch Spy iii. vii, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 101 Ye're knowing whether or no he's a kin to Beelzeboob—it's Sargeant Hollister there who's saying there's a relationship atwixt him and the ould one. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 253 His Master..the Old One. 1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese xviii. 270 You're the match of the old one for cleverness. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 44 The auld yin, the devil. 3. In plural. With the. Usually with capital initials. = Anasazi n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific North American culture woodland1917 Anasazi1936 Mogollon1936 Palaeo-Indian1940 old ones1963 Hohokam- 1963 in M. B. Grosvenor Great Adventures with National Geographic 199 We had come to learn more of the ancient Pueblo Indians, called by the Navajo Anasazi, ‘the Old Ones’. 1988 M. Bishop Unicorn Mountain (1989) xvii. 187 Merely masking a boxy house with a big stucco tepee was not the best way of persuading the gods that you were back in touch with both the earth and the Old Ones. 1999 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 24 Oct. 3 g The Old Ones were not buffalo-chasing primitives; they erected palaces, great centers, and farmed large acreages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642 |
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