one-wayadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈwʌnˌweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈwənˈweɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: one adj., way n.¹

Etymology: < one adj. + way n.¹With sense A. 1 perhaps compare one way drink ‘beer of medium quality’ recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. from Shropshire in the late 19th cent.

A. adj.

†1. Designating a kind of coarse bread. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > coarse

unranged1599

one-way1620

1620 T. Venner Via Recta i. 18 Sometimes onely the grosser part of the bran is by a Searse separated from the meale, and a bread made of that which is sifted, called in some places One way bread.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 82 Why are Oysters vsually eaten a little before meale, and that with one way bread?

a. Leading, tending, or going in one direction only.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adjective] > having one direction

one-way1824

unidirectional1883

one-directional1910

monodirectional1962

1824 M. Wilmot Let. 5 Feb. (1935) 206 Our one way life, dearest Alicia, gives me so little to say.

1928 A. S. Eddington Nature Physical World 295 The primary laws of physics do not provide for any such one-way linkage.

1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action i. 12 All reality, in fact, is evolution, in the perfectly proper sense that it is a one-way process in time.

1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising v. 48 Many intonation contrasts in English signal personal attitudes and contextual presuppositions which can scarcely apply to one-way public communication.

1977 Home Office: Rep. Comm. Future of Broadcasting iii. 19 in Parl. Papers 1976–7 (Cmnd. 6753) VI. 1 Broadcasting..is a one-way communication; viewers and listeners cannot question or express approval or disapproval.

2001 Guardian 9 Aug. (Online section) 2/5 Hughes Electronics, the market leader in one-way satellite internet, also plans to get in on the two-way VSAT act.

b. spec. Of a ticket: valid for a journey in one direction only; single. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adjective] > single (of ticket)

one-way1893

1893 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 3 526 The summary of the various forms of tickets for the years named shows as follows:—[1893] one-way..39.

1906 Dial. Notes 3 148 Over three hundred negroes left Springfield, purchasing oneway tickets to many different towns.

1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1464/2 One journalist..later earned himself further notoriety and a oneway ticket to Van Diemen's Land.

1997 Baltimore Made Easy 1997–8 743/1 One-way fare to Washington $3.25.

2001 N.Y. Times 2 May w1/4 The emergence of Virgin Blue touched off a fare war that marked some one-way tickets down to just $17.

c. Of a street, road system, etc.: that permits traffic to travel in only one direction. Of traffic: permitted to travel, or travelling, in only one direction. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [adjective] > types of traffic flow

gyratory1909

one-way1914

tidal1954

contraflow1975

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [adjective] > on which traffic goes in only one direction

one-way1914

1914 World's Work Aug. 302/1 Some little has already been done in the small streets off Piccadilly to request drivers to avoid some streets when going north and others when going south, thereby aiming at ‘one-way’ traffic, but there is no power to enforce the requests.

1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xxi. 191 This is a one-way street. If someone plants something on you and you're innocent, you have no way in the world to prove it.

1972 J. Gores Dead Skip (1973) xv. 105 Kearny entered town on one-way Howard Street.

2002 Independent 10 Jan. i. 3/8 Anti-depressants such as Prozac, Seroxat and other SSRIs..are not always a one-way road to happiness.

d. slang one-way pockets n. the pockets of a miserly person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth > pockets of

one-way pockets1926

1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 11/2 One-way pockets, pockets of tightwad.

1961 P. G. Wodehouse Service with Smile ix. 163 His one-way pockets are a byword all over England.

2001 Independent (Nexis) 4 Mar. 45 It isn't for those with one-way pockets—£97.50 for two with four glasses of wine—but they do..a topping Sunday lunch.

e. Of a window, mirror, etc.: permitting vision from one side; transparent from one side only; transmitting light in one direction only.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > [adjective] > for looking through > one-way

one-waya1940

a1940 F. S. Fitzgerald Last Tycoon (1941) ii. 22 Nowadays all chief executives have huge drawing rooms, but my father's was the first. It was also the first to have one-way glass in the big French windows.

1967 C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post iii. 27 What looked like a dirty bit of glass was a one-way window.

1991 A. Masters Traffic (BNC) 6 The factory was almost entirely made of one-way glass: you could see out from inside, but not in from outside.

2000 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. a 13/1 Yemen and the United States are discussing arrangements to let F.B.I. agents watch interviews of suspects in the bombing of the destroyer Cole through a one-way mirror or on live television relay, officials said today.

3. Of a plough: able to turn the furrows in one direction only.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [adjective] > type of plough

cheped1794

two-furrow1805

one-way1884

1884 F. J. Lloyd Sci. Agric. 128 There is one other plough..called the ‘one-way’ or ‘turnwrest’ plough.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at One-way-zull A two-way-zull, eens can plough vore and back in the same vore, is a handy thing like, but can't make such good work way un's can way a proper good one-way-zull.

1960 Times 15 Feb. 19/2 A one-way plough much lighter in weight.

1992 A. Gore Earth in Balance iii. 71 Mechanization led to the development of the tractor, the combine, the one-way plow, and the truck.

4. Of a switch: providing only one possible path for an electric current, and so constituting the only switch for the circuit concerned.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > device to open or close circuit > [adjective] > providing single route

one-way1896

1896 W. P. Maycock Electr. Lighting (ed. 3) I. v. 113 Fig. 49 shows a simple or one-way switch.

1925 O. Rankin Switches in Wireless Circuits 56 Two ordinary ‘one-way’, or ‘bell switches’, A and B, are used to effect the usual series-parallel switching of the A.T.C.

1965 P. Honey Planning Electr. in House iii. 71 Wall switches are available in one-way and two-way types, the latter being used for the control of lights from two different points (e.g. on staircases).

1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) vii. 335/2 A one-way switch simply turns a light on and off, but two-way switches are wired in pairs so that the light can be controlled from two places.

B. n.

Something that moves or permits movement in only one direction; (also) a unidirectional device.Chiefly in elliptical uses of the adjective: see senses A. 2b, A. 2c, A. 2e and A. 3.Quot. 1933 is a poetic use personifying human beings by the characteristic of only being capable of looking in one direction (i.e. forward) both literally and figuratively.

ΚΠ

1933 W. Lewis One-Way Song (1960) 86 Attempt to gaze out of your bricked-up back: You will soon discover what we One-ways lack! Endeavour to re-occupy the Past: Your stubborn front will force you to stand fast!

1961 Times 11 Aug. 6/5 We have a few more major schemes for one-ways up our sleeves.

1965 G. Shepherd West of Yesterday x. 77 We used a plough, for there was no ‘one-way’, as the modification of the disc plough was later named.

1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere xxi. 239 The living room backdropping the boy was ultramodern, with one whole wall mirrored—tinted glass like the one-ways in police interrogation stalls.

1999 M. Sawyer Park & Ride (2000) ii. 33 Behind me was the road, a short burst of one-way between roundabouts.

2002 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 29 Nov. a16 Riders are encouraged to purchase round-trip tickets prior to the commute, instead of one-ways at the beginning and end.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	one-way
释义	one-wayadj.n. Brit. /ˈwʌnˌweɪ/, U.S. /ˈwənˈweɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: one adj., way n.¹ Etymology: < one adj. + way n.¹With sense A. 1 perhaps compare one way drink ‘beer of medium quality’ recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. from Shropshire in the late 19th cent. A. adj. †1. Designating a kind of coarse bread. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > coarse unranged1599 one-way1620 1620 T. Venner Via Recta i. 18 Sometimes onely the grosser part of the bran is by a Searse separated from the meale, and a bread made of that which is sifted, called in some places One way bread. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 82 Why are Oysters vsually eaten a little before meale, and that with one way bread? 2. a. Leading, tending, or going in one direction only. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > having one direction one-way1824 unidirectional1883 one-directional1910 monodirectional1962 1824 M. Wilmot Let. 5 Feb. (1935) 206 Our one way life, dearest Alicia, gives me so little to say. 1928 A. S. Eddington Nature Physical World 295 The primary laws of physics do not provide for any such one-way linkage. 1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action i. 12 All reality, in fact, is evolution, in the perfectly proper sense that it is a one-way process in time. 1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising v. 48 Many intonation contrasts in English signal personal attitudes and contextual presuppositions which can scarcely apply to one-way public communication. 1977 Home Office: Rep. Comm. Future of Broadcasting iii. 19 in Parl. Papers 1976–7 (Cmnd. 6753) VI. 1 Broadcasting..is a one-way communication; viewers and listeners cannot question or express approval or disapproval. 2001 Guardian 9 Aug. (Online section) 2/5 Hughes Electronics, the market leader in one-way satellite internet, also plans to get in on the two-way VSAT act. b. spec. Of a ticket: valid for a journey in one direction only; single. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adjective] > single (of ticket) one-way1893 1893 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 3 526 The summary of the various forms of tickets for the years named shows as follows:—[1893] one-way..39. 1906 Dial. Notes 3 148 Over three hundred negroes left Springfield, purchasing oneway tickets to many different towns. 1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1464/2 One journalist..later earned himself further notoriety and a oneway ticket to Van Diemen's Land. 1997 Baltimore Made Easy 1997–8 743/1 One-way fare to Washington $3.25. 2001 N.Y. Times 2 May w1/4 The emergence of Virgin Blue touched off a fare war that marked some one-way tickets down to just $17. c. Of a street, road system, etc.: that permits traffic to travel in only one direction. Of traffic: permitted to travel, or travelling, in only one direction. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [adjective] > types of traffic flow gyratory1909 one-way1914 tidal1954 contraflow1975 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [adjective] > on which traffic goes in only one direction one-way1914 1914 World's Work Aug. 302/1 Some little has already been done in the small streets off Piccadilly to request drivers to avoid some streets when going north and others when going south, thereby aiming at ‘one-way’ traffic, but there is no power to enforce the requests. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xxi. 191 This is a one-way street. If someone plants something on you and you're innocent, you have no way in the world to prove it. 1972 J. Gores Dead Skip (1973) xv. 105 Kearny entered town on one-way Howard Street. 2002 Independent 10 Jan. i. 3/8 Anti-depressants such as Prozac, Seroxat and other SSRIs..are not always a one-way road to happiness. d. slang one-way pockets n. the pockets of a miserly person. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth > pockets of one-way pockets1926 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 11/2 One-way pockets, pockets of tightwad. 1961 P. G. Wodehouse Service with Smile ix. 163 His one-way pockets are a byword all over England. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 4 Mar. 45 It isn't for those with one-way pockets—£97.50 for two with four glasses of wine—but they do..a topping Sunday lunch. e. Of a window, mirror, etc.: permitting vision from one side; transparent from one side only; transmitting light in one direction only. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > [adjective] > for looking through > one-way one-waya1940 a1940 F. S. Fitzgerald Last Tycoon (1941) ii. 22 Nowadays all chief executives have huge drawing rooms, but my father's was the first. It was also the first to have one-way glass in the big French windows. 1967 C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post iii. 27 What looked like a dirty bit of glass was a one-way window. 1991 A. Masters Traffic (BNC) 6 The factory was almost entirely made of one-way glass: you could see out from inside, but not in from outside. 2000 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. a 13/1 Yemen and the United States are discussing arrangements to let F.B.I. agents watch interviews of suspects in the bombing of the destroyer Cole through a one-way mirror or on live television relay, officials said today. 3. Of a plough: able to turn the furrows in one direction only. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [adjective] > type of plough cheped1794 two-furrow1805 one-way1884 1884 F. J. Lloyd Sci. Agric. 128 There is one other plough..called the ‘one-way’ or ‘turnwrest’ plough. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at One-way-zull A two-way-zull, eens can plough vore and back in the same vore, is a handy thing like, but can't make such good work way un's can way a proper good one-way-zull. 1960 Times 15 Feb. 19/2 A one-way plough much lighter in weight. 1992 A. Gore Earth in Balance iii. 71 Mechanization led to the development of the tractor, the combine, the one-way plow, and the truck. 4. Of a switch: providing only one possible path for an electric current, and so constituting the only switch for the circuit concerned. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > device to open or close circuit > [adjective] > providing single route one-way1896 1896 W. P. Maycock Electr. Lighting (ed. 3) I. v. 113 Fig. 49 shows a simple or one-way switch. 1925 O. Rankin Switches in Wireless Circuits 56 Two ordinary ‘one-way’, or ‘bell switches’, A and B, are used to effect the usual series-parallel switching of the A.T.C. 1965 P. Honey Planning Electr. in House iii. 71 Wall switches are available in one-way and two-way types, the latter being used for the control of lights from two different points (e.g. on staircases). 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) vii. 335/2 A one-way switch simply turns a light on and off, but two-way switches are wired in pairs so that the light can be controlled from two places. B. n. Something that moves or permits movement in only one direction; (also) a unidirectional device.Chiefly in elliptical uses of the adjective: see senses A. 2b, A. 2c, A. 2e and A. 3.Quot. 1933 is a poetic use personifying human beings by the characteristic of only being capable of looking in one direction (i.e. forward) both literally and figuratively. ΚΠ 1933 W. Lewis One-Way Song (1960) 86 Attempt to gaze out of your bricked-up back: You will soon discover what we One-ways lack! Endeavour to re-occupy the Past: Your stubborn front will force you to stand fast! 1961 Times 11 Aug. 6/5 We have a few more major schemes for one-ways up our sleeves. 1965 G. Shepherd West of Yesterday x. 77 We used a plough, for there was no ‘one-way’, as the modification of the disc plough was later named. 1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere xxi. 239 The living room backdropping the boy was ultramodern, with one whole wall mirrored—tinted glass like the one-ways in police interrogation stalls. 1999 M. Sawyer Park & Ride (2000) ii. 33 Behind me was the road, a short burst of one-way between roundabouts. 2002 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 29 Nov. a16 Riders are encouraged to purchase round-trip tickets prior to the commute, instead of one-ways at the beginning and end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1620
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