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单词 pac-man
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Pac-Mann.

Brit. /ˈpakman/, U.S. /ˈpækˌmæn/
Forms: 1900s– Packman, 1900s– Pac Man, 1900s– Pac-Man, 1900s– PacMan, 1900s– Pac-man, 1900s– Pacman, 1900s– pac man, 1900s– pacman, 1900s– Puckman, 1900s– puckman, 1900s– Puc-Man.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pac-Man.
Etymology: < Pac-Man, the proprietary name for the video game < Japanese paku , short for paku-paku taberu to eat quickly with small bites, gobble repeatedly, with alteration of the second element after man n.1Compare:2002 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 27 Apr. 64 We can only observe that the origin of the word Pacman known first as Puckman but changed to avoid predictable revision by English-speakers is in paku-paku, a Japanese slang term meaning to flap one's mouth open and closed.
Originally U.S.
1. A proprietary name for: a video and computer game in which a player guides a character through a maze with the aim of devouring food and opponents and eluding attacks. Also: the central character itself, typically a circle with a wedge-shaped indentation representing a mouth.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > electronic games > specific
pong1976
Space Invaders1979
Pac-Man1981
Nintendo1987
Game Boy1989
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > electronic games > specific character
Pac-Man1981
1981 Ann. Rep. Bally Manuf. Co. 1980 7/1 The exciting new Pac-Man game appeared in October 1980. This game utilizes a hide and seek format with the Pac-Man able to evade or destroy the ghosts while devouring points accumulating energy dots.
1993 D. Sheff Game Over viii. 159Pac-Man’ was a blast in arcades, but the home version ‘sucked’.
2001 Day (New London, Connecticut) 7 Oct. a3/2 Rasmussen's encephalitis, is an autoimmune disorder... It gradually eats away at one hemisphere like a Pac Man, leaving a very debilitated, very handicapped and quite retarded individual.
2. A person who or thing which behaves like Pac-Man; (Finance) a strategy in which the object of a takeover bid makes a counter-bid for the ‘predator’ or acquiring company (usually attributive).
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > types of takeover (bid)
friendly1900
shut-out1969
hostile1972
Pac-Man1982
1982 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 12 Apr. Gov. Dick Thornburgh, while hoping for ‘a parasitical Pac-Man’ that will gobble up gypsy moth eggs, announced Monday the state will spend a record $6 million to spray 500,000 acres of trees against the pest.
1982 Times 1 Sept. 11/2 The Pac-man strategy was used by Cities Service to fight off a bid for the much smaller Mesa Petroleum.
2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Sept. a28/1 Elf Aquitaine..subject to a hostile bid from Franco-Belgian rival TotalFina last year,..resorted to the rarely seen Pac-man defense of bidding for the bidder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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