pearl-divingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːlˌdʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpərlˌdaɪvɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pearl n.¹, diving adj.

Etymology: < pearl n.¹ + diving adj. Compare earlier pearl diver n., pearl diving n.

That engages in pearl diving.

ΚΠ

1845 R. Browning Flight of Duchess xvi, in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 18/2 She turned as a shark to snap the spare-rib Clean off..from a pearl-diving Carib.

1942 Times 5 Mar. 3/2 (headline) Pearl-diving spies in Australia.

1973 S. G. Shiber in L. C. Brown From Madina to Metropolis vi. 173 The city..became the expression of..a sea-faring, desert-daring, pearl-diving, patriarchal society.

2000 Economist 15 July 123/3 The pearl-diving inhabitants of one South Pacific island were found to suffer from the bends, while the residents of a neighbouring island did not.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pearl-diving
释义	pearl-divingadj. Brit. /ˈpəːlˌdʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərlˌdaɪvɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pearl n.¹, diving adj. Etymology: < pearl n.¹ + diving adj. Compare earlier pearl diver n., pearl diving n. That engages in pearl diving. ΚΠ 1845 R. Browning Flight of Duchess xvi, in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 18/2 She turned as a shark to snap the spare-rib Clean off..from a pearl-diving Carib. 1942 Times 5 Mar. 3/2 (headline) Pearl-diving spies in Australia. 1973 S. G. Shiber in L. C. Brown From Madina to Metropolis vi. 173 The city..became the expression of..a sea-faring, desert-daring, pearl-diving, patriarchal society. 2000 Economist 15 July 123/3 The pearl-diving inhabitants of one South Pacific island were found to suffer from the bends, while the residents of a neighbouring island did not. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1845
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