Pekingn.

Brit.

/ˌpiːˈkɪŋ/, U.S.

/piˈkɪŋ/,

/ˈpiˈkɪŋ/,

/ˈpeɪˈkɪŋ/

Forms: 1700s– Pekin, 1800s– Peking. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Peking.

Etymology: < Peking, the name of the capital city of China (now usually Beijing , Chinese Běijīng , Wade-Giles transcription Pei-ching (formerly also transliterated Pekin ), lit. ‘northern capital’, contrasted with Nánjīng ‘southern capital’). With sense 1 compare French pékin (1564 in Middle French in an isolated attestation as pekin; subsequently from 1756).The presence of medial k in the name of the city is explained by the fact that the stop /k/ (Pinyin g ) was the initial consonant of the second element of the name in Middle Chinese and in Old Mandarin (14th cent.) and persisted until the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries who first transmitted the name to the West. The place name is earliest attested in English in the forms Paquin and Pequin (early 17th cent., probably after Portuguese Pequin ); the forms Pekin and Peking occur from the later 17th cent. Pekin was quite commonly used in the 19th cent., but Peking was usual in the 20th cent. until the adoption of the more authentic form Beijing . For the current word the spelling Peking is now usual in the simple senses apart from sense 1 and in the better attested compounds apart from Pekin robin. O.E.D.Suppl. (1982) also gives the pronunciation (pī·ki·n) /ˈpiːˈkɪn/ for the form Pekin.

1. Usually in form pekin. A kind of rich fabric (originally of silk), typically with broad contrasting stripes.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > other

camaca1338

eburgese1558

mantua1678

shagreen1702

brilliant1719

Mantua1731

sayette1770

Peking1776

throwns1828

satin de chine1833

satin de Lyon1868

Florence1882

taffetine1884

Milanese silk1897

Pompadour sheeny1902

météor1908

1776 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1901) 7 168 Cantoons, Pekins, Denims.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 193 Valencia manufactures Pekins [Fr. Pékins] superior to those of China.

1835 Court Mag. 6 p. ii/1 Some of the most novel promenade robes are composed of pekin.

1891 Daily News 24 Feb. 5/3 The material was..striped brocade or pekin, having on the silken stripes flowers in old rose.

1954 ‘M. Cost’ Invitation from Minerva 105 The mahogany bed was draped with Pekin.

2003 Independent (Nexis) 4 Oct. 11 Pekin is a silk fabric in which broad stripes are alternated.

2. = Peking duck n. (a) at Compounds 2.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

Roan duck1763

wood-duck1777

Rouen1785

lady1792

stranger1792

Rouen duck1795

tree-duck1824

Labrador duck1834

hareld1841

whio1847

pink-eyed duck1848

penguin duck1850

topknot duck1850

Aylesbury1854

roan1854

pink-eye1861

Peking duck1874

runner1878

bluebill1884

Steller's (eider) (duck)1884

Peking1885

half-bird1893

torrent-duck1899

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 647/1 The Pekin, a white breed with pale yellowish tint in the plumage, and a very bright orange bill.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 882/2 Some duck-farmers in England have..also adopted the Peking.

1972 Guardian 24 May 9/1 You've got your Peking, your Aylesbury, your Muscovy.

1988 M. Stewart Quick Cook Menus ii. 155 There are two basic kinds of duck available now in markets: the domestic Pekin and the darker, wilder-tasting Muscovy or mallard.

3. A type of Chinese rug or carpet.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Chinese

Peking1904

Tientsin1904

1904 M. B. Langton How to know Oriental Rugs viii. 223 The Peking, Tientsin, and Samarkand are the only varieties known in this country.

1913 G. G. Lewis Pract. Bk. Oriental Rugs (rev. ed.) 303 Those [rugs] which reach our own shores are generally divided into three classes according to the districts from which they came, namely, Pekin, Tientsin and Thibet.

1962 C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs 270 The Peking is a medium priced rug, costing much less than the Sarouk and half that of a good Kirman.

1998 Carpet & Floorcoverings Rev. (Nexis) Apr. 48 Peking is the collective name given to rugs which show ancient symbols relating to religion, literature and science.

Compounds

C1.

Peking carpet n.

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1969 G. Sims Sand Dollar i. 14 He slumped down further in the chair, letting his feet sink deep into the Pekin washed-silk carpet.

1971 National Geographic Oct. 548/2 The Westerner who makes his way past the propaganda finds Shantung silk, Swatow lace, Peking carpets.

1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 41 (caption) A Chinese Peking carpet, circa 1890. Hand-knotted woollen pile on a woollen foundation.

Peking crepe n.

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1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 7/2 Pekin Crepe or Momie Cloth, 29 inches wide, used for fancy party dresses, draperies, etc.

1895 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 24 Apr. There are new effects in a new weave of Peking crape and silk and in all the colors of the rainbow.

Peking rug n.

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1922 Frederick (Maryland) Post 3 Oct. 4/3 The increasing popularity of Peking rugs in the United States.

1995 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 22 Jan. A number of colorful Persian and Peking rugs cover the wood parquet floors of the museum.

C2.

Peking duck n. (a) a breed of large white duck with yellow bill and legs, imported from China to Britain and the United States in 1873; a bird of this breed; cf. sense 2; (b) a Chinese dish consisting of strips of roast duck served with shredded vegetables and a sweet sauce.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fowl dishes > [noun]

blancmange1377

bouce Janec1420

sweet-blanchc1430

dumpoke1698

temperade1699

biberot1706

howtowdie1728

alderman?1782

suprême de volaille1822

chicken fixings1837

paprikahendl1839

poule au pot1849

Marengo1861

paprikahuhn1870

Peking duck1874

poule au riz1882

Maryland chicken1888

chicken finger1900

arroz con pollo1901

moo goo gai pan1902

chicken à la King1905

coq au vin1915

chicken burger1933

supreme of chicken1939

cassoulet1940

chicken rice1950

piccata1963

chicken tender1969

turducken1982

Kiev1993

chimaek2012

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

Roan duck1763

wood-duck1777

Rouen1785

lady1792

stranger1792

Rouen duck1795

tree-duck1824

Labrador duck1834

hareld1841

whio1847

pink-eyed duck1848

penguin duck1850

topknot duck1850

Aylesbury1854

roan1854

pink-eye1861

Peking duck1874

runner1878

bluebill1884

Steller's (eider) (duck)1884

Peking1885

half-bird1893

torrent-duck1899

1874 Fancier's Gaz. 11 Apr. 11 (caption) Pekin Ducks.

1880 L. Wright Illustr. Bk. Poultry (rev. ed.) xxxv. 541 The Pekin Duck is one of the most valuable of recent introductions... The Pekin Duck differs from all others in the shape and carriage of its body, which is a peculiar boat or barge shape.

1927 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Oct. 2/3 Perhaps they seek the joy of restaurants, succulent with the odors of Peking duck, noodles and antique eggs.

1973 L. Hellman Pentimento (1974) 185 I was driving back to the farm trying not to listen to the noise that came from two crates of Pekin ducks.

2003 Time Out N.Y. 24 Apr. 39/4 Meals included steamed pork dumplings..and crisp Peking duck.

Peking Labrador n. rare a kind of silk decorated with a floral pattern.

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persiana1827

lampas1851

Peking Labrador1960

1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 268/2 Pekin Labrador,..a Pekin silk flowered in wreaths.

Peking man n. a fossil hominid of the middle Pleistocene, first described in 1926 (as Sinanthropus pekinensis) from remains found in caves in China and now usually classified as Homo erectus.

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the world > people > protohuman > [noun]

anthropolite1778

Neanderthal man1861

caveman1862

man1863

prehistoric man1863

Pithecanthropus1873

Java man1895

Homo erectus1904

Heidelberg1909

Eoanthropus1912

dawn man1913

Neanderthaler1913

Piltdown man1913

Aurignacian1915

Neanderthalian1920

Rhodesian man1921

Boskopoid1926

Peking man1926

Sinanthropus1927

Piltdown1931

Predmostian1931

Minnesota Man1932

Neanderthaloid1934

Steinheim1935

Gigantopithecus1936

Africanthropus1938

Paranthropus1938

Piltdowner1941

Meganthropus1942

Telanthropus1949

Saldanha Man1953

pithecanthropine1955

Nutcracker Man1959

Homo habilis1964

iceman1972

1926 Peking Leader 24 Oct. in Bull. Peking Soc. Nat. Hist. (1928) 2 iv. p. xix His [sc. J. G. Andersson's] work..culminated in the discovery of the two teeth of the ‘Peking Man’ (Dr. Andersson did not call the ancient inhabitant by that title, but probably this will be his popular designation).

1946 J. S. Huxley Unesco i. 10 They [sc. man's innate mental powers] certainly were improved..in the earliest stages of his career, from Pekin man through the Neanderthalers to our own species.

1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 20 Sept. 41/1 He goes in search of the bones of Peking Man, which, in real life, were lost at the end of World War II.

Peking opera n. a stylized form of opera popular in China since the late 18th cent., in which speech, singing, mime, and acrobatics are performed to instrumental accompaniment.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [noun] > type of

comic opera1706

grand opera1720

operetta1741

opera comique1742

burletta1748

opera buffa1783

mezzo carattere1806

opera seria1808

light opera1813

tragédie lyrique1823

opera semiseria1825

opera bouffe1842

operette1871

rescue opera1943

Peking opera1953

monodrama1954

opera magica1956

pop opera1964

bouffe-

1953 Times 26 Sept. 5/4 The traditional plots of the Peking opera have in some places been censored or altered to cut out feudal excesses.

1970 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music (rev. ed.) 153/1 The Peking opera has a short history (c. 100 years). Although the highly stylized singing and acting demands a cultivated taste, the Peking opera remains the most popular musical art form.

1990 Beijing Rev. 20 Aug. 3/2 Members of a Peking opera troupe from China receive a warm welcome after a performance in India.

Peking point n. rare a kind of silk painted with a floral pattern picked out in gold.

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1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 268/2 Pekin point,..a very rich white silk painted with flowers or bouquets with foliage, with a light mixture of gold in the pattern.

Peking robin n. (usually in form Pekin robin) the red-billed leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea, an Asian babbler with grey upperparts and red and yellow underparts, which has a loud melodious song and is popular as a cage bird, esp. in China.

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1905 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 2 June 4/3 The Japanese nightingale, or Pekin robin, is becoming naturalized in the parks of London, where some were raised recently.

1934 Science 20 Apr. 7/1 Not only parrots and parrakeets are susceptible to psittacosis.., but also the canary, bullfinch, nonpareil.., Pekin robin and even the chicken.

1999 Cage & Aviary Birds 14 Aug. 6/3 The complete novice should gain experience by first keeping ‘easy’ species, such as zosterops and Pekin robins.

Peking spaniel n. rare = Pekinese n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > toy > Pekingese

sleeve dog1890

Pekinese1902

Peking spaniel1910

Pekie1920

sleeve Pekinese1949

1910 R. Leighton Dogs & All about Them xlv. 290 At shows there should be two distinct classes; the Palace dog and the Pekin Spaniel, or any other name which would enable the breeds to be kept distinct.

1913 A. Conan Doyle Poison Belt (ed. 2) v. 163 There were three gaily dressed women, all young and beautiful, one of them with a Peking spaniel upon her lap.

Peking stripe n. now rare a fabric design of coloured stripes, characteristic of pekin (see sense 1).

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > striped patterns

candy stripe1875

Peking stripe1879

ribbon grain1932

ribbon figure1933

1879 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 15 Sept. (advt.) Embroidered Facone Silks,..Pekin Stripe Silks, Pekin Stripe Velvets, In All Colors.

1886 Times 3 July 16/5 Black Pekin stripe satins, very rich, at 3s. 6d.

1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 268/2 Pekin,..a silk textile of the nature of taffeta, having fine stripes running through it; hence ‘Pekin stripes’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peking
释义	Pekingn. Brit. /ˌpiːˈkɪŋ/, U.S. /piˈkɪŋ/, /ˈpiˈkɪŋ/, /ˈpeɪˈkɪŋ/ Forms: 1700s– Pekin, 1800s– Peking. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Peking. Etymology: < Peking, the name of the capital city of China (now usually Beijing , Chinese Běijīng , Wade-Giles transcription Pei-ching (formerly also transliterated Pekin ), lit. ‘northern capital’, contrasted with Nánjīng ‘southern capital’). With sense 1 compare French pékin (1564 in Middle French in an isolated attestation as pekin; subsequently from 1756).The presence of medial k in the name of the city is explained by the fact that the stop /k/ (Pinyin g ) was the initial consonant of the second element of the name in Middle Chinese and in Old Mandarin (14th cent.) and persisted until the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries who first transmitted the name to the West. The place name is earliest attested in English in the forms Paquin and Pequin (early 17th cent., probably after Portuguese Pequin ); the forms Pekin and Peking occur from the later 17th cent. Pekin was quite commonly used in the 19th cent., but Peking was usual in the 20th cent. until the adoption of the more authentic form Beijing . For the current word the spelling Peking is now usual in the simple senses apart from sense 1 and in the better attested compounds apart from Pekin robin. O.E.D.Suppl. (1982) also gives the pronunciation (pī·ki·n) /ˈpiːˈkɪn/ for the form Pekin. 1. Usually in form pekin. A kind of rich fabric (originally of silk), typically with broad contrasting stripes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > other camaca1338 eburgese1558 mantua1678 shagreen1702 brilliant1719 Mantua1731 sayette1770 Peking1776 throwns1828 satin de chine1833 satin de Lyon1868 Florence1882 taffetine1884 Milanese silk1897 Pompadour sheeny1902 météor1908 1776 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1901) 7 168 Cantoons, Pekins, Denims. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 193 Valencia manufactures Pekins [Fr. Pékins] superior to those of China. 1835 Court Mag. 6 p. ii/1 Some of the most novel promenade robes are composed of pekin. 1891 Daily News 24 Feb. 5/3 The material was..striped brocade or pekin, having on the silken stripes flowers in old rose. 1954 ‘M. Cost’ Invitation from Minerva 105 The mahogany bed was draped with Pekin. 2003 Independent (Nexis) 4 Oct. 11 Pekin is a silk fabric in which broad stripes are alternated. 2. = Peking duck n. (a) at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of Roan duck1763 wood-duck1777 Rouen1785 lady1792 stranger1792 Rouen duck1795 tree-duck1824 Labrador duck1834 hareld1841 whio1847 pink-eyed duck1848 penguin duck1850 topknot duck1850 Aylesbury1854 roan1854 pink-eye1861 Peking duck1874 runner1878 bluebill1884 Steller's (eider) (duck)1884 Peking1885 half-bird1893 torrent-duck1899 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 647/1 The Pekin, a white breed with pale yellowish tint in the plumage, and a very bright orange bill. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 882/2 Some duck-farmers in England have..also adopted the Peking. 1972 Guardian 24 May 9/1 You've got your Peking, your Aylesbury, your Muscovy. 1988 M. Stewart Quick Cook Menus ii. 155 There are two basic kinds of duck available now in markets: the domestic Pekin and the darker, wilder-tasting Muscovy or mallard. 3. A type of Chinese rug or carpet. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > Oriental > Chinese Peking1904 Tientsin1904 1904 M. B. Langton How to know Oriental Rugs viii. 223 The Peking, Tientsin, and Samarkand are the only varieties known in this country. 1913 G. G. Lewis Pract. Bk. Oriental Rugs (rev. ed.) 303 Those [rugs] which reach our own shores are generally divided into three classes according to the districts from which they came, namely, Pekin, Tientsin and Thibet. 1962 C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs 270 The Peking is a medium priced rug, costing much less than the Sarouk and half that of a good Kirman. 1998 Carpet & Floorcoverings Rev. (Nexis) Apr. 48 Peking is the collective name given to rugs which show ancient symbols relating to religion, literature and science. Compounds C1. Peking carpet n. ΚΠ 1969 G. Sims Sand Dollar i. 14 He slumped down further in the chair, letting his feet sink deep into the Pekin washed-silk carpet. 1971 National Geographic Oct. 548/2 The Westerner who makes his way past the propaganda finds Shantung silk, Swatow lace, Peking carpets. 1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 41 (caption) A Chinese Peking carpet, circa 1890. Hand-knotted woollen pile on a woollen foundation. Peking crepe n. ΚΠ 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 7/2 Pekin Crepe or Momie Cloth, 29 inches wide, used for fancy party dresses, draperies, etc. 1895 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 24 Apr. There are new effects in a new weave of Peking crape and silk and in all the colors of the rainbow. Peking rug n. ΚΠ 1922 Frederick (Maryland) Post 3 Oct. 4/3 The increasing popularity of Peking rugs in the United States. 1995 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 22 Jan. A number of colorful Persian and Peking rugs cover the wood parquet floors of the museum. C2. Peking duck n. (a) a breed of large white duck with yellow bill and legs, imported from China to Britain and the United States in 1873; a bird of this breed; cf. sense 2; (b) a Chinese dish consisting of strips of roast duck served with shredded vegetables and a sweet sauce. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fowl dishes > [noun] blancmange1377 bouce Janec1420 sweet-blanchc1430 dumpoke1698 temperade1699 biberot1706 howtowdie1728 alderman?1782 suprême de volaille1822 chicken fixings1837 paprikahendl1839 poule au pot1849 Marengo1861 paprikahuhn1870 Peking duck1874 poule au riz1882 Maryland chicken1888 chicken finger1900 arroz con pollo1901 moo goo gai pan1902 chicken à la King1905 coq au vin1915 chicken burger1933 supreme of chicken1939 cassoulet1940 chicken rice1950 piccata1963 chicken tender1969 turducken1982 Kiev1993 chimaek2012 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of Roan duck1763 wood-duck1777 Rouen1785 lady1792 stranger1792 Rouen duck1795 tree-duck1824 Labrador duck1834 hareld1841 whio1847 pink-eyed duck1848 penguin duck1850 topknot duck1850 Aylesbury1854 roan1854 pink-eye1861 Peking duck1874 runner1878 bluebill1884 Steller's (eider) (duck)1884 Peking1885 half-bird1893 torrent-duck1899 1874 Fancier's Gaz. 11 Apr. 11 (caption) Pekin Ducks. 1880 L. Wright Illustr. Bk. Poultry (rev. ed.) xxxv. 541 The Pekin Duck is one of the most valuable of recent introductions... The Pekin Duck differs from all others in the shape and carriage of its body, which is a peculiar boat or barge shape. 1927 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Oct. 2/3 Perhaps they seek the joy of restaurants, succulent with the odors of Peking duck, noodles and antique eggs. 1973 L. Hellman Pentimento (1974) 185 I was driving back to the farm trying not to listen to the noise that came from two crates of Pekin ducks. 2003 Time Out N.Y. 24 Apr. 39/4 Meals included steamed pork dumplings..and crisp Peking duck. Peking Labrador n. rare a kind of silk decorated with a floral pattern. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > patterned or figured > flowered persiana1827 lampas1851 Peking Labrador1960 1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 268/2 Pekin Labrador,..a Pekin silk flowered in wreaths. Peking man n. a fossil hominid of the middle Pleistocene, first described in 1926 (as Sinanthropus pekinensis) from remains found in caves in China and now usually classified as Homo erectus. ΘΚΠ the world > people > protohuman > [noun] anthropolite1778 Neanderthal man1861 caveman1862 man1863 prehistoric man1863 Pithecanthropus1873 Java man1895 Homo erectus1904 Heidelberg1909 Eoanthropus1912 dawn man1913 Neanderthaler1913 Piltdown man1913 Aurignacian1915 Neanderthalian1920 Rhodesian man1921 Boskopoid1926 Peking man1926 Sinanthropus1927 Piltdown1931 Predmostian1931 Minnesota Man1932 Neanderthaloid1934 Steinheim1935 Gigantopithecus1936 Africanthropus1938 Paranthropus1938 Piltdowner1941 Meganthropus1942 Telanthropus1949 Saldanha Man1953 pithecanthropine1955 Nutcracker Man1959 Homo habilis1964 iceman1972 1926 Peking Leader 24 Oct. in Bull. Peking Soc. Nat. Hist. (1928) 2 iv. p. xix His [sc. J. G. Andersson's] work..culminated in the discovery of the two teeth of the ‘Peking Man’ (Dr. Andersson did not call the ancient inhabitant by that title, but probably this will be his popular designation). 1946 J. S. Huxley Unesco i. 10 They [sc. man's innate mental powers] certainly were improved..in the earliest stages of his career, from Pekin man through the Neanderthalers to our own species. 1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 20 Sept. 41/1 He goes in search of the bones of Peking Man, which, in real life, were lost at the end of World War II. Peking opera n. a stylized form of opera popular in China since the late 18th cent., in which speech, singing, mime, and acrobatics are performed to instrumental accompaniment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [noun] > type of comic opera1706 grand opera1720 operetta1741 opera comique1742 burletta1748 opera buffa1783 mezzo carattere1806 opera seria1808 light opera1813 tragédie lyrique1823 opera semiseria1825 opera bouffe1842 operette1871 rescue opera1943 Peking opera1953 monodrama1954 opera magica1956 pop opera1964 bouffe- 1953 Times 26 Sept. 5/4 The traditional plots of the Peking opera have in some places been censored or altered to cut out feudal excesses. 1970 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music (rev. ed.) 153/1 The Peking opera has a short history (c. 100 years). Although the highly stylized singing and acting demands a cultivated taste, the Peking opera remains the most popular musical art form. 1990 Beijing Rev. 20 Aug. 3/2 Members of a Peking opera troupe from China receive a warm welcome after a performance in India. Peking point n. rare a kind of silk painted with a floral pattern picked out in gold. ΚΠ 1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 268/2 Pekin point,..a very rich white silk painted with flowers or bouquets with foliage, with a light mixture of gold in the pattern. Peking robin n. (usually in form Pekin robin) the red-billed leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea, an Asian babbler with grey upperparts and red and yellow underparts, which has a loud melodious song and is popular as a cage bird, esp. in China. ΚΠ 1905 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 2 June 4/3 The Japanese nightingale, or Pekin robin, is becoming naturalized in the parks of London, where some were raised recently. 1934 Science 20 Apr. 7/1 Not only parrots and parrakeets are susceptible to psittacosis.., but also the canary, bullfinch, nonpareil.., Pekin robin and even the chicken. 1999 Cage & Aviary Birds 14 Aug. 6/3 The complete novice should gain experience by first keeping ‘easy’ species, such as zosterops and Pekin robins. Peking spaniel n. rare = Pekinese n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > toy > Pekingese sleeve dog1890 Pekinese1902 Peking spaniel1910 Pekie1920 sleeve Pekinese1949 1910 R. Leighton Dogs & All about Them xlv. 290 At shows there should be two distinct classes; the Palace dog and the Pekin Spaniel, or any other name which would enable the breeds to be kept distinct. 1913 A. Conan Doyle Poison Belt (ed. 2) v. 163 There were three gaily dressed women, all young and beautiful, one of them with a Peking spaniel upon her lap. Peking stripe n. now rare a fabric design of coloured stripes, characteristic of pekin (see sense 1). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > striped patterns candy stripe1875 Peking stripe1879 ribbon grain1932 ribbon figure1933 1879 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 15 Sept. (advt.) Embroidered Facone Silks,..Pekin Stripe Silks, Pekin Stripe Velvets, In All Colors. 1886 Times 3 July 16/5 Black Pekin stripe satins, very rich, at 3s. 6d. 1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 268/2 Pekin,..a silk textile of the nature of taffeta, having fine stripes running through it; hence ‘Pekin stripes’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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