polar bearn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊlə ˌbɛː/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊlər ˌbɛ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: polar adj., bear n.¹

Etymology: < polar adj. + bear n.¹

†1. Astronomy. With capital initial. The northern constellation Ursa Major; the Great Bear. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Ursa Major

Ursac888

Arcturusc1374

beara1398

Ursa Major1398

ploughc1425

Septentrionc1425

seven starsc1425

Great Bear1555

plough star1558

Helice1596

polar bear1648

dipper1842

Big Dipper1856

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche 201 The Northern Polar Bear shall sooner burn, And Siriu's mouth be sealed up with Frost.

1713 T. Tickell Poem to His Excellency Lord Privy-Seal 9 Now o'er his Head the Polar Bear he spies, And freezing Spangles of the Lapland Skies.

2. A large white bear of Arctic regions, Thalarctos maritimus, which lives mainly on pack ice and is a powerful swimmer feeding chiefly on seals; the fur of this bear. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Thalarctos (polar bear)

white beara1387

water bear1607

polar bear1769

sea-bear1829

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of bear > of polar-bear

polar bear1959

1769 London Mag. 38 416 The Print of the Polar Bear is obliged to be deferred.

1829 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana I. 30 Ursus Maritimus, Polar or Sea Bear.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 210 In their shaggy white coats they look just like Polar bears.

1847 T. Arnold Let. 23 Oct. in N.Z. Lett. (1966) 10 In Prince Edward's Island, the winter..is enough to deter anyone but a polar bear.

1917 R. Fry Let. 2 Mar. (1972) II. 404 Lady Scott, the widow of the Antarctic man came in yesterday with Peter Scott, the most wonderful little monster of a polar bear cub.

1959 G. D. Painter Marcel Proust I. ix. 126 Montesquiou..had a room decorated as a snow-scene, with a polar-bear rug.

1976 H. L. Gunderson Mammalogy xvi. 375 The female and sometimes the male polar bears..become dormant throughout the winter.

1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 2 Jan. a10/1 Human polar bears greeted the new year with heart-revving dips in icy surf Saturday.

2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 50 The sand is dented with the size fourteen prints of a grizzly or a small polar bear.

Compounds

attributive. Originally and chiefly North American. Designating or participating in an outdoor activity conducted in cold conditions, esp. one usually associated with warm weather.

ΚΠ

1921 Los Angeles Times News 4 Jan. ii. 4/2 Some of the hardy spirits of Kentucky have formed a Polar Bear Club, the members of which are pledged to take a plunge in the Ohio River on every holiday... Even if they have to crack the ice with their golf clubs.

1935 Chicago Tribune 16 Dec. 5/3 (headline) ‘Polar bear’ dip puts swimmer, 4 police in beds.

1957 Lima (Ohio) News 2 Jan. 20/4 It may have been 20-degree weather... But, that didn't keep young Jack Arnett from proving himself a good polar bear golfer in yesterday's annual New Year's Day tournament.

2001 Maclean's 27 Aug. 9 Anderson..is a veteran of 35 polar bear swims.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polar bear
释义	polar bearn. Brit. /ˈpəʊlə ˌbɛː/, U.S. /ˈpoʊlər ˌbɛ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: polar adj., bear n.¹ Etymology: < polar adj. + bear n.¹ †1. Astronomy. With capital initial. The northern constellation Ursa Major; the Great Bear. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Ursa Major Ursac888 Arcturusc1374 beara1398 Ursa Major1398 ploughc1425 Septentrionc1425 seven starsc1425 Great Bear1555 plough star1558 Helice1596 polar bear1648 dipper1842 Big Dipper1856 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche 201 The Northern Polar Bear shall sooner burn, And Siriu's mouth be sealed up with Frost. 1713 T. Tickell Poem to His Excellency Lord Privy-Seal 9 Now o'er his Head the Polar Bear he spies, And freezing Spangles of the Lapland Skies. 2. A large white bear of Arctic regions, Thalarctos maritimus, which lives mainly on pack ice and is a powerful swimmer feeding chiefly on seals; the fur of this bear. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Thalarctos (polar bear) white beara1387 water bear1607 polar bear1769 sea-bear1829 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of bear > of polar-bear polar bear1959 1769 London Mag. 38 416 The Print of the Polar Bear is obliged to be deferred. 1829 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana I. 30 Ursus Maritimus, Polar or Sea Bear. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 210 In their shaggy white coats they look just like Polar bears. 1847 T. Arnold Let. 23 Oct. in N.Z. Lett. (1966) 10 In Prince Edward's Island, the winter..is enough to deter anyone but a polar bear. 1917 R. Fry Let. 2 Mar. (1972) II. 404 Lady Scott, the widow of the Antarctic man came in yesterday with Peter Scott, the most wonderful little monster of a polar bear cub. 1959 G. D. Painter Marcel Proust I. ix. 126 Montesquiou..had a room decorated as a snow-scene, with a polar-bear rug. 1976 H. L. Gunderson Mammalogy xvi. 375 The female and sometimes the male polar bears..become dormant throughout the winter. 1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 2 Jan. a10/1 Human polar bears greeted the new year with heart-revving dips in icy surf Saturday. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 50 The sand is dented with the size fourteen prints of a grizzly or a small polar bear. Compounds attributive. Originally and chiefly North American. Designating or participating in an outdoor activity conducted in cold conditions, esp. one usually associated with warm weather. ΚΠ 1921 Los Angeles Times News 4 Jan. ii. 4/2 Some of the hardy spirits of Kentucky have formed a Polar Bear Club, the members of which are pledged to take a plunge in the Ohio River on every holiday... Even if they have to crack the ice with their golf clubs. 1935 Chicago Tribune 16 Dec. 5/3 (headline) ‘Polar bear’ dip puts swimmer, 4 police in beds. 1957 Lima (Ohio) News 2 Jan. 20/4 It may have been 20-degree weather... But, that didn't keep young Jack Arnett from proving himself a good polar bear golfer in yesterday's annual New Year's Day tournament. 2001 Maclean's 27 Aug. 9 Anderson..is a veteran of 35 polar bear swims. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648
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