pneun.¹

Brit.

/njuː/, U.S.

/n(j)u/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pneumatic adj.

Etymology: Shortened < pneumatic adj. In sense 1 probably after French pneu (although this is apparently first attested later: 1895). Compare German Pneu (19th cent.), Portuguese pneu (19th cent.). Compare earlier pneumatic tyre n. at pneumatic adj. and n. Compounds, pneumatic n. 3a. In sense 3 after German Pneu ( F. Otto Pneus in Natur u. Technik (1976); compare quot. 1979 at sense 3).

†1. A pneumatic tyre. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre

rubber1875

tyre1875

tirea1877

pneumatic1890

cushion1891

cushion-tire1891

pneu1891

solid tyre1891

balloon tyre1899

single-tube1904

tubular tyre1908

shoe1917

solid1919

tubular1924

air wheel1930

skin1954

tub1978

1891 Cycling 13 June 337/1 It was a rare sight to see troops of Ripley Road bound riders solemnly trundling their ‘Pneus.’ over the miniature boulders last Sunday, while the few votaries of the good old solid threw themselves into the fray.

1902 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Lightning Conductor 18 On roads like these of Dieppe it would be soothing to have ‘pneus’, as they call them.

1907 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson in Strand Mag. Nov. 500/1 [The motor-car], with heated pneus, topped a commanding hill.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. 13/1 Before it [sc. the motor-car] can cease from injuring,..you have to construct suitable roads, highways which it can no longer tear up with its ferocious pneus.

†2. A pneumatic cushion. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > cushion > air-cushion

air cushion1818

pneu1923

1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay i. 7 An air cushion, a delicious pneu.

3. Palaeontology. A flexible layer in an organism enclosing a pressurized filling.

ΚΠ

1979 Paleobiology 5 191/2 This architectural principle, i.e. transformation of a tensional balloon or ‘pneu’ (Frei Otto 1976) into a rigid structure by coating it with hard materials, is commonly used by organisms.

1990 Lethaia 23 195 The focus of attention must be transferred from the shell to the soft parts involved in shell construction. This may be done by..regarding the soft parts as pneus.

1996 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 4990 Taxa present in the Clemente Formation include cf. Cyclomedusa plana, Sekwia sp., an erniettid (bearing an air mattress-like ‘pneu’ body construction).

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

pneun.²

Brit.

/njuː/, U.S.

/n(j)u/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pneumonia n.

Etymology: Shortened < pneumonia n., perhaps after flu n. (compare quot. 1916).

colloquial.

Pneumonia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > disorders of lungs > pneumonia

peripleumoniaa1400

peripleumony?a1425

peripneumony?1550

peripneumonia1562

pneumonia1603

pneumonitis1817

lung-fever1852

pleuro1863

pneu1916

1916 Anzac Bk. 137 The erstwhile Land of Jacko did breed much ‘flue’ and ‘pneu’, and it did seem as though the plagues of the ancient Gyppos had descended upon them.

1993 Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Rep. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 768 These objectives include..increasing to at least 60% pneu and influenza vaccination levels among noninstitutionalized, high-risk populations.

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

pneun.³

Brit.

/njuː/, U.S.

/n(j)u/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: pneumatique n.

Etymology: Shortened < pneumatique n., after French pneu (1920). Compare pneumatic adj. 2d and earlier pneu n.¹

colloquial.

= pneumatique n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance

post-letter1648

ship-letterc1675

by-letter1685

penny-post letter1686

way letter1710

by-night1766

cross-letter1789

twopenny1818

box letter1827

non-paid1829

balloon-letter1870

pigeongram1875

railway letter1891

pneumatogram1894

airmail1918

aerogram1919

airgram1919

air letter1920

pneumatique1924

pneu1926

snail mail1929

aerogramme1934

airgraph1941

1926 E. Hemingway Let. 2 Sept. (2015) III. 111 I'm sorry that I can't lunch today... Drop me a pneu and name any day next week.

1928 J. Joyce Let. 19 Jan. (1966) III. 168 I got your pneu and shall follow your instructions.

1965 G. D. Painter Marcel Proust II. xvii. 362 Soon Reynaldo would come to write hurried pneus to Marcel's friends.

1974 R. Howard Two-part Inventions 80 My pneu was lying open where someone had left it.

1984 Time (Nexis) 30 Apr. 82 According to the French postal ministry, the pneu was obsolete and unprofitable, handling fewer than 605,000 messages in 1983, compared with 2.7 million a decade ago.

1999 Newsday (Nexis) 15 Jan. a13 That's why the pneu was so popular..it really worked.

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

> as lemmas

PNEU

PNEU n. Parents' National Educational Union.

ΚΠ

a1912 W. T. Rogers Dict. Abbrev. (1913) 153/1 P.N.E.U, Parents' National Educational Union.

1972 R. Asher Talking Sense viii. 103 I was looking at the material my daughter of thirteen is studying at the P.N.E.U. school she attends.

2002 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 5 Apr. 36 There was a formal list of things we were to be taught based on PNEU (Parents National Educational Union), but as far as I remember, most of the time we played cards.

extracted from Pn.

n.¹1891

n.²1916

n.³1926

as lemmas

单词	pneu
释义	pneun.¹ Brit. /njuː/, U.S. /n(j)u/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pneumatic adj. Etymology: Shortened < pneumatic adj. In sense 1 probably after French pneu (although this is apparently first attested later: 1895). Compare German Pneu (19th cent.), Portuguese pneu (19th cent.). Compare earlier pneumatic tyre n. at pneumatic adj. and n. Compounds, pneumatic n. 3a. In sense 3 after German Pneu ( F. Otto Pneus in Natur u. Technik (1976); compare quot. 1979 at sense 3). †1. A pneumatic tyre. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre rubber1875 tyre1875 tirea1877 pneumatic1890 cushion1891 cushion-tire1891 pneu1891 solid tyre1891 balloon tyre1899 single-tube1904 tubular tyre1908 shoe1917 solid1919 tubular1924 air wheel1930 skin1954 tub1978 1891 Cycling 13 June 337/1 It was a rare sight to see troops of Ripley Road bound riders solemnly trundling their ‘Pneus.’ over the miniature boulders last Sunday, while the few votaries of the good old solid threw themselves into the fray. 1902 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Lightning Conductor 18 On roads like these of Dieppe it would be soothing to have ‘pneus’, as they call them. 1907 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson in Strand Mag. Nov. 500/1 [The motor-car], with heated pneus, topped a commanding hill. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. 13/1 Before it [sc. the motor-car] can cease from injuring,..you have to construct suitable roads, highways which it can no longer tear up with its ferocious pneus. †2. A pneumatic cushion. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > cushion > air-cushion air cushion1818 pneu1923 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay i. 7 An air cushion, a delicious pneu. 3. Palaeontology. A flexible layer in an organism enclosing a pressurized filling. ΚΠ 1979 Paleobiology 5 191/2 This architectural principle, i.e. transformation of a tensional balloon or ‘pneu’ (Frei Otto 1976) into a rigid structure by coating it with hard materials, is commonly used by organisms. 1990 Lethaia 23 195 The focus of attention must be transferred from the shell to the soft parts involved in shell construction. This may be done by..regarding the soft parts as pneus. 1996 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 4990 Taxa present in the Clemente Formation include cf. Cyclomedusa plana, Sekwia sp., an erniettid (bearing an air mattress-like ‘pneu’ body construction). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pneun.² Brit. /njuː/, U.S. /n(j)u/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pneumonia n. Etymology: Shortened < pneumonia n., perhaps after flu n. (compare quot. 1916). colloquial. Pneumonia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > disorders of lungs > pneumonia peripleumoniaa1400 peripleumony?a1425 peripneumony?1550 peripneumonia1562 pneumonia1603 pneumonitis1817 lung-fever1852 pleuro1863 pneu1916 1916 Anzac Bk. 137 The erstwhile Land of Jacko did breed much ‘flue’ and ‘pneu’, and it did seem as though the plagues of the ancient Gyppos had descended upon them. 1993 Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Rep. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 768 These objectives include..increasing to at least 60% pneu and influenza vaccination levels among noninstitutionalized, high-risk populations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pneun.³ Brit. /njuː/, U.S. /n(j)u/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: pneumatique n. Etymology: Shortened < pneumatique n., after French pneu (1920). Compare pneumatic adj. 2d and earlier pneu n.¹ colloquial. = pneumatique n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance post-letter1648 ship-letterc1675 by-letter1685 penny-post letter1686 way letter1710 by-night1766 cross-letter1789 twopenny1818 box letter1827 non-paid1829 balloon-letter1870 pigeongram1875 railway letter1891 pneumatogram1894 airmail1918 aerogram1919 airgram1919 air letter1920 pneumatique1924 pneu1926 snail mail1929 aerogramme1934 airgraph1941 1926 E. Hemingway Let. 2 Sept. (2015) III. 111 I'm sorry that I can't lunch today... Drop me a pneu and name any day next week. 1928 J. Joyce Let. 19 Jan. (1966) III. 168 I got your pneu and shall follow your instructions. 1965 G. D. Painter Marcel Proust II. xvii. 362 Soon Reynaldo would come to write hurried pneus to Marcel's friends. 1974 R. Howard Two-part Inventions 80 My pneu was lying open where someone had left it. 1984 Time (Nexis) 30 Apr. 82 According to the French postal ministry, the pneu was obsolete and unprofitable, handling fewer than 605,000 messages in 1983, compared with 2.7 million a decade ago. 1999 Newsday (Nexis) 15 Jan. a13 That's why the pneu was so popular..it really worked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas PNEU PNEU n. Parents' National Educational Union. ΚΠ a1912 W. T. Rogers Dict. Abbrev. (1913) 153/1 P.N.E.U, Parents' National Educational Union. 1972 R. Asher Talking Sense viii. 103 I was looking at the material my daughter of thirteen is studying at the P.N.E.U. school she attends. 2002 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 5 Apr. 36 There was a formal list of things we were to be taught based on PNEU (Parents National Educational Union), but as far as I remember, most of the time we played cards. extracted from Pn. < n.¹1891n.²1916n.³1926 as lemmas
随便看	flookan flooking floor floor a paper floor area floor cushion floor exercise floor lamp floor level floor man floor manager floor pattern floor polish floor show floor the odds floor-arch floor-bank floor-cloth floor-clothed floor-covering floor-filler floor-frame floor-guide floor-hanger floor-head

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pneun.2

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> as lemmas

pneun.¹

pneun.²

pneun.³