beltern.¹

Brit.

/ˈbɛltə/, U.S.

/ˈbɛltər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: belt v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < belt v. (compare branch III. at that entry) + -er suffix¹. Perhaps compare earlier pelter n.³

1. British regional and colloquial. A heavy blow or series of blows. Cf. belt n.⁴ 1.In quot. 1823: a pelting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow

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1823 J. Galt Entail II. xvii. 160 I'll stand ahint a dike, and gie them a belter wi' stones.

1866 J. T. Staton Rays fro th' Loominary 60 Hoo then fot me another belter reet across th' een.

1997 J. Troup Life that Jack Lived xiv. 179 I jumped on his back and George gave him a right belter in the stomach.

2008 Z. Sharp Third Strike v. 43 Someone had caught her a belter across the left-hand side of her face.

a. Originally British regional, now colloquial (chiefly British). Something impressive or exceptional of its kind; an emphatic success; an outstanding example of (the specified category).

ΚΠ

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) ‘My ŏŏns, whad a belter!’ said a gardener, on digging up an immense potato.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Belter, a ‘whopper’; something that ‘belts’ or beats others of the same sort.

1977 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! II. 52 Belter, a good one.

1986 Sunday Express Mag. 7 Dec. 73/4 One exceedingly festive tipple..is Campari and orange juice with ice. A real belter of a drink.

1997 S. Coogan et al. Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word (2003) 226/2 Susan. Good show this morning? Alan. It was a belter. Did you hear it?

2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 June 30 This season four opener was an absolute belter.

b. Cricket. A pitch providing ideal conditions for batting; esp. one on which the ball tends to bounce predictably and in a way that is conducive to playing attacking shots.

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1983 Times 20 June 17/4 The pitch was a real ‘belter’.

1988 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 29 May 32 First-time visitors on Saturday could reasonably have interpreted that strip as a bleached belter.

2003 E. Griffiths Glory Days 190 They batted first on a belter and, with Saeed Anwar making a century, scored a formidable 273 for seven in 50 overs.

3. colloquial (originally U.S.).

a. A singer with a loud, powerful, penetrating voice; (in depreciative sense) one whose performances are thought to lack restraint, finesse, or subtlety. Cf. belting n. 2c.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer by type of voice > [noun] > inferior and noisy singer

whooper-up1909

belter1953

1953 Time 20 July 34/3 She [sc. Joyce Bryant] became a belter. She found herself ‘living’ every song she sang.

1962 Washington Daily News 19 June 30/1 It seems to me Dorothy has always been a peppy-type vocalist, not a belter, but definitely not lyric.

1985 Listener 28 Mar. 38/3 Betty LaVette was..a soul singer of stunning power, with uncanny echoes of the white blues belter Janis Joplin in her powerful voice.

1995 Mojo Jan. 13/2 The ex-pub combo belter turned artist of legend.

2005 Bristol Post (Nexis) 10 Feb. 6 I've always been a belter. I have a completely new band and when we were rehearsing for this tour they said ‘wow,..we don't have to turn the amps down’.

b. A song (often in a specified genre) written, sung, or performed in a rousing, highly energetic style.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > rousing or rollicking song

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belter1963

1963 Billboard 8 June 16/1 (advt.) Ballads! Belters! Swingers!

1973 Washington Post 5 Apr. b2 We get grand opera, torch songs, little art songs, Broadway belters..and feather boa numbers.

1991 Vox July 10/1 I love those old soul-belters. They were the records I used to sing along to.

2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 26 Nov. ii. 6/3 Growling her way through the blues belter, she blows away her reputation for sometimes saccharine material.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

beltern.²

Brit.

/ˈbɛltə/, U.S.

/ˈbɛltər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: belt n.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < belt n.¹ + -er suffix¹.Compare the following rare Middle English surname forms: Will. le beltere (c1260), Benedictus le belter (1295), which have sometimes been interpreted as showing an otherwise unattested occupational term meaning ‘maker of belts’, but are more likely to show reduced variants of (or errors for) a different name, probably bell-yetter n. at bell n.¹ Compounds 2.

1. Mechanics. A person who operates or assists in the operation of a belt (see belt n.¹ 12). Cf. beltman n. 2. Somewhat rare.

ΚΠ

1891 Northwestern Reporter 50 1027/1 The defendant kept a man called a ‘belter’.., whose duty it was when a belt came off to put it on.

1930 Classified Index Occupations Fifteenth Census (U.S. Bureau of Census) 111/2 Belter or beltman, handle factory or shop.

1977 Occup. Safety & Health Cases 4 1421/2 Package handling is done principally by 325 employees who are classified as sorters, belters, loaders and unloaders.

2. Science Fiction. Also with capital initial. A native or inhabitant of an asteroid belt; esp. one who works as a miner.

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1966 L. Niven in Worlds of If Sci. Fiction Feb. 152/2 I never make gestures. All Belters have that trait. It's because on a small mining ship you could hit something waving your arms around.

1974 J. Pournelle in Galaxy Sci. Fiction May 106/1 One supposes there's a local source of both energy and fuel in the Belt, of course, or there couldn't be a Belter Civilization to begin with.

1991 ‘C. J. Cherryh’ Heavy Time 1 Twenty-four and hungry, a Belter kid only two years out of ASTEX Institute.

2005 S. L. Gillett in G. Westfahl Greenwood Encycl. Sci. Fiction & Fantasy I. 147 Typically, ‘Belters’ have an aggressively individualistic, libertarian civilization that is contrasted with a decadent or socially degenerate Earth culture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	belter
释义	beltern.¹ Brit. /ˈbɛltə/, U.S. /ˈbɛltər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: belt v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < belt v. (compare branch III. at that entry) + -er suffix¹. Perhaps compare earlier pelter n.³ 1. British regional and colloquial. A heavy blow or series of blows. Cf. belt n.⁴ 1.In quot. 1823: a pelting. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow smitea1200 ponder1339 clouta1400 whopc1440 routa1450 maul1481 sousec1500 dunta1522 flake1559 lambskin1573 lamback1592 daud1596 baster1600 mell1658 thumper1682 lounder1723 smash1725 plumper1756 spanker1772 douser1782 thud1787 bash1805 stave1819 batter1823 belter1823 wallop1823 whacker1823 belt1825 smasher1829 dingbat1843 dinger1845 oner1861 squeaker1877 clod1886 wham1923 dong1941 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xvii. 160 I'll stand ahint a dike, and gie them a belter wi' stones. 1866 J. T. Staton Rays fro th' Loominary 60 Hoo then fot me another belter reet across th' een. 1997 J. Troup Life that Jack Lived xiv. 179 I jumped on his back and George gave him a right belter in the stomach. 2008 Z. Sharp Third Strike v. 43 Someone had caught her a belter across the left-hand side of her face. 2. a. Originally British regional, now colloquial (chiefly British). Something impressive or exceptional of its kind; an emphatic success; an outstanding example of (the specified category). ΚΠ 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) ‘My ŏŏns, whad a belter!’ said a gardener, on digging up an immense potato. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Belter, a ‘whopper’; something that ‘belts’ or beats others of the same sort. 1977 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! II. 52 Belter, a good one. 1986 Sunday Express Mag. 7 Dec. 73/4 One exceedingly festive tipple..is Campari and orange juice with ice. A real belter of a drink. 1997 S. Coogan et al. Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word (2003) 226/2 Susan. Good show this morning? Alan. It was a belter. Did you hear it? 2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 June 30 This season four opener was an absolute belter. b. Cricket. A pitch providing ideal conditions for batting; esp. one on which the ball tends to bounce predictably and in a way that is conducive to playing attacking shots. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > surface of ground > types of batsman's wicket1876 bowler's wicket1876 shirt front1893 sticky dog1904 sticky1936 turning pitch1956 belter1983 1983 Times 20 June 17/4 The pitch was a real ‘belter’. 1988 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 29 May 32 First-time visitors on Saturday could reasonably have interpreted that strip as a bleached belter. 2003 E. Griffiths Glory Days 190 They batted first on a belter and, with Saeed Anwar making a century, scored a formidable 273 for seven in 50 overs. 3. colloquial (originally U.S.). a. A singer with a loud, powerful, penetrating voice; (in depreciative sense) one whose performances are thought to lack restraint, finesse, or subtlety. Cf. belting n. 2c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer by type of voice > [noun] > inferior and noisy singer whooper-up1909 belter1953 1953 Time 20 July 34/3 She [sc. Joyce Bryant] became a belter. She found herself ‘living’ every song she sang. 1962 Washington Daily News 19 June 30/1 It seems to me Dorothy has always been a peppy-type vocalist, not a belter, but definitely not lyric. 1985 Listener 28 Mar. 38/3 Betty LaVette was..a soul singer of stunning power, with uncanny echoes of the white blues belter Janis Joplin in her powerful voice. 1995 Mojo Jan. 13/2 The ex-pub combo belter turned artist of legend. 2005 Bristol Post (Nexis) 10 Feb. 6 I've always been a belter. I have a completely new band and when we were rehearsing for this tour they said ‘wow,..we don't have to turn the amps down’. b. A song (often in a specified genre) written, sung, or performed in a rousing, highly energetic style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > rousing or rollicking song freemen's songc1575 roarer1836 corn-kister1936 belter1963 1963 Billboard 8 June 16/1 (advt.) Ballads! Belters! Swingers! 1973 Washington Post 5 Apr. b2 We get grand opera, torch songs, little art songs, Broadway belters..and feather boa numbers. 1991 Vox July 10/1 I love those old soul-belters. They were the records I used to sing along to. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 26 Nov. ii. 6/3 Growling her way through the blues belter, she blows away her reputation for sometimes saccharine material. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). beltern.² Brit. /ˈbɛltə/, U.S. /ˈbɛltər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: belt n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < belt n.¹ + -er suffix¹.Compare the following rare Middle English surname forms: Will. le beltere (c1260), Benedictus le belter (1295), which have sometimes been interpreted as showing an otherwise unattested occupational term meaning ‘maker of belts’, but are more likely to show reduced variants of (or errors for) a different name, probably bell-yetter n. at bell n.¹ Compounds 2. 1. Mechanics. A person who operates or assists in the operation of a belt (see belt n.¹ 12). Cf. beltman n. 2. Somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1891 Northwestern Reporter 50 1027/1 The defendant kept a man called a ‘belter’.., whose duty it was when a belt came off to put it on. 1930 Classified Index Occupations Fifteenth Census (U.S. Bureau of Census) 111/2 Belter or beltman, handle factory or shop. 1977 Occup. Safety & Health Cases 4 1421/2 Package handling is done principally by 325 employees who are classified as sorters, belters, loaders and unloaders. 2. Science Fiction. Also with capital initial. A native or inhabitant of an asteroid belt; esp. one who works as a miner. ΚΠ 1966 L. Niven in Worlds of If Sci. Fiction Feb. 152/2 I never make gestures. All Belters have that trait. It's because on a small mining ship you could hit something waving your arms around. 1974 J. Pournelle in Galaxy Sci. Fiction May 106/1 One supposes there's a local source of both energy and fuel in the Belt, of course, or there couldn't be a Belter Civilization to begin with. 1991 ‘C. J. Cherryh’ Heavy Time 1 Twenty-four and hungry, a Belter kid only two years out of ASTEX Institute. 2005 S. L. Gillett in G. Westfahl Greenwood Encycl. Sci. Fiction & Fantasy I. 147 Typically, ‘Belters’ have an aggressively individualistic, libertarian civilization that is contrasted with a decadent or socially degenerate Earth culture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1823n.²1891
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