单词 | adam and eve |
释义 | Adam and Even. I. As the name of a plant. 1. North American. Any of several similar North American orchids, esp. the putty-root, Aplectrum hyemale, with a tuber formerly (and sometimes still) used medicinally or carried to protect the bearer from harm. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1789 B. Rush Let. 8 June in T. J. Pettigrew Mem. J. C. Lettsom (1817) II. 439 Some of the country people call it Adam-and-Eve. 1806 B. M'Mahon Amer. Gardener's Cal. 599 Hardy Bulbous and Tuberous Rooted Flowering Plants... Ophrys hyemalis. Adam and Eve Ophrys. 1822 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 3) ii. 250 Corallorhiza..hyemalis..adam and eve, putty root... A cement resembling putty may be made of the root. 1896 Meehans' Monthly Mar. 48 The fact that the corms most frequently appear in pairs has gained for it, one of our strangest orchids, the appellation Adam-and-Eve. 1937 M. Satterfield in C. L. Perdue et al. Weevils in Wheat (1976) 246 Git somebody to git you some Adam an' Eve root an' some Sweet William root an' carry dese roots in yo' pocket all de time, an' nobody kin git next to you. 1959 Times 30 Dec. 8/7 A woman will carry a piece of Adam-and-Eve root in a little bag round her neck. It's really Aplecteum hyemale, useful in bronchial troubles. 1999 D. R. Kurz Ozark Wildflowers 244/2 Another common name, Adam-and-Eve, comes from the plant's production of a new corm each year that is connected by a slender branch to the old one. 2. Originally English regional. The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum; the flower of this plant. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Adam and Eve.., the flowers of the Arum maculatum. 1906 Country Life 21 Apr. 553/2 Adam-and-Eve and Bobbin-and-Joan are sometimes used instead of Lords-and-Ladies, and have the same reference. 1922 Chatterbox 235/2 ‘Adam and Eve’ is one of the many names of the wild Arum, known to children as ‘lords-and-ladies,’ ‘cuckoo-pint’. 1997 A. Overy Sex in your Garden v. 72/1 This plant is also called Adam-and-Eve, and these quaint old folk names could refer to the phallic appearance of the long spadix in the middle of the flower, surrounded by an enveloping sheath. 3. Originally English regional. The monkshood, Aconitum napellus. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > aconite or wolf's bane monk's cowl1548 wolf's-bane1548 flint-wort1567 libardine1567 aconite1569 wolf's-wort1575 napellus1576 monkshood1578 napelo1580 helmet-flower1597 scorpion1601 napell1605 wolfwort1611 monk's-head1682 panther's bane1712 blue rocketa1825 bikh1830 friar's cap1830 fox-bane1840 Turk's cap1854 Adam and Eve1879 face-in-hood1886 1879 Literary World (Boston) 10 May 155/3 ‘Adam and Eve’ is applied to three species of orchis; to pulmonaria officinalis, L.; and to aconitum napellus, L., as well as to arum. 1917 Domest. Bee-keeper 1 Jan. 28/1 Their [sc. the nectaries] presence within the hood, just as two people might be in a room—has given the plant the curious name of ‘Adam and Eve’. 1993 R. Hendrickson Ladybugs, Tiger Lilies & Wallflowers 3 Other plants named Adam-and-Eve include the dogtooth violet, because its plant bears a large and a small flower at the same time, and the common ‘monkshood’. II. With reference to Adam and Eve as progenitors of the human race. 4. A starting point, an origin; a set of progenitors, ancestors, or forebears. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > starting-point terminus a quo1549 starting place1570 terma1628 salient motion1664 salient pointa1682 punctum saliens1695 starting point1782 Adam and Eve1793 starting ground1802 point of departure1804 baseline1836 point de départ1848 zero1849 start point1860 jumping-board1878 jumping-off board1914 jumping-off point1927 starting block1932 square one1952 1793 T. Digges Let. 10 Mar. in J. Catanzariti Papers T. Jefferson (1992) XXV. 349 The Matrasses (which are the Adam and Eve for Casting medals or Coins) being obtaind, the multiplication of dies, and the hardening them..is to be learnt. 1809 Q. Rev. Nov. 322 During that unhappy war for which we have cause to feel shame..a Grenadier said of the Americans, ‘the Adam and Eve of this young nation came out of Newgate’. 1838 New Monthly Mag. 53 545 We are now approaching the paradise of the oysterian Adam and Eve..the locality of the first fossil occurrence of the ostrea leviuscula. 1906 Cambrian Oct. 417/2 They [sc. Republicanism and Democracy] are the Adam and Eve of American history. 1941 H. Levin James Joyce iii. i. 143 Since form and matter are father and mother, the Adam and Eve of Bruno's pantheistic universe, all created things are the unruly offspring of the demiurge of intellect and the matrix of necessity. 2009 R. M. Thorson Beyond Walden ii. 18 The Labrador and Keewatin domes were the ‘Adam and Eve’ for every kettle in the glaciated fringe. 5. U.S. slang. In the language of short-order cooks: an order of eggs (in quot. 1891, ham and eggs). Chiefly in Adam and Eve on a raft: poached or fried eggs served on toast. Also Adam and Eve on a raft and wreck them and variants: scrambled eggs on toast. Cf. raft n.1 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > scrambled eggs buttered eggsa1425 scrambled egg(s)1864 mumbled eggs1879 rumble-tumble1879 Adam and Eve on a raft and wreck them1891 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > other egg dishes poachéa1425 meseladea1450 potrona1450 malasadec1450 poached eggc1450 eggs in moonshine?1558 snow1597 fondue1806 Scotch egg1808 soufflé1813 scrabbed eggsa1825 Scotch woodcock1836 egg salad1873 prairie oyster1879 Adam and Eve on a raft1891 Russian egg1891 eggs Benedict1898 huevos rancheros1901 sabayon1906 oeuf en cocotte1909 shakshuka1930 piperade1931 thousand-year egg1961 1891 Sunday World Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) 22 Mar. 6 Ham and eggs is one of the most common orders, and in calling this to the kitchen the ‘hasher’ screams ‘Adam and Eve’. 1894 North-eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 15 Oct. One day he ordered poached eggs on toast. Going to the slide the waiter yelled out: ‘Adam and Eve on a raft.’ The order was changed to scrambled eggs, when the waiter rushed off, and in stentorian tones there came the alarming direction to those below: ‘Shipwreck that order!’ 1899 Atlanta Constit. 17 July 5/3 An order for eggs on toast went to the kitchen as, ‘Adam and Eve on a raft,’ but if after giving this order the customer wanted the eggs plain, the countermand went out as, ‘Save Adam and Eve; sink the raft.’ 1913 Collier's 6 Dec. 28/4 Stools where a person could go in..and order..Adam and Eve on a raft and wreck them. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 8 Adam and Eve on a raft, two fried eggs on toast. ‘Wreck 'em’ if they are scrambled. ‘With their eyes open’, if not. 1993 Independent 20 Feb. 36/5 Egg and chips is a given, whereas in New York the same order means yet another more decision-making: sunny-side up, over-easy, Adam-and-Eve-on-a-raft. 2005 Washington Times (Nexis) 11 Aug. m14 Beware of diner staff who shout out orders of ‘Adam and Eve on a raft’ or some other incomprehensible phrase. Nobody speaks that way any more, and the use was suspect even when diners were first appearing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Adam and Evev. transitive. To credit or accept (something) as the truth; to believe. Chiefly in would you Adam and Eve it? ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > accept as true, believe [verb (transitive)] ylevec888 leve971 ween971 i-weneOE takec1175 trowc1175 truth?c1250 thinka1275 believec1300 trustc1325 hold1340 trist1340 to give (one's) faith to (also unto)c1405 accept?c1430 admitc1449 credencea1529 to take a person at his (also her) word1535 credit1547 faith1576 to take a person's word1576 receive1581 creed1596 understand1751 Adam and Eve1925 buy1926 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 3 Could you Adam and Eve it. 1956 A. Thorne Baby & Battleship ii. 89 A baby! Would you Adam-and-Eve it! 1986 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 5th Ser. Episode 3. 302 Cor dear, would you Adam and Eve it, eh? 2008 Independent 10 Mar. (Extra section) 7 Deacon is not only pleasingly obscure but also—would you Adam and Eve it?—works down the road from Albert Square. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1789v.1925 |
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