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单词 push-back
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push-backadj.n.

Brit. /ˈpʊʃbak/, U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌbæk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: push v., back adv.
Etymology: < push v. + back adv., after to push back (see push v. 1b).
A. adj.
That may be or is designed to be pushed back.
ΚΠ
1901 L. T. Hobhouse Mind in Evolution vii. 166 Push-back bolt. A similar box was fastened by a bolt furnished with a knob. It could not be pulled out, but had to be pushed back.
1936 Pop. Mech. July 126 a/2 Ordinary hook-up wire with push-back insulation is used for the other wiring.
1947 J. L. Daniels & O. R. Johnson in P. I. Smith Pract. Plastics xv. 207/1 The term side ram is sometimes erroneously applied to the push-back or pull-back rams on double-acting presses.
2003 D. Abram et al. Rough Guide to South India i. 131 Fares start at around Rs300 for a push-back seat on a beaten-up Kadamba (Goan government) or MSRTC coach.
B. n.
1. A type of hat with a pushed-back brim. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other
cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475
hat1483
wishing-hat1600
cockle hat1603
porringer1623
poke1632
custard-cap1649
bonnet1675
muff-box1678
Caroline1687
Quaker1778
meat safe1782
balloon hat1784
gypsy hat1785
cabriolet1797
gypsy bonnet1803
Gypsy1806
Wellington hat1809
fan-tail-hat1810
umbrella hat1817
radical1828
caubeen1831
topi1835
montera1838
Petersham1845
squash hat1860
Moab1864
kiddy1865
flap-hat1866
Dolly Varden1872
brush-hata1877
potae1881
Pope's-hat1886
plateau1890
kelly1915
push-back1920
kiss-me-quick hat1963
pakul1982
tinfoil hat1982
1920 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 24 Mar. 8/1 (advt.) Cleverly designed millinery..including—Smart Turbans..Chin Chins—Push-Backs and Sailors.
1947 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 25 Mar. 13/2 (advt.) Our Millinery Buyer just returned with the very Newest Easter Hats. Open Crowns—Big Bretons. Push Backs. New Split Straw Braids.
2.
a. gen. An act of pushing something back; an instance of being pushed back.
ΚΠ
1944 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 17 Jan. The Japanese now face further push-backs to the south and east of the bay in a campaign which has already cost them more than 6,000 casualties.
1962 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 4/2 In the few cases where they're..deferring orders, it's to balance inventories with consumption. The pushbacks do not suggest a trend.
1982 A. F. Wallace Progress Plastic Surg. iv. 52 In the year following..a description of the sandwich type of palatal pushback was first published and this design is now often the method of choice for the closure of medium sized fistulae.
2005 Telecom Policy Rep. (Nexis) 23 Feb. The 1996 Telecom Act sets a..deadline as the ‘goal’ for the shift from digital to analog spectrum... There have been discussions of further pushbacks of the transition date and transition alternatives.
b. Hockey. The backward pass with which play commences (superseding the bully); (hence) the start of a hockey match. Cf. bully n.2 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > hockey > [noun] > types of stroke
centre1898
flick1957
push-in1970
push-back1982
1982 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 15 Sept. 25/5 Allison Hudson scored the only goal..in a Suburban One League field hockey game... ‘She scored on a pushback at the start of the second half.’
1999 Exeposé (Exeter Univ. Guild of Students) 8 Feb. 16/1 Mens Hockey Firsts take on Bristol. Any support could make the difference at Dawlish where push-back will be at 4.30pm.
2005 Sevenoaks Chron. (Nexis) 17 Feb. 62 Maidstone put Oaks under early pressure from the pushback and were rewarded with an early goal.
c. Originally and chiefly U.S. Resistance, disagreement; adverse reaction, negative feedback.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance
witherOE
wiþerstrencþc1175
withstanding1303
resistancea1325
gainstandinga1340
withsetting1340
resistencec1390
again-standingc1400
resisting1436
repugnance?a1439
gainstandc1470
disstandingc1485
against-standinga1500
repugnancya1500
resist1535
objection1543
reluctation1593
resistment1605
rebeck1609
reluctance1609
reluctancy1613
obluctation1615
redaction1621
resistencya1623
obstrigillation1623
resistal1631
resistancy1656
recalcitration1658
stemc1700
calcitration1867
push-back1984
1979 R. Bolton People Skills x. 160 We have a special phrase that we use to describe an assertion and the predictable defensive response to it. We call it the ‘push-push back phenomenon’... In response to that push there is an almost inevitable ‘push back’.]
1984 R. M. Kanter in J. N. Williamson Leader-manager (1986) 481 ‘Push-back’..is a generic term for an expression of disagreement, often by a manager needed on the team. Examples of push-back include telling a manager he's not the right one to bring about a given task.
1992 Supermarket News 29 June 61/3 They are beginning to experience some challenges which will result in short-term volume losses that were likely expected; however, the increasing momentum toward retailer pushback is substantial.
1998 Wired Nov. 220/2 Jim..was always adamant about selling advertising on the Web site, but he got pushback from Mike and others who wanted it to stay focused on marketing.
2003 Foreign Policy May–June 96/1 The global pushback against U.S. initiatives.
3. At an airport: the process or an instance of moving an aeroplane from a passenger terminal to a runway or taxiway; the period between the embarkation of the passengers and take-off. Also attributive: designating a vehicle used to push or tow an aeroplane to the taxiway or runway.
ΚΠ
1972 Washington Post 19 Apr. a21/6 Official records show..that..‘push-back’ started at 8:30 (the scheduled departure time) and that takeoff was at 8:37.
1984 Times 9 Nov. 23/1 The tractor..is probably the largest battery-electric push-back vehicle and is capable of moving a fully-laden jumbo jet.
1999 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. i. 28/6 American rules about having all passengers seated before push-back from the gate..are not always followed.
2005 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 24 Feb. a1 The union contends that..the airline had just one pushback tug... Shortly after the accident, Northwest began requiring two people for pushbacks.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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