pump-primedadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌm(p)prʌɪmd/, U.S.

/ˈpəm(p)ˌpraɪmd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pump n.¹, primed adj.¹

Etymology: < pump n.¹ + primed adj.¹, after to prime the pump at prime v.² 5a. Compare slightly earlier pump-priming n., pump-primer n. and slightly later pump-prime v.

Originally U.S.

Of an economy, project, etc.: stimulated by investment; (also) resulting from pump-priming.

ΚΠ

1935 Washington Post 8 July 7/5 It was more than a punch-drunk Congress and a pump-primed country could stand.

1940 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 17 Apr. 2/2 So long as this continues, we will have depression, broken by sporadic periods of ‘pump primed’ ‘prosperity’.

1960 H. B. Ellis Challenge in Middle East vii. 169 President Nasser intends to hang onto this liquid asset to keep Egypt's five-year industrialization program pump primed, should Soviet financing cease.

2001 Far Eastern Econ. Rev. 8 Feb. 54/2 The decrepit state of Thailand's financial system, too, reduces chances of a pump-primed revival.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pump-primed
释义	pump-primedadj. Brit. /ˈpʌm(p)prʌɪmd/, U.S. /ˈpəm(p)ˌpraɪmd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pump n.¹, primed adj.¹ Etymology: < pump n.¹ + primed adj.¹, after to prime the pump at prime v.² 5a. Compare slightly earlier pump-priming n., pump-primer n. and slightly later pump-prime v. Originally U.S. Of an economy, project, etc.: stimulated by investment; (also) resulting from pump-priming. ΚΠ 1935 Washington Post 8 July 7/5 It was more than a punch-drunk Congress and a pump-primed country could stand. 1940 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 17 Apr. 2/2 So long as this continues, we will have depression, broken by sporadic periods of ‘pump primed’ ‘prosperity’. 1960 H. B. Ellis Challenge in Middle East vii. 169 President Nasser intends to hang onto this liquid asset to keep Egypt's five-year industrialization program pump primed, should Soviet financing cease. 2001 Far Eastern Econ. Rev. 8 Feb. 54/2 The decrepit state of Thailand's financial system, too, reduces chances of a pump-primed revival. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1935
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