rambon.¹

Brit.

/ˈrambəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈræmboʊ/

Origin: Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rambo.

Etymology: Apparently < the name of Peter Gunnarsson Rambo (1612–98), Swedish immigrant to America, who is said to have brought the seeds with him.Compare also summer rambo , variant or alteration of summer rambour (see rambour n.), denoting a different variety of apple.

U.S.

A variety of apple with yellowish skin streaked with red, ripening in late summer or early autumn, and used for cooking, eating, and cider-making; (also) the tree producing this apple. Frequently attributive.This apple is also called winter rambo (although the winter rambo may originally have been a later-ripening variety). The apple known in the U.S. as summer rambo is one of the varieties of rambour.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > cooking- or eating-apple

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1803 A. F. M. Willich & J. Mease Domest. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) III. 113/1 Rambo. From Delaware; a fine fall apple.

1867 Hours at Home 5 318/1 There, too, was the ‘rambo-row’—alas! how it is thinned out.

1880 Harper's Mag. Aug. 355/1 Outside there were great orchards..with old fashioned Baldwins and Rambos.

1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xi. 329 There was a teasing fragrance in the spiced vinegar for pickles, a reminder of winesap and rambo in the boiling cider.

1942 C. Weygandt Plenty of Pennsylvania 64 The Rambo apple is not generally raised nowadays.

1973 R. Wilbur in New Yorker 30 July 32 Nor those amended fruit of harsher climes That bowed the McIntosh or Rambo trees, Ben Davis, Chandler, Jonathan, or Grimes.

2006 Amer. Forests Spring 18 The last known living tree planted by Johnny Appleseed... The species is Rambo..an excellent dessert apple for eating fresh or cooking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Rambon.²

Brit.

/ˈrambəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈræmboʊ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rambo.

Etymology: < the name of John Rambo, the hero of David Morrell's novel First Blood (1972), popularized in the films First Blood (1982) and its sequels, a Vietnam War veteran represented as violently aggressive, strong, self-sufficient, and uncompromising. Compare earlier Rambo-like adj. and adv., also Ramboesque adj.The uses of the word are chiefly based on John Rambo's characterization in the first film sequel First Blood: Part II (1985) and later.

I. Compounds.

1. (attributive) Designating behaviour, an attitude, etc., displaying characteristics of Rambo.

ΚΠ

1985 N.Y. Times 30 June i. 18/1 The military debate had been shaped less by the centrist Democrats than by ‘a Rambo mentality’, referring to the vengeful freelance warrior of a recent movie.

1985 Social Anarchism 5 No. 10. 13 Liberals avoid the ‘Rambo fallacy’ by believing that the U.S. voluntarily left Vietnam. There is thus no psychology of defeat to be dealt with.

1998 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 8 Feb. a53/1 A public outcry has arisen over what one Italian newspaper called ‘Rambo’ tactics by U.S. pilots.

2001 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 21 Aug. 6 They had CS spray and riot shields in full view... Instead of being circumspect, they were giving off a Rambo attitude.

II. Simple uses.

2. A person resembling or displaying characteristics of Rambo; an exceptionally tough, strong, and uncompromising man (esp. in militaristic contexts); one who is characteristically aggressive and violent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets > other spec.

trailbaston1304

Rambo1985

1985 Washington Post 30 June c7/2 Sen. Ted Stevens, the Alaska Republican and the Rambo of the Senate, suggested [etc.].

1986 Punch 11 June 18 Malcolm ‘Rambo’ Rifkind—as the lean and very hungry-looking Scottish secretary has come to be called.

1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xxi. 257 Recruits..are united only in their desire to prove something to themselves, or perhaps to other people. ‘They all want to be little Rambos,’ said one officer.

1997 Football Italia July 50/2 All the physical work began turning him into a real Rambo. Already stocky, he put on so much muscle that he had to change all his entire wardrobe.

2006 Weekly Standard 31 July 2/2 Americans are warmongers, mercenaries, cowboys, Rambos, religious nuts and conceited bungling occupiers.

Derivatives

ˈRamboism n. conduct or attitude resembling that of Rambo.

ΚΠ

1985 Los Angeles Times 27 July ii. 2/2 The Ten Commandments of Ramboism... The use of ultra-violence to right the wrongs in this messed-up world should be our national philosophy from now on.

1990 New Yorker 31 Dec. 44/3 In his book, he equated Ramboism with main currents in the American style, and he still does.

2004 Human Events 26 Jan. 96/4 Perle and Frum would refuse to accept Assad's concessions... If Assad didn't accept this final demand, we should have ‘no compunction’ about bumping the Syrian leader off. This is Ramboism not serious policy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rambo
释义	rambon.¹ Brit. /ˈrambəʊ/, U.S. /ˈræmboʊ/ Origin: Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rambo. Etymology: Apparently < the name of Peter Gunnarsson Rambo (1612–98), Swedish immigrant to America, who is said to have brought the seeds with him.Compare also summer rambo , variant or alteration of summer rambour (see rambour n.), denoting a different variety of apple. U.S. A variety of apple with yellowish skin streaked with red, ripening in late summer or early autumn, and used for cooking, eating, and cider-making; (also) the tree producing this apple. Frequently attributive.This apple is also called winter rambo (although the winter rambo may originally have been a later-ripening variety). The apple known in the U.S. as summer rambo is one of the varieties of rambour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > cooking- or eating-apple rambo1803 Romanite1817 wealthy1869 Granny Smith1886 Bramley('s) seedling1900 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > cooking- or eating-apple rambo1803 wealthy1869 Granny Smith1886 1803 A. F. M. Willich & J. Mease Domest. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) III. 113/1 Rambo. From Delaware; a fine fall apple. 1867 Hours at Home 5 318/1 There, too, was the ‘rambo-row’—alas! how it is thinned out. 1880 Harper's Mag. Aug. 355/1 Outside there were great orchards..with old fashioned Baldwins and Rambos. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xi. 329 There was a teasing fragrance in the spiced vinegar for pickles, a reminder of winesap and rambo in the boiling cider. 1942 C. Weygandt Plenty of Pennsylvania 64 The Rambo apple is not generally raised nowadays. 1973 R. Wilbur in New Yorker 30 July 32 Nor those amended fruit of harsher climes That bowed the McIntosh or Rambo trees, Ben Davis, Chandler, Jonathan, or Grimes. 2006 Amer. Forests Spring 18 The last known living tree planted by Johnny Appleseed... The species is Rambo..an excellent dessert apple for eating fresh or cooking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Rambon.² Brit. /ˈrambəʊ/, U.S. /ˈræmboʊ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rambo. Etymology: < the name of John Rambo, the hero of David Morrell's novel First Blood (1972), popularized in the films First Blood (1982) and its sequels, a Vietnam War veteran represented as violently aggressive, strong, self-sufficient, and uncompromising. Compare earlier Rambo-like adj. and adv., also Ramboesque adj.The uses of the word are chiefly based on John Rambo's characterization in the first film sequel First Blood: Part II (1985) and later. I. Compounds. 1. (attributive) Designating behaviour, an attitude, etc., displaying characteristics of Rambo. ΚΠ 1985 N.Y. Times 30 June i. 18/1 The military debate had been shaped less by the centrist Democrats than by ‘a Rambo mentality’, referring to the vengeful freelance warrior of a recent movie. 1985 Social Anarchism 5 No. 10. 13 Liberals avoid the ‘Rambo fallacy’ by believing that the U.S. voluntarily left Vietnam. There is thus no psychology of defeat to be dealt with. 1998 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 8 Feb. a53/1 A public outcry has arisen over what one Italian newspaper called ‘Rambo’ tactics by U.S. pilots. 2001 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 21 Aug. 6 They had CS spray and riot shields in full view... Instead of being circumspect, they were giving off a Rambo attitude. II. Simple uses. 2. A person resembling or displaying characteristics of Rambo; an exceptionally tough, strong, and uncompromising man (esp. in militaristic contexts); one who is characteristically aggressive and violent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets > other spec. trailbaston1304 Rambo1985 1985 Washington Post 30 June c7/2 Sen. Ted Stevens, the Alaska Republican and the Rambo of the Senate, suggested [etc.]. 1986 Punch 11 June 18 Malcolm ‘Rambo’ Rifkind—as the lean and very hungry-looking Scottish secretary has come to be called. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xxi. 257 Recruits..are united only in their desire to prove something to themselves, or perhaps to other people. ‘They all want to be little Rambos,’ said one officer. 1997 Football Italia July 50/2 All the physical work began turning him into a real Rambo. Already stocky, he put on so much muscle that he had to change all his entire wardrobe. 2006 Weekly Standard 31 July 2/2 Americans are warmongers, mercenaries, cowboys, Rambos, religious nuts and conceited bungling occupiers. Derivatives ˈRamboism n. conduct or attitude resembling that of Rambo. ΚΠ 1985 Los Angeles Times 27 July ii. 2/2 The Ten Commandments of Ramboism... The use of ultra-violence to right the wrongs in this messed-up world should be our national philosophy from now on. 1990 New Yorker 31 Dec. 44/3 In his book, he equated Ramboism with main currents in the American style, and he still does. 2004 Human Events 26 Jan. 96/4 Perle and Frum would refuse to accept Assad's concessions... If Assad didn't accept this final demand, we should have ‘no compunction’ about bumping the Syrian leader off. This is Ramboism not serious policy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1803n.²1985
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