Red Queenn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛd ˈkwiːn/, U.S.

/ˈˌrɛd ˈkwin/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Red Queen.

Etymology: < the name of the Red Queen, a character in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-glass (1871), who asserts (ch. ii) that ‘it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.’

Biology.

attributive and in the possessive. The hypothesis that in order to survive, a species must evolve sufficiently rapidly to counter evolutionary changes in ecologically competing species (e.g. predator or prey); esp. in Red Queen's hypothesis. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1973 L. Van Valen in Evolutionary Theory 1 19 The Red Queen does not need changes in the physical environment... The Red Queen's Hypothesis is a sufficient explanation of the law of extinction.

1984 Paleobiology 10 282/2 The Red Queen model views the evolutionary equilibrium as dynamic: even under a constant abiotic environment, there continues to be taxonomic turnover.

1996 Mod. Healthcare (Nexis) 11 Nov. 88 The Red Queen Principle, in fact, seems to define most of our activity in healthcare today: a rapid round of action and reaction, stroke and counterstroke, deal and counterdeal, all to stay in the same place.

2006 P. Mayhew Discovering Evolutionary Ecol. ii. 20 This species suffers more from parasites than its sexual relatives, hence supports the 'Red Queen' hypothesis for the maintenance of sex.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red queen
释义	Red Queenn. Brit. /ˌrɛd ˈkwiːn/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛd ˈkwin/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Red Queen. Etymology: < the name of the Red Queen, a character in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-glass (1871), who asserts (ch. ii) that ‘it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.’ Biology. attributive and in the possessive. The hypothesis that in order to survive, a species must evolve sufficiently rapidly to counter evolutionary changes in ecologically competing species (e.g. predator or prey); esp. in Red Queen's hypothesis. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1973 L. Van Valen in Evolutionary Theory 1 19 The Red Queen does not need changes in the physical environment... The Red Queen's Hypothesis is a sufficient explanation of the law of extinction. 1984 Paleobiology 10 282/2 The Red Queen model views the evolutionary equilibrium as dynamic: even under a constant abiotic environment, there continues to be taxonomic turnover. 1996 Mod. Healthcare (Nexis) 11 Nov. 88 The Red Queen Principle, in fact, seems to define most of our activity in healthcare today: a rapid round of action and reaction, stroke and counterstroke, deal and counterdeal, all to stay in the same place. 2006 P. Mayhew Discovering Evolutionary Ecol. ii. 20 This species suffers more from parasites than its sexual relatives, hence supports the 'Red Queen' hypothesis for the maintenance of sex. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1973
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