screen.

Brit.

/skriː/, U.S.

/skri/

Forms: 1700s– scree; English regional (northern) 1700s skree; also Scottish 1800s scrae (irregular).

Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: Probably the reflex of an unattested borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic skriða , Swedish skred , masculine (16th cent., earliest in sense ‘step’), skreda , feminine (end of the 17th cent.), Danish skred , all in sense ‘landslip’) < an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the Germanic base of scrithe v.The singular scree is probably an inferred singular < the plural screes , showing loss of an original medial ð comparable to that shown by clo'es , colloquial variant of clothes . In form scrae probably by association with brae n.

A steep, often unstable slope on a mountainside formed by a mass of stone fragments and other debris; (as mass noun) the material composing such a slope. Also figurative.In early use chiefly in plural: cf. note at etymology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > loose stones

scree1709

brasha1722

ratchel1747

stammerers1793

slithers1805

shingle1959

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus

shot-heuch1574

slide1664

scree1813

shot-brae1822

earthslide1829

talus1830

slip1838

rockslide1845

earthslip1859

landslip1872

spout1883

shingle-slip1900

slump1905

stone stripe1934

shingle slide1944

1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland xv. 87 Those high, steep, and stony Mountains, which are called the Skrees.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96/1 Skirl, or screes, small stones or pebbles.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. viii. 138 Far on the sloping valley's course, On..Shingle and Scrae, and Fell and Force, A dusky light arose.

1851 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 137/2 The cliffs, and screes, and snowpatches looked uglier and steeper.

1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 67 It rested on a talus of angular fragments of limestone..running on the one hand into the scree at the bottom of the ravine, and on the other gradually thinning away.

1905 S. J. Weyman Starvecrow Farm 209 And now the screes of Bow Fell, flecked with snow, were not more cold and hard than her face.

1962 ‘C. Marchant’ Heritage of Folly i. 5 The farm-lands now gave place to bare, scree-covered slopes with small fields bordered by drystone walls.

1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard ii. 159 Rockfalls half-covered with snow, interspersed with ice and scree, make the ascent arduous.

1991 R. Brookhiser Way of WASP (1992) x. 134 It gives us a foothold in the scree of facts.

2006 Daily Tel. 14 Sept. 24/6 Tiny underpopulated villages nesting under shoulders of purplish scree.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as scree material, scree slope, etc.

ΚΠ

1888 C. Davison in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 44 232 The instability of scree-material being so great, the causes of its motion are consequently numerous.

1985 B. Holm Music of Failure 66 The wildest, most remote fjord in east Iceland, Borgafjord, ringed with blood-red liparite mountains and precipitous scree slopes.

2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 53 Willies nest in burrows and rock crevices in cliffs, rocky slopes and scree banks.

C2.

scree bed n. (originally) an area covered with scree; an accumulation of scree; (in later use also) a part of a garden, esp. a raised garden bed, covered with a layer of gravel, pebbles, etc., and used for growing alpine plants.

ΚΠ

1886 Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Assoc. for Advancement Lit. & Sci. 11 17 We find Verbascum thapsus inhabiting ‘scree-beds’ in many of our mountain slopes.

1936 Observer 20 Dec. 20/4 In this scree bed should be buried, a few inches deep, angular pieces of rock, such as limestone, sandstone, or Kentish rag.

1992 S. Ashton Scrambles in Snowdonia (ed. 2) 56 Follow a ledge which leads conveniently across to the right and thus, beyond a final rise, enter the scree bed of the main gully.

2005 A. McIndoe & K. Hobbs Perennials 97/3 A position at the foot of a sunny wall or in a well-drained scree bed is ideal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scree
释义	screen. Brit. /skriː/, U.S. /skri/ Forms: 1700s– scree; English regional (northern) 1700s skree; also Scottish 1800s scrae (irregular). Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Probably the reflex of an unattested borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic skriða , Swedish skred , masculine (16th cent., earliest in sense ‘step’), skreda , feminine (end of the 17th cent.), Danish skred , all in sense ‘landslip’) < an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the Germanic base of scrithe v.The singular scree is probably an inferred singular < the plural screes , showing loss of an original medial ð comparable to that shown by clo'es , colloquial variant of clothes . In form scrae probably by association with brae n. A steep, often unstable slope on a mountainside formed by a mass of stone fragments and other debris; (as mass noun) the material composing such a slope. Also figurative.In early use chiefly in plural: cf. note at etymology. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > loose stones scree1709 brasha1722 ratchel1747 stammerers1793 slithers1805 shingle1959 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus shot-heuch1574 slide1664 scree1813 shot-brae1822 earthslide1829 talus1830 slip1838 rockslide1845 earthslip1859 landslip1872 spout1883 shingle-slip1900 slump1905 stone stripe1934 shingle slide1944 1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland xv. 87 Those high, steep, and stony Mountains, which are called the Skrees. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96/1 Skirl, or screes, small stones or pebbles. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. viii. 138 Far on the sloping valley's course, On..Shingle and Scrae, and Fell and Force, A dusky light arose. 1851 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 137/2 The cliffs, and screes, and snowpatches looked uglier and steeper. 1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 67 It rested on a talus of angular fragments of limestone..running on the one hand into the scree at the bottom of the ravine, and on the other gradually thinning away. 1905 S. J. Weyman Starvecrow Farm 209 And now the screes of Bow Fell, flecked with snow, were not more cold and hard than her face. 1962 ‘C. Marchant’ Heritage of Folly i. 5 The farm-lands now gave place to bare, scree-covered slopes with small fields bordered by drystone walls. 1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard ii. 159 Rockfalls half-covered with snow, interspersed with ice and scree, make the ascent arduous. 1991 R. Brookhiser Way of WASP (1992) x. 134 It gives us a foothold in the scree of facts. 2006 Daily Tel. 14 Sept. 24/6 Tiny underpopulated villages nesting under shoulders of purplish scree. Compounds C1. General attributive, as scree material, scree slope, etc. ΚΠ 1888 C. Davison in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 44 232 The instability of scree-material being so great, the causes of its motion are consequently numerous. 1985 B. Holm Music of Failure 66 The wildest, most remote fjord in east Iceland, Borgafjord, ringed with blood-red liparite mountains and precipitous scree slopes. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 53 Willies nest in burrows and rock crevices in cliffs, rocky slopes and scree banks. C2. scree bed n. (originally) an area covered with scree; an accumulation of scree; (in later use also) a part of a garden, esp. a raised garden bed, covered with a layer of gravel, pebbles, etc., and used for growing alpine plants. ΚΠ 1886 Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Assoc. for Advancement Lit. & Sci. 11 17 We find Verbascum thapsus inhabiting ‘scree-beds’ in many of our mountain slopes. 1936 Observer 20 Dec. 20/4 In this scree bed should be buried, a few inches deep, angular pieces of rock, such as limestone, sandstone, or Kentish rag. 1992 S. Ashton Scrambles in Snowdonia (ed. 2) 56 Follow a ledge which leads conveniently across to the right and thus, beyond a final rise, enter the scree bed of the main gully. 2005 A. McIndoe & K. Hobbs Perennials 97/3 A position at the foot of a sunny wall or in a well-drained scree bed is ideal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1709
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