单词 | sim |
释义 | † Simn.1 Obsolete. 1. Combined with another word so as to form a name or nickname. a. Sim Subtle n. (also subtle Sim) a cunning, subtle, or sly person.Quot. 1612 may illustrate a more general use as a nickname. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > cunning person foxc1000 yepea1250 slies1297 wily-man1393 wilyc1400 sneck-drawer1402 piea1425 wily-piec1450 artificera1500 tod?a1513 Sim Subtlea1529 serpentinea1533 prata1542 wily beguile1550 wily-wat?1550 elfa1556 dog fox1609 saccularian1652 sly-cap1681 sly-boots1699 craftsmaster1717 scunge1824 sleeveen1834 chickaleary1869 sneck-draw1886 rusée1889 slypuss1942 a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) sig. C.ivv In whose place Dothe occupy Full vngracyously Fals flatery Fals terchery [read trechery] Fals brybery Subtyle Sym Sly With madde foly. 1571 J. Bridges Serm. Paules Crosse ii. 74 Ha suttle foole, Sim suttle deceued himself, Thinkest thou thus to mock God? 1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth Pref. sig. ē3 Finding..no man..more neerely expressing (by name, nature, qualities, and forme of proceeding) a suttle Sym now among you..then doth that old Simon the crafty Greeke. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 170 b Whereupon Simme Suttle argueth from destruction of the consequent on this wise. 1612 in E. Arber Transcript Reg. Company of Stationers 1554–1640 (1876) III. 229 Turners Dreame of Sym Subtill and Susan the brokers Daughter. b. Sim Shakebuckler n. a male servant or attendant (perhaps with some implication of misbehaviour: cf. shakebuckler n.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > man or boy knightc950 knapec1000 shalkOE knaveOE sergeantc1200 swainc1275 groom1297 garcion13.. ladc1300 harlota1350 serving-mana1400 manservant1409 varlet1483 handman1496 custrelinga1556 Sim Shakebuckler?1560 lackey-boy1575 vadelect1586 muchacho1591 round robin1591 varlettoa1616 vadelet1661 gossoon1684 skip1699 mozo1811 Jack1836 tea-boy1847 John1848 ?1560 T. Becon Gouernaunce Vertue (new ed.) 229 That a pore maide and a simple Sym Shakebucklare, made hym [sc. Peter] boeth to denye and also to forsweare Iesus Christe. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. i. f. cccccxxiii Suche simme shakebucklers, as in theyr yong yeares fal vnto seruing and in theyr olde yeares fall vnto beggery. 2. Scottish. A name for: the Devil. Cf. Simmie n. ΚΠ 1789 D. Sillar Poems 127 Sym gade sic an' elritch croon, 'Maist gard the mill come tumblin' down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Simn.2 Cambridge University slang. Now disused. A follower or adherent of Charles Simeon (see Simeonite n.2 and adj.2) or a supporter of his theological doctrines; a Simeonite. Sometimes also more generally: an exceptionally religious, studious, or quiet student. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] > person Protestant1583 latitude man1662 latitudinarian1662 Low Churchman1698 low-flyer?1704 lowboy1707 Simeonite1795 Hoadlyite1800 evangelical1804 evangelic1812 peculiar1834 Sim1836 Recordite1844 evangelican1876 Kensitite1898 1836 D. G. Osborne Granta xciii. 47 None will be surprised That these backslidings from the holy way, The saints of Granta should have scandalized, And shocked those ‘Sims’ who never went astray. [End-note] Followers (more particularly) of the Rev. Charles Simeon, a celebrated evangelical preacher, at Cambridge..: but the appellation of ‘Sim’ is applied, generally, to every student of a serious and religious—by those of a somewhat opposite turn of mind. 1851 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University 40 Passing for a terribly hard-reading man, and a ‘Sim’ of the straightest kind. 1883 Times 22 Oct. 9/5 To be a Simeonite at Cambridge—the undergraduates abbreviated it into ‘Sim’,..—was to wear a badge of reproach. 1909 Eagle (Cambridge) June 303 The ‘Evangelical’ party, though still numerous, was losing strength. Its undergraduate adherents were commonly called ‘Sims’. 2000 J. A. Secord Victorian Sensation vii. 222 At Cambridge, the novel's hero..comes under the influence of the ‘Sims’, the evangelical followers of the Reverend Charles Simeon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). simn.3 A computer program (usually a game) that simulates a particular activity, such as flying an aircraft or city planning, in which the user can participate.Frequently with modifying word, as flight sim, management sim, etc. ΚΠ 1985 Flight Simulator for Mac! in net.micro.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 21 Dec. For all of you out there who like flight sims, I have just finished testing a new one for the Mac. 2003 PC Mag. 6 May 143/3 World of Outlaws is a sim that's a little more arcade in feel, but this doesn't stop it being a load of fun. 2018 PC World (Nexis) 1 May State of Decay 2 is one-part management sim, one part survival game. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). SIMn.4 Subscriber identity (or identification) module, a thin card, equipped with an embedded integrated circuit, which is inserted into a mobile phone or other device in order to store a user's details and authorize their use of a particular network. Also attributive, in SIM card.Frequently with modifying word, specifying one of several standardized sizes of SIM, as mini SIM, micro SIM, nano SIM, etc. ΚΠ 1989 Fintech Mobile Communications 23 Nov. 6/2 These cards must all conform to the subscriber identity module (SIM) standard established by the European Technical Standards Institute. 1991 Electronics Mar. 48/2 Their philosophy is that a user should be able to take his personal SIM card and slide it into any PCN telephone, no matter who the vendor is. 1998 What Cellphone Aug. 48/2 This year's model uses a mini SIM for the first time. 2003 Holiday Which? Summer 133/2 Your UK network provider may make a charge..to ‘unlock’ your phone to allow you to change the Sim card. 2010 Independent 20 Jan. (Life section) 9/3 If you switch mobile networks and get a new sim, you don't need to tell anyone. 2012 Guardian 25 July 24/4 The nano-sim is 40% smaller even than the micro-sim used in smartphones such as the iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Nokia Lumia range. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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