black spotn.

(in sense 1 and 4)Brit.

/ˈblak spɒt/, U.S.

/ˈblæk ˌspɑt/ (in senses 2 and 3)Brit.

/ˈblak ˈspɒt/, U.S.

/ˈblæk ˈspɑt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., spot n.¹

Etymology: < black adj. + spot n.¹

1. A place or area of anxiety or danger; spec. (in later use) a section of a road noted for accidents; (also) an area where crime is prevalent. See also accident black spot n. at accident n. Compounds 2.

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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > place or area of

wildernessa1340

black spot1832

disaster zone1906

disaster area1911

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > dangerous section of a road

black spot1937

1832 Ld. Grey Let. 16 Dec. in P. Ziegler King William IV (1972) xix. 241 The Black Spot on our horizon is Ireland, and there..the Elections appear to be taking as bad a turn as possible.

1867 Times 17 Aug. 9/6 Foreign interference would..efface the black spots..which now deface the political prospects of Greece.

1925 Daily Herald 30 June 2/3 Against general and protracted depression in the ‘black spots’, they might..set..improvement in the trades.

1936 Discovery Nov. 355/2 Our distressed areas..remain the one black spot in the otherwise remarkable position of Great Britain.

1937 Daily Herald 5 Jan. 7/4 Road-crossing improvements at ‘black spots’ throughout London.

1940 R. Morrish Police & Crime-detection i. 20 ‘Black spots’ are easily recognized by recording the districts and streets where, for example, housebreaking takes place.

1959 Listener 6 Aug. 208/2 You begin to see what are the black spots, that is to say, where accidents do in fact happen.

1989 Holiday Which? Jan. 18/2 Black spots are not publicised: the latest EC report on the quality of bathing waters was published without information from Spain.

2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 4/4 A new blitz on muggers, carjackers, and snatch-thieves in 10 blackspots.

2. Any of various (chiefly fungal) diseases of plants characterized by dark spots on the diseased portions; esp. a disease of roses caused by the fungus Diplocarpon rosae, in which circular black or dark brown patches appear on the leaves followed by yellowing and defoliation.

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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases

red rot1798

bunt1800

heart rot1808

yellow rust1808

pepperbrand1842

black spot1847

take-all1865

anthracnose1877

coffee-leaf disease1877

white rot1879

bladder-brand1883

basal rot1896

whitehead1898

black root rot1901

chancre1903

black pod1904

bud-rot1906

frog-eye1906

wildfire1918

pasmo1926

blind-seed disease1939

sharp eyespot1943

1847 D. Landreth Johnson's Dict. Mod. Gardening 131/2 The ‘black spot’ on the leaves of carnations, is an infection propagating itself in the same manner as rust in corn.

1890 Canad. Horticulturist Jan. 24 The heavy frost of the 29th May very much thinned the first bloom of the out-door rose, and later the black spot again made its appearance.

1906 M. C. Cooke Fungoid Pests 134 Peach Freckle..is known in the United States as ‘scab’ or ‘black spot’... The fungus is a kind of black mould which attacks ripe Peaches.

1928 Daily Express 7 July 4/2 The blotch, or black spot as it is sometimes called, appears on the upper side of the leaf, and the rose tree speedily loses its foliage.

1966 Punch 30 Mar. 462/1 Huge stocks of the munitions of bacterial warfare, of mildew and rust, black spot, botrytis and scab, are being made ready for immediate use at call.

2001 BBC Gardeners' World Feb. 66/3 The flowers of Rosa ‘Guinée’ are among the darkest smouldering crimson ever seen.., although it is not the most vigorous variety and it may suffer from black spot.

3. In works of fiction: a card or piece of paper blackened on one side and bearing writing on the other, used among pirates to communicate a verdict, warning, etc., esp. to a leader who is about to be deposed. Frequently in extended use. Esp. in to tip (also give, hand, etc.) a person the black spot.The trope is particularly associated with Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: see quot. 1881.

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1881 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv, in Young Folks 15 Oct. 134/3 On the floor close to his hand there was a little round of paper, blackened on the one side. I could not doubt but that this was the black spot; and taking it up, I found written on the other side..this short message: ‘You have till ten to-night.’

1918 J. A. Dunn in Adventure 3 Aug. 164/2 When we have given him the black spot, when he is deposed and I rule and reap a harvest of the Caribbean.

1923 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Nov. 26/8 [He] was determined that the University of Pennsylvania, the next opponent, would not do such a thing as hand him the ‘black spot’ for his fourth defeat in one season.

1932 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons xxv. 268 ‘I've tipped you the Black Spot. Read it.’.. ‘To Captain Flint (alias Uncle Jim)... This is the Black Spot. You are deposed from being an uncle or anything decent.’

1956 D. Alexander Hangman's Dozen 20 Did you steal the pirate treasure and did the pirate gang hand you the black spot and mark you to be murdered?

1985 Washington Post 26 Oct. a21/1 Those infants given the black spot by the medical team were provided no more than ‘supportive care’.

2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Oct. (Features section) 20 [The] doyenne of the media Left, who chairs the Arts Council, has been tipped the black spot.

4. In South Africa under apartheid: an area of land occupied by black people (often with freehold tenure) but surrounded by land officially designated for white occupation, and therefore under threat of expropriation. Also with capital initials. Now historical.

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1951 Natal Mercury 13 Apr. 11 [The Mayor] will ask the Minister if Durban is to receive any of the money the Minister recently announced would be set aside for the elimination of ‘black spots’.

1960 A. J. Luthuli in H. Spottiswoode S. Afr.: Road Ahead 116 In rural areas African freehold lands that are surrounded by white farms are by law ‘Black Spots’, which must be vacated by Africans when so ordered by the Government.

1977 Daily Disp. (East London, S. Afr.) 17 Nov. 4 The National Party's parliamentary candidate..has pledged to speed up the removal of ‘black spots’ in the white corridor of land between the Ciskei and Transkei.

2004 M. Okwesili Good over Evil 37 The people evicted from ‘black spots’ and from white owned farms on which they lived as tenants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	black spot
释义	black spotn. (in sense 1 and 4)Brit. /ˈblak spɒt/, U.S. /ˈblæk ˌspɑt/ (in senses 2 and 3)Brit. /ˈblak ˈspɒt/, U.S. /ˈblæk ˈspɑt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., spot n.¹ Etymology: < black adj. + spot n.¹ 1. A place or area of anxiety or danger; spec. (in later use) a section of a road noted for accidents; (also) an area where crime is prevalent. See also accident black spot n. at accident n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > place or area of wildernessa1340 black spot1832 disaster zone1906 disaster area1911 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > dangerous section of a road black spot1937 1832 Ld. Grey Let. 16 Dec. in P. Ziegler King William IV (1972) xix. 241 The Black Spot on our horizon is Ireland, and there..the Elections appear to be taking as bad a turn as possible. 1867 Times 17 Aug. 9/6 Foreign interference would..efface the black spots..which now deface the political prospects of Greece. 1925 Daily Herald 30 June 2/3 Against general and protracted depression in the ‘black spots’, they might..set..improvement in the trades. 1936 Discovery Nov. 355/2 Our distressed areas..remain the one black spot in the otherwise remarkable position of Great Britain. 1937 Daily Herald 5 Jan. 7/4 Road-crossing improvements at ‘black spots’ throughout London. 1940 R. Morrish Police & Crime-detection i. 20 ‘Black spots’ are easily recognized by recording the districts and streets where, for example, housebreaking takes place. 1959 Listener 6 Aug. 208/2 You begin to see what are the black spots, that is to say, where accidents do in fact happen. 1989 Holiday Which? Jan. 18/2 Black spots are not publicised: the latest EC report on the quality of bathing waters was published without information from Spain. 2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 4/4 A new blitz on muggers, carjackers, and snatch-thieves in 10 blackspots. 2. Any of various (chiefly fungal) diseases of plants characterized by dark spots on the diseased portions; esp. a disease of roses caused by the fungus Diplocarpon rosae, in which circular black or dark brown patches appear on the leaves followed by yellowing and defoliation. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases red rot1798 bunt1800 heart rot1808 yellow rust1808 pepperbrand1842 black spot1847 take-all1865 anthracnose1877 coffee-leaf disease1877 white rot1879 bladder-brand1883 basal rot1896 whitehead1898 black root rot1901 chancre1903 black pod1904 bud-rot1906 frog-eye1906 wildfire1918 pasmo1926 blind-seed disease1939 sharp eyespot1943 1847 D. Landreth Johnson's Dict. Mod. Gardening 131/2 The ‘black spot’ on the leaves of carnations, is an infection propagating itself in the same manner as rust in corn. 1890 Canad. Horticulturist Jan. 24 The heavy frost of the 29th May very much thinned the first bloom of the out-door rose, and later the black spot again made its appearance. 1906 M. C. Cooke Fungoid Pests 134 Peach Freckle..is known in the United States as ‘scab’ or ‘black spot’... The fungus is a kind of black mould which attacks ripe Peaches. 1928 Daily Express 7 July 4/2 The blotch, or black spot as it is sometimes called, appears on the upper side of the leaf, and the rose tree speedily loses its foliage. 1966 Punch 30 Mar. 462/1 Huge stocks of the munitions of bacterial warfare, of mildew and rust, black spot, botrytis and scab, are being made ready for immediate use at call. 2001 BBC Gardeners' World Feb. 66/3 The flowers of Rosa ‘Guinée’ are among the darkest smouldering crimson ever seen.., although it is not the most vigorous variety and it may suffer from black spot. 3. In works of fiction: a card or piece of paper blackened on one side and bearing writing on the other, used among pirates to communicate a verdict, warning, etc., esp. to a leader who is about to be deposed. Frequently in extended use. Esp. in to tip (also give, hand, etc.) a person the black spot.The trope is particularly associated with Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: see quot. 1881. ΚΠ 1881 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv, in Young Folks 15 Oct. 134/3 On the floor close to his hand there was a little round of paper, blackened on the one side. I could not doubt but that this was the black spot; and taking it up, I found written on the other side..this short message: ‘You have till ten to-night.’ 1918 J. A. Dunn in Adventure 3 Aug. 164/2 When we have given him the black spot, when he is deposed and I rule and reap a harvest of the Caribbean. 1923 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Nov. 26/8 [He] was determined that the University of Pennsylvania, the next opponent, would not do such a thing as hand him the ‘black spot’ for his fourth defeat in one season. 1932 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons xxv. 268 ‘I've tipped you the Black Spot. Read it.’.. ‘To Captain Flint (alias Uncle Jim)... This is the Black Spot. You are deposed from being an uncle or anything decent.’ 1956 D. Alexander Hangman's Dozen 20 Did you steal the pirate treasure and did the pirate gang hand you the black spot and mark you to be murdered? 1985 Washington Post 26 Oct. a21/1 Those infants given the black spot by the medical team were provided no more than ‘supportive care’. 2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Oct. (Features section) 20 [The] doyenne of the media Left, who chairs the Arts Council, has been tipped the black spot. 4. In South Africa under apartheid: an area of land occupied by black people (often with freehold tenure) but surrounded by land officially designated for white occupation, and therefore under threat of expropriation. Also with capital initials. Now historical. ΚΠ 1951 Natal Mercury 13 Apr. 11 [The Mayor] will ask the Minister if Durban is to receive any of the money the Minister recently announced would be set aside for the elimination of ‘black spots’. 1960 A. J. Luthuli in H. Spottiswoode S. Afr.: Road Ahead 116 In rural areas African freehold lands that are surrounded by white farms are by law ‘Black Spots’, which must be vacated by Africans when so ordered by the Government. 1977 Daily Disp. (East London, S. Afr.) 17 Nov. 4 The National Party's parliamentary candidate..has pledged to speed up the removal of ‘black spots’ in the white corridor of land between the Ciskei and Transkei. 2004 M. Okwesili Good over Evil 37 The people evicted from ‘black spots’ and from white owned farms on which they lived as tenants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1832
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