单词 | blazer |
释义 | blazern.1 1. a. Anything which blazes or shines; as a comet (obsolete), or (familiarly) a very bright day. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [noun] faxed stareOE cometOE blazing starc1503 besom1566 crinital star1580 blazera1635 Dog Star1727 sword-star1852 sungrazer1887 cometesimal1964 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > hot weather > [noun] > a very bright day blazer1875 a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) Thus we leave the blazers coming over. 1875 M. E. Braddon Hostages to Fortune I. iii. 88 The day..a blazer, cloudless blue. b. A light jacket of bright colour worn at cricket or other sports. Now usually an unlined jacket of lightweight material (often flannel), frequently with coloured stripes, decorated edges, or a badge on the breast-pocket, worn esp. with sports clothes or as part of a school uniform. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > other duffel coat1683 duffel jacket1732 petenlair1753 grego1767 wamus1805 camisole1816 over-jacket1830 matinee1851 Zouave1859 paletot1863 blazer1880 Norfolks1902 letter sweater1914 letter jacket1934 bomber jacket1940 shirt-jac1944 samfu jacket1955 guru jacket1966 Mao jacket1967 1880 Times 19 June Men in spotless flannel, and club ‘blazers.’ 1885 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 21 Feb. 91 The latest novelty..for the river is flannels, a blazer, and spats. 1889 Daily News 22 Aug. 6/6 In your article of to-day..you speak of ‘a striped red and black blazer’, ‘the blazer’, also of ‘the pale toned’ ones... A blazer is the red flannel boating jacket worn by the Lady Margaret, St. John's College, Cambridge, Boat Club. When I was at Cambridge it meant that and nothing else. It seems from your article that a blazer now means a coloured flannel jacket, whether for cricket, tennis, boating, or seaside wear. 1892 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 93 More does he wonder still at the city clerk in a blazer. 1963 Times 23 Jan. 12/4 A simple short blazer-type jacket. 1964 Which? Mar. 94/2 More navy blue blazers are sold than any other colour. 1964 Which? Mar. 96/1 Blazer cloth was not originally intended for hard daily wear, but for more occasional use—sitting in a cricket pavilion, for instance. 2. Someone or something that attracts attention. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] wlitec825 gite1589 splendencya1591 splendence1604 splendancya1626 pomp1732 splendour1774 blazer1845 blazery1883 splendiferousness1884 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings (1846) 127 T'other gal is likely enough, but the mother's a blazer! 1892 ‘H. Lawson’ in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 154 You must prove that you're a blazer—you must prove that you have grit. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy vi. 81 Are you sure you wasn't running a blazer yourself? 1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 19 Apr. 1 The Kaiser's telegram..recalls some of his blazers in the past. 3. A small cooking apparatus. North American. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] range1423 buccan1611 fire-range1668 stew-stove1727 screw-range1772 stew-hole1780 cooking stove1796 range stove1803 cooking range1805 cookstove1820 kitchener1829 gas range1853 cooker1860 gas cooker1873 Soyer's stove1878 hay-box1885 blazer1889 machine oven1890 paraffin stove1891 primus1893 electric cooker1894 electric range1894 Yukon stove1898 fireless cooker1904 picnic stove1910 pressure stove1914 Tommy cooker1915 rangette1922 Aga1931 barbecue1931 Rayburn1947 sigri1949 jiko1973 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1895 Harper's Mag. May 885/1 Delicacies which Tom prided himself on being able to prepare on a blazer. 1967 Canad. Antiques Collector Apr. 17/1 Cooking can be done in the blazer pan over a direct flame. 4. A sheet of metal placed against the bars of a grate to create a draught and cause the fire to blaze; a blower. northern. ΚΠ 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Bleezer, a hood to blow up a fire. ‘Put the bleezer up, and let's hev a lowe.’ a1922 T. Burt Autobiogr. (1924) 177 Women and children..armed with ‘blazers’ and tin-cans..used as cymbals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blazern.2 1. One who proclaims or publishes; a ‘trumpeter’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer teller1340 professora1387 trumpet1447 blazerc1450 denouncer1490 trump1531 ebuccinator1542 declarer1548 proclaimer1548 announcer?1549 trumpet1549 trumpeter1581 blazoner1603 speaker1623 proclamator1650 annunciator1696 proclaimant1837 tooter1863 spruiker1893 spieler1894 c1450 Test. Love (1560) i. 280 b/1 Tho loveden blasours, tho curreiden glosours, the welcomeden flatterers. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Blaser of bruite or fame. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 354 A blazer of that worth & excellencie which is in God. a1618 W. Raleigh Maxims of State in Remains (1661) 74 To have their blazers abroad to set out their virtues. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] herald of (at) arms1377 heraldc1384 officer of (also at) armsa1486 blazer1486 blazoner1586 1486 Bk. St. Albans B iv b The blaseyr shall..blase the colowre sentri. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iii. 39 The first blazer of their Pedegrees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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