spare partn.

Etymology: < spare adj. and adv. + part n.¹

1. A duplicate of a part of a machine kept or available in readiness to replace a loss, failure, or breakage. Frequently plural.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > duplicate

spare part1888

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 336 It is customary to include spare parts with work which is despatched to the colonies and with sea-going engines.

1902 J. H. A. Macdonald in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors & Motor-driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xix. 368 These were the days when it was thought practical, as Mr. Butler informs me, ‘to turn out a car of one-and-a-half horse-power to carry two passengers, and luggage, spare parts and tools’.

1904 C. B. Fry's Mag. June 294/2 In addition to the actual trying of the racing car..there is a great deal of detail work in connection with supplies of..spare parts.

1907 Chambers's Jrnl. 431/1 Most people are familiar with the fact that spare parts for bicycles, motor-cars, gas-engines, and similar machinery can always be obtained.

1913 Aeroplane 25 Sept. 353 The Gnôme Engine Company... To whom all applications for Gnôme engines and spare parts should be made.

1925 H. G. Wells Christina Alberta's Father i. v. § 3. 123 The next evening was wet again, and as his Spare Part hadn't come Mr. Fenton was able to join us once more.

1931 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 25 106 In some cases spare-part lists hardly exist, very largely due no doubt to rapid change of design.

1936 E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia v. 182 We would not take the lorry until it was fully equipped... He could not get the spare parts on credit.

1971 Engineering Apr. 31/1 Quick and easy over-haul and spare-part replacement.

1972 Guardian 18 Oct. 14/2 Some agent for British cars abroad is heard complaining..that he can make no profit because he sells no spare parts.

2. transferred. A visceral organ or other bodily part from a donor, or a prosthetic device, which is to be used to replace a defective organ, etc., in a person. Frequently attributive, as spare-part(s) surgery. colloquial.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > prosthesis or spare part > [noun]

prosthesis1900

spare part1944

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > a transplant or graft

graft1871

transplant1913

spare part1944

1944 Reader's Digest XLV. 25 (title) Banks for Human ‘Spare Parts’.

1960 S. Plath Colossus 87 The storerooms are full of hearts. This is the city of spare parts.

1963 Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 9/5 Spare part surgery is still in its infancy.

1967 New Scientist 25 May 449/1 With the technique of kidney transplantation now firmly established..spare-part surgeons are now turning their attention to other organs in the body.

1968 Guardian 6 May 8/1 Spare parts surgery is too important to be left to the surgeons alone.

1970 D. J. Marlowe in Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 (1977) 4 ‘Well, what about your body?’ I still didn't care for the idea about being used for spare parts.

1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn ii. 20 She could donate certain organs to assist in research or spare-part surgery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	spare part
释义	spare partn. Etymology: < spare adj. and adv. + part n.¹ 1. A duplicate of a part of a machine kept or available in readiness to replace a loss, failure, or breakage. Frequently plural. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > duplicate spare part1888 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 336 It is customary to include spare parts with work which is despatched to the colonies and with sea-going engines. 1902 J. H. A. Macdonald in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors & Motor-driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xix. 368 These were the days when it was thought practical, as Mr. Butler informs me, ‘to turn out a car of one-and-a-half horse-power to carry two passengers, and luggage, spare parts and tools’. 1904 C. B. Fry's Mag. June 294/2 In addition to the actual trying of the racing car..there is a great deal of detail work in connection with supplies of..spare parts. 1907 Chambers's Jrnl. 431/1 Most people are familiar with the fact that spare parts for bicycles, motor-cars, gas-engines, and similar machinery can always be obtained. 1913 Aeroplane 25 Sept. 353 The Gnôme Engine Company... To whom all applications for Gnôme engines and spare parts should be made. 1925 H. G. Wells Christina Alberta's Father i. v. § 3. 123 The next evening was wet again, and as his Spare Part hadn't come Mr. Fenton was able to join us once more. 1931 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 25 106 In some cases spare-part lists hardly exist, very largely due no doubt to rapid change of design. 1936 E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia v. 182 We would not take the lorry until it was fully equipped... He could not get the spare parts on credit. 1971 Engineering Apr. 31/1 Quick and easy over-haul and spare-part replacement. 1972 Guardian 18 Oct. 14/2 Some agent for British cars abroad is heard complaining..that he can make no profit because he sells no spare parts. 2. transferred. A visceral organ or other bodily part from a donor, or a prosthetic device, which is to be used to replace a defective organ, etc., in a person. Frequently attributive, as spare-part(s) surgery. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > prosthesis or spare part > [noun] prosthesis1900 spare part1944 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > a transplant or graft graft1871 transplant1913 spare part1944 1944 Reader's Digest XLV. 25 (title) Banks for Human ‘Spare Parts’. 1960 S. Plath Colossus 87 The storerooms are full of hearts. This is the city of spare parts. 1963 Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 9/5 Spare part surgery is still in its infancy. 1967 New Scientist 25 May 449/1 With the technique of kidney transplantation now firmly established..spare-part surgeons are now turning their attention to other organs in the body. 1968 Guardian 6 May 8/1 Spare parts surgery is too important to be left to the surgeons alone. 1970 D. J. Marlowe in Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 (1977) 4 ‘Well, what about your body?’ I still didn't care for the idea about being used for spare parts. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn ii. 20 She could donate certain organs to assist in research or spare-part surgery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1888
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