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单词 stanhope
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Stanhopen.

Brit. /ˈstanəp/, /ˈstanhəʊp/, U.S. /ˈstænˌhoʊp/, /ˈstænəp/
Etymology: < the proper name Stanhope (see below).
1.
a. A light open one-seated vehicle, formerly made with two wheels, but subsequently commonly with four. First made for the Hon. and Rev. Fitzroy Stanhope (1787–1864). Often written with small initial.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > for one person
carriole1728
desobligeant1768
solo1787
Stanhope1825
calasha1862
stanhope phaeton1901
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 86 Or in a stanhope come it strong.
1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 128 The two~wheeled carriage called a Stanhope is suspended on four of these springs.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxix. 425 The vehicle was not exactly a gig, neither was it a stanhope.
1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley ii. 13 They found the..stanhope drawn by a big grey..awaiting them.
b. stanhope horse n. one suitable for a stanhope.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > of specific type (miscellaneous)
chareter1601
gigstera1812
van horse1820
cab horse1828
cabber1832
stanhope horse1836
vanner1854
sledder1869
trapper1883
trammer1889
fly-horse1891
busser1894
1836 G. Stephen Adventures in Search of Horse (1841) ix. 137 I would suggest that the form of a stanhope horse be carefully considered.
c. stanhope phaeton n. a variety of the stanhope.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > for one person
carriole1728
desobligeant1768
solo1787
Stanhope1825
calasha1862
stanhope phaeton1901
1901 F. H. Skrine Life Sir W. W. Hunter xiii. 245 He had purchased a Stanhope phaeton.
2. Stanhope lens n. a lens of small diameter with two convex faces of different radii, enclosed in a metallic tube (Knight). Invented by Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816).
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > other lenses
concave1632
globe1653
meniscus1693
hemispherule1696
convex1705
omphaloptic1728
omphalopter1738
crown lens1764
achromatic1785
condenser1798
meniscus lens1820
Fresnel lens1835
bull's-eye1839
Stanhope lens1850
spot lens1860
amplifier1866
achromat1873
projectora1884
aplanat1890
triplet condenser1892
Aldis lens1902
monocentric1922
Schmidt correcting plate1934
coated lens1948
Panavision1955
Schmidt correcting lens1961
re-imaging1962
1850 W. King Permian Fossils 143 In others..they [the punctures] cannot be detected so readily without a Stanhope lens.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 65/1 A Stanhope lens of the ordinary form.
3. Stanhope press n. a hand printing-press invented by the 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816).
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > hand-press > types of
Stanhope pressc1805
bellows press1846
c1805 Earl Stanhope in M. Burrows Collectanea (1896) III. 400 The high price of the Stanhope press (compared with that of the common wooden ones) has, by many, been considered as likely to check the sale of them.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 18/1 The accompanying diagram of the Stanhope press.
4. The name of the historian Philip Henry Stanhope (1805–75), 5th Earl Stanhope, used attributively and absol. to designate the historical essay prize founded by him at Oxford University in 1855, or essays associated with this prize.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > essay > [noun] > prize essay or essay prize
Stanhope1861
1856 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 273 Earl Stanhope's Prize. In a Convocation holden on Friday, December 14, 1855, the following Regulations for a Prize founded by the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, with a view to the full development and the continued growth and welfare of the School of Law and Modern History, and accepted by Convocation on the 20th day of June, 1855, were agreed upon.]
1861 J. A. Symonds Let. 17 Apr. (1967) I. 285 Conington..declares the Stanhope to be about as much too long.
1861 J. A. Symonds Let. 1 June (1967) 296 I confess to being a little anxious myself about the Stanhope, though one ought never to be disturbed on account of Prizes.
1863 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 105 (heading) Stanhope historical essay.
1896 J. Buchan in W. Buchan John Buchan (1982) iv. 81 Get the Newdigate. Get the Stanhope.
1915 A. Huxley Let. 8 June (1969) 71 I may come up here in September to do some reading in Bodley for the Stanhope Prize.
1916 A. Huxley Let. 18 June (1969) 101 I trust I don't have to read the Stanhope at the Encaenia.
1934 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 21 Nov. 140/2 Stanhope Essay Prize, 1935. The subject for 1935 is ‘Edward, the Black Prince.’
1976 M. Green Children of Sun ii. 51 John Buchan..went to Oxford, where he won the Stanhope Essay Prize, the Newdigate Poetry Prize..and a first~class degree.

Derivatives

Stanˈhopian adj.
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [adjective] > type of hand-press
Stanhopian1808
Ramage1923
1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 54 Judging from former times, when ligatures..were used, and abolished because they encumbered the compositor,..we much fear the Stanhopian introduction of an, in, of, &c. will not be found to meet with a much more favourable reception.
1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 302, 506.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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