单词 | teaming |
释义 | teamingn. 1. The action or practice of using a team of draught animals to pull a wagon, haul freight, etc. Cf. team v. 1, 2. Now historical.Recorded earliest in compounds. ΚΠ 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxviii. 317 A Teaming-pin of about eleven Inches long. 1778 Remembrancer 5 59 Teaming-work, 1s. 6d. for every ton weight a mile. 1814 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 24 Sept. Contributions in money, labor, teaming, or in any of the munitions of war, will be accepted, and promptly applied by the Committee. 1835 New Eng. Farmer 7 Jan. 207/1 (advt.) A young man..is wanted to do the usual work on a farm within 7 miles of Boston—the teaming of Hay &c. &c. to, and Manure from the city. 1843 Acts of Legislature of State of Mich. 22 Every person whose principal business is teaming shall have exempt from execution or sale.., one yoke of oxen, one yoke, necessary chains, cart or wagon, or one pair of horses or mules. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 390/2 All the teaming is done with one-horse carts. 1907 T. A. Dodge Napoleon III. xlix. 473 Although this storm did not arrest the troops, it did nearly stop the teaming. 1960 R. E. L. Knight Industr. Relations San Francisco Bay Area ii. 64 Such relatively unskilled groups as longshoremen, warehousemen,..wagon drivers in general and specialty teaming. 2011 M. J. Maddigan S. Middleborough iv. 92 Improving local roads..would facilitate the teaming of lumber to the local mills. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2501/1 Teaming,..a certain mode of manufacturing work, which is given out to a boss, who hires a gang or team to do it, and is responsible to the owner of the stock. 3. The action or practice of putting together a team or set of people or things; spec. the coordination of garments; an instance of this. Also: the action of joining together as a team. Frequently in teaming up. Cf. team v. 4, 5. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [noun] > team > action of forming team-building1893 teaming1915 1915 Boston Post 3 July 8/5 The teaming up of Scott, Barry, Gardner and Hoblitzel should give the local team a truly great infield. 1948 B. Mills Olympic Cycling 43/2 It was impossible to expect the men to submit to arbitrary teaming imposed by the committee. 1966 Guardian 25 Apr. 6/4 A Jaeger shop..in Southport..is making a strong feature of ‘teaming up’—that is, exactly matching colours can be found in coats, suits, hats,..and knitwear. 1970 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Mar. 99 (caption) Sports Wrap-up. Belted casual suit is a teaming of a soft, robe-style, unlined jacket-coat with Arpel vinyl trim, straight pants. 1986 J. Anderson Food Portugal 10 It is..the intrepid teaming of ingredients that most distinguishes Portuguese cooking from the Spanish. 1989 Pop. Sci. Apr. 140/1 The small oval badge..signifies a teaming up between Chevrolet and some of the world's best auto makers. 2000 Billboard 16 Sept. 28/2 The right combination of artists and song can produce classics, like the teaming of superstars Diana Ross and Lionel Richie in the '80s on ‘Endless Love’. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1778Teaming-work [see sense 1]. 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 182 The breeding of heavy, or teaming horses. 1864 Harper's Mag. Oct. 563/1 In an ancient adobe building,..Mr. Banning carried on his staging and teaming operations. 1912 National Rotarian Mar. 44/1 The growth of the teaming business of Mr. John J. Shanahan has been so great that he is moving to new quarters. 1981 Def. & Foreign Affairs (Nexis) May Nowadays AFVs are subject to the same sort of international teaming arrangements as fighter aircraft. 2012 N.Y. Times 9 May (Late ed.) b7/3 We build ‘teaming rooms’ for two, three, four, five, six people, because you need areas to sit and congregate. C2. teaming agreement n. Business an agreement between two or more firms to act together as a prime contractor for submitting a joint bid, quote, or proposal. ΚΠ 1970 N.Y. Times 29 Nov. 18 f/4 (advt.) Must..have a working knowledge of..lease agreements, distributor agreements and teaming agreements. 1973 Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 12 Mar. 14/4 The order is the initial result of a five-year teaming agreement between Raytheon Comany and Nippon Electric for air traffic control systems sales in Japan. 2012 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 21 Jan. 6 Theta Edge Bhd..has entered into a teaming agreement with TMS Software Sdn Bhd to submit a proposal to the government to manage IT system[s] for schools. ΚΠ 1733Teaming-pin [see sense 1]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1733 |
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