单词 | washington |
释义 | Washingtonn. U.S. 1. Washington lily n. a tall lily, Lilium washingtonianum, that grows in the mountains of the Pacific Coast of North America and bears white flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies lily971 lily-flower1340 martagon1440 delucea1450 red lily1531 purple lily1578 mountain lily1597 gold lily1629 Turk's cap1672 turn-cap1688 Juno's rose1706 orange lily1731 Canada lily1771 Japan lily1813 tiger-lily1824 Annunciation lily1853 Easter lily1860 golden-rayed lily1865 scarlet martagon1867 Japanese lily1870 Madonna lily1877 Bermuda lily1882 thimble lily1883 panther lily1884 triplet lily1884 turban-lily1884 Mary-lily1893 tiger1901 leopard lily1902 lilium1902 swamp lily1902 Washington lily1911 Shasta lily1915 regal lily1916 regale1920 Oregon lily1925 1859 A. Kellogg in Hesperian (San Francisco) III. 340 (caption) Lady Washington lily. 1863 Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2 13 Dr. Kellogg also exhibited a drawing and growing specimens of a new species of lily from the Sierra Nevada... L. washingtonianum (Kellogg) Lady Washington Lily... Stem erect, glabrous, three to four feet high, two or more flowers on peduncles four to five inches long.] 1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 43 Here and there a Washington lily may be seen nodding above its even surface. 1937 J. H. McFarland et al. Garden Bulbs 155 There are several varieties of this Washington or Shasta Lily. 2. Washington pie n. †(a) some kind of pie; (b) a light cake made of sponge layers with a jam or jelly (†or cream) filling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > other pies crustade?c1390 flampointc1390 custardc1450 standing pie1587 pudding pie1593 French pie1611 pirog1662 battalia pie1664 tourte1706 custard pie1729 raised pie1740 sea-pie1751 cream pie1816 pot-pie1823 scrap-pie1829 resurrection pie1831 chess pie1860 Washington pie1878 milk tart1896 angel pie1923 chiffon pie1929 melktert1938 plate pie1946 banoffi pie1974 banoffi1994 1878 N. A. Donnelley Lakeside Cook Bk. 33/1 Washington pie. 1904 F. M. Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Bk. xxxi. 421 Mix and bake Cream Pie. Put raspberry jam or jelly between layers. 1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide i. 10 Won't you have somethin' to eat? One of them turnovers or some Washington pie, or somethin', hey? 1968 E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies xv. 231 The taste of the Christmas ribbon candy, and the fleeting taste of the good-luck thimble and the birthday wedge of Washington pie. Draft additions 1993 3. The name of the city of Washington, D.C., capital of the United States and seat of the federal government, used to designate the U.S. government or any of its departments. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > the American government big government1925 Washingtona1930 Feds1943 a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 255 I have an Englishman wants to go into the United States: Washington has given him a visa. 1948 A. Cooke in Manch. Guardian Weekly 26 Feb. 4/2 Washington has evidently decided to throw the ball to the Soviet Union. 1963 P. Fleming Kolchak iv. 51 Washington, though unaware of this..rejected the idea on a point of principle. 1973 Times 11 Jan. 10/6 There never was much ‘reality’ about Washington's presence in Vietnam from the moment when the first quiet Americans moved in. 1991 Harper's Mag. Jan. 75/1 Ever since the fateful day when..the emir of Kuwait and his extended family were unfeelingly translated from yacht people to boat people, Washington has been waffling about the rights of the Kuwaiti..victims. Draft additions 1993 Washingtoˈnologist n. [parallel to Kremlinologist n. at Kremlin n. Derivatives] a person who studies or is an expert in the workings of the U.S. government, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > the American government > one who studies Washingtonologist1968 1968 Guardian 2 Apr. 11/1 The ‘Washingtonologists’ in Moscow must be getting their files out to see what is in it for the Soviet Union—and for the world. 1976 Guardian Weekly 19 Sept. 8/3 This impression is strengthened by some of the questions which the Kremlin's own Washingtonologists have lately been asking. 1980 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. a35/3 All four struggles going on in Washington now are between pragmatism and principle. Washingtonologists predict pragmatism will win struggles #2 and #4, and principle will win #1 and #3. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1878 |
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