单词 | catch-cold |
释义 | † catch-coldn. Obsolete. The condition of catching cold or of being infected by a cold. Frequently with French definite article (see note in etymology). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > common cold or catarrh poseOE rheuma1398 cold?a1425 snekec1440 refraidourc1450 murr1451 gravedity1547 coldment1578 snorea1585 catarrh1588 coqueluche1611 gravediny1620 coryza1634 snurl1674 catch-cold1706 gravedo1706 common cold1713 coolth?1748 snuffles1770 snifters1808 influenza cold1811 snaffles1822 the sniffles1825 snuffiness1834 crying cold1843 flu1899 1706 Daily Courant 5 Feb. The Royal Chymical Wash-Ball..so comforts the Brain and Nerves, as to prevent catch-Cold. 1780 Mirror No. 97. 386 Baron Bielfield..observes, that, in our island, there is a disease called le catch-cold, of which the natives are exceedingly apprehensive. 1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles III. 192 Here was surely sufficient warranty for this catch cold; that peculiarly British disease which keeps one half the nation in continual sniffling. 1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 10 Dec. (1939) 37 No man..has less dread than I of Le catch-cold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018). catch-coldadj. Liable to cause a person to catch cold, or be infected by a cold; of or relating to catching cold or being infected by a cold. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [adjective] > common cold or catarrh > causing rheumatic?a1425 catch-cold1792 1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives VI. cvii. 137 I would not have her die a paltry catch-cold death. 1842 ‘A. Poyntz’ in Bentley's Misc. Sept. 275 It is a pleasant thing to write about green lanes and vernal pleasures at this catch-cold season of the year. 1884 Daily News 14 Nov. 5/4 Catch-cold weather. 1911 Manitoba (Winnipeg) Free Press 5 Oct. 5/6 (advt.) 100 dozen Irish lawn handkerchiefs... Very suitable for this ‘catch cold’ weather. 1962 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 15 Dec. 5/2 (heading) Catch-cold season can stop that holiday cheer. 1990 Poetry Wales Sept. 14/1 In Rhymney leaves burn without warmth and in this catch-cold valley there is no furnace to warm the pocket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1706adj.1792 |
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