| 释义 |
ransomed, ppl. a.|ˈrænsəmd|
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
Freed by means of a ransom, delivered, redeemed. Also absol.
c1400Prymer 12 Folkis raunsoned, reioice ȝe. c1440Promp. Parv. 424/2 Rawnsomyd, redemptus. 1533Bellenden Livy v. xxiii, Þe goddis..wald nocht suffir þat romanis suld leif as redemit or ransound pepil. 1611Bible Isa. xxxv. 10 The ransomed of the Lord shall returne. 1760–72H. Brooke Foole of Qual. (1809) III. 107 A man then demanded..if I was one of the ransomed? 1846Trench Mirac. xxviii. (1862) 387 Here is..a ransomed and a Ransomer. 1850Tennyson In Mem. lxi, If..Thy ransom'd reason change replies With all the circle of the wise. |