| 释义 |
dubbed, ppl. a.|dʌbd|
[f. dub v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Invested with knighthood, knighted.
1552Huloet, Dubbed, decuriatus. 1589Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxviii. (1612) 137 Lord of nine score dubbed knights. 1731Lett. fr. Fog's Jrnl. (1732) II. 257 A dubb'd Plebeian, Fortune's Fav'rite Fool. 1825Scott Talism. ii, A dubbed knight.
2. Angling. Dressed, as a hook.
a1450Fysshynge w. Angle (1883) 11 The dubbyd hoke.
3. Cropped.
1634–5Brereton Trav. (Chetham) 44 Dubbed hedges.
4. Blunted; blunt, pointless. (Now dial.)
17..E. Smith Compl. Housewife (1750) 8 The spurs of the pheasant cock, when young, are short and dubbed. 1796H. Glasse Cookery ii. 10 His spurs will be short and dubbed. 1825Wiltsh. Words, Dubbed, blunt, pointless. |