| 释义 |
talked, ppl. a.|tɔːkt|
[f. talk v. + -ed1.]
1. Spoken familiarly: chiefly in talked-of, familiarly or vaguely spoken about.
1841P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 208 Our long-talked-of trip. 1865Ruskin Sesame i. (1897) 16 A book is essentially not a talked thing, but a written thing. 1890Spectator 31 May 764/1 To make himself the observed of all observers, and the talked-of among all talkers.
2. talked-about (chiefly with qualifying advb.): discussed.
1919C. S. Parker Amer. Idyll xvi. 178 He was the most talked-about man at the Convention. 1928Manch. Guardian Weekly 7 Sept. 184/3 A striking proof of the reality and significance of the much-talked-about new entente. 1951Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chron. 12 Sept. 14/1 The fight, one of the most talked-about in years, will not be on television or radio. 1968J. D. Watson Double Helix ix. 65 The wine turned the conversation to the currently talked-about Cambridge popsies. 1982J. Fox White Mischief v. 59 She was already a talked-about social success. |