释义 |
foughten, ppl. a.|ˈfɔːt(ə)n| [Archaic form of pa. pple. of fight v.: see prec.] 1. foughten field: one in which there is or has been fighting; a battle-field. Obs. exc. poet.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 424 Was taken prisoner..in a pitched and foughten fielde. 1676Hobbes Iliad 78 With all the horrour of a foughten field. 1819Keats Otho i. iii, A thousand foughten fields. 1870Edgar Runnymede 53 You will doubtless live to see..many foughten fields. 2. Of persons: †a. That has fought (obs.). b. Sc. forfoughten.
1631Chapman Cæsar & Pompey Plays 1873 III. 166 So many staid and dreadfull soldiers?..long foughten? 1786Burns Twa Dogs 173 Are we sae foughten an' harrass'd. |