| 释义 |
gained, ppl. a.|geɪnd|
[f. gain v.2 + -ed1.]
Obtained, acquired. Of time: Saved.
1598R. Barret Mod. Warres 137 To vndermine walles and to raze those of any gained places downe. 1850Whittier Pr. Wks. (1866) I. 344 He was told that this was his gained time, and that he was engaged for himself. 1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 10, I kept the gained advantage.
b. Naut. gained day: ‘the twenty-four hours or day and night gained by circumnavigating the globe to the eastward.’ (Adm. Smyth.) |