释义 |
well-ˈmeasured, ppl. a. 1. Composed in good measure or rhythm.
c1645Milton Sonn. to Lawes 1 Harry whose tuneful and well measur'd Song First taught our English Musick how to span Words with just note and accent. 1839Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. vii. §9 Puttenham is perhaps the first who wrote a well-measured prose. 2. Wisely calculated or adjusted.
1839–40Wordsw. Punishm. Death viii, Yet, as she may, for each peculiar case She [the State] plants well-measured terrors in the road Of wrongful acts. |