| 释义 |
▪ I. bidden
pa. pple. of bid and bide.
▪ II. bidden, ppl. a.|ˈbɪd(ə)n|
[f. bid + -en1.]
Invited; commanded, ordered.
1614King Vitis Palat. 12 And Christ must bee a bidden guest. 1637Milton Lycidas 118 The worthy bidden guest. 1718Pope Iliad v. 890 On the bright axle turns the bidden wheel of sounding brass. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) III. i. i. 2 Where Force is not yet distinguished into Bidden and Forbidden. 1875Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) 38 Bidden-wedding (N. Lanc.), a wedding to which it was formerly the custom in North Lanc. to invite the whole country-side. |