单词 | clogged |
释义 | cloggedadj. 1. Encumbered, obstructed, etc.; see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > rendered immobile or held fast > hampered or obstructed intercepted1700 lumbered1745 clogged1774 snagged1851 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to obstruction foul1579 congested1862 jammed1887 clogged1889 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 325 A heavy clogged earth. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 345 The clogged wheels. 1889 A. Lang Lett. on Lit. (ed. 2) i. 14 They..flow but rarely over a clogged and stony channel. 2. Photography. Of shadows in a print or negative: Composed of one heavy tone. ΚΠ 1918 Photo-Miniature Mar. 10 Clogged—in reference to shadow parts of a print or highlights (dense portions) of a negative—means of one heavy tone or depth instead of recording differences in tone in the subject. 1919 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 247 This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1774 |
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