单词 | delayed |
释义 | † delayedadj.1 Obsolete. 1. Of wine: diluted with water. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > faint or weak wateryOE dima1250 lighta1398 rare?1440 delayed1543 faint1552 weak1585 pale1598 distempered1621 washya1639 thin1649 languid1663 dilute1665 welmish1688 sickly1695 dimmed1863 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > weak or diluted delayed1543 oligophorous1600 baptizeda1610 navigated1662 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 29/1 Ye maye gyue hym also delayed wyne of small strength. ?1608 W. B. tr. A. Ortelius Theatrum Orbis Terrarum f. 91 All of them do hate delaied wine, that is, wine mingled with water [L. vinum aqua mixtum], and to this day they keepe their old custome of carousing and liberall kind of drinking. 1651 Vicary's Surgion's Directorie 218 Delaied or watred wine, as much as can be holden in a spoone. 2. Of a colour: soft; subtle; subdued. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 155 A fine delaied purple colour. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 476 Somewhat yellowish like delayed gold. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 295 Of a delayed chestnut-colour. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Iris Chamæ Iris latifolia minor purpurea...There is another of a fine pale, or delayed blue Colour, throughout the whole Flower. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). delayedadj.2 1. That is or has been delayed (in various senses of delay v.1).Recorded earliest in long-delayed adj. at long adv.1 Compounds 1a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed remiss?1518 adjourned1538 delayed1548 long-delayed1548 lag1552 prorogued1552 dilated1556 lagging1597 retardate1598 fristeda1600 lagged1602 retarded1636 deferred1651 prorogatory1672 lated1676 postponed1819 protracted1838 suspended1848 put-off1871 hung up1878 held1906 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke i. f. xxvv He perfectly shewed hys long delayed mercy [L. diu dilatam misericordiam]. 1650 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions (ed. 2) 8 If then I shall incur a reall losse or forfaiture by the delayed payment of the summe lent, I may justly look for a satisfaction from the borrower. 1791 tr. J. G. Zimmermann Solitude Considered ii. 8 He has not the courage to make the delayed confession, ‘I am tired of the world and all its idle follies.’ 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 195 Nothing was said about the delayed visit. 1884 E. Smith Pract. Treat. Dis. in Children ii. i. 138 The effect of this delayed development of the jaw upon dentition is very important. 1938 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 140/2 Additional refinements include..a built-in ‘self timer’ for delayed exposures. 2019 Independent (Nexis) 29 Jan. A spate of bad weather is currently sweeping the UK, which has led to cancelled flights, delayed trains and roads snowed in. 2. Immunology. Designating processes or reactions that involve cell-mediated immunity, and occur more slowly than those involving the action of antibodies. ΚΠ 1913 Lancet 15 Nov. 1384/1 A rise of temperature reaching its maximum within 48 hours of the injection [of tuberculin] is a delayed reaction. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) ii. 165 Simple chemical compounds can induce a state of contact sensitivity (contact dermatitis), which is also a typical delayed hypersensitivity response. 2004 J. Playfair Living with Germs (2007) vii. 179 The delayed (Mantoux) reaction for tuberculosis is one example and there are also immediate reactions that detect allergies. Compounds delayed drop n. a parachute jump in which the parachutist delays opening the parachute for a certain amount of time after jumping; = delayed jump n. ΚΠ 1924 Washington Post 19 Oct. 7/5 Johnson demonstrated a jump with the so-called double parachute or delayed drop. 1946 W. F. Burbidge From Balloon to Bomber 43 The belief that a person lost consciousness during a parachute descent was widely held until delayed drops proved the contrary. 2001 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. 85 52/1 Salmon made over seven hundred jumps, including many a ‘Delayed Drop’ in which he bailed out at 10,000 feet and plummeted to 1,500 feet before opening his chute. delayed jump n. a parachute jump in which the parachutist delays opening the parachute for a certain amount of time after jumping; = delayed drop n. ΚΠ 1925 Daily Home News (New Brunswick, New Jersey) 11 July 1/2 On this occasion I am going to drop 500 feet from the plane before opening up. This is merely for spectacular purposes. It is known as a delayed jump. 2010 K. V. Horrigan Coffin Corner ii. 16 I watch Lou going down in his delayed jump and I think to myself, I'm not going to do that! It's too scary! delayed neutron n. a neutron emitted as a result of the radioactive decay of any of the nuclei produced in a fission reaction, rather than during the reaction itself; contrasted with prompt neutron (see prompt adj. 5). ΚΠ 1939 Sci. News Let. 11 Mar. 149/1 Only rarely would one of the delayed neutrons happen to hit another uranium atom and break it, too. 2017 S. Marguet Physics Nucl. Reactors ii. 145 Delayed neutrons are emitted at a lower energy level. delayed shock n. physical or mental shock (see shock n.3 8a, 9a) that occurs some time after the event which produced it; also in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1865 F. H. Hamilton Treat. Mil. Surg. & Hygiene xviii. 429 Surgeons who hold to the frequent occurrence of delayed shock, recognise in this an argument in favor of immediate amputation, in a great majority of cases. 1913 F. G. Crookshank Flatulence & Shock ii. 36 The prolonged anxiety and stress of shipwreck is not so effective in producing traumatic neurasthenia or delayed shock as is a railway collision. 1961 Guardian 29 May 12/6 The ‘delayed shock’ of the state's worst drought on record in 1959–60. 2017 Heart Rhythm 14 1159/2 It is not clear whether delayed shock itself placed patients at an increased risk for death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11543adj.21548 |
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