单词 | allied |
释义 | alliedadj. 1. a. United or joined for a common purpose or mutual benefit, esp. by league or formal treaty; confederate; (of a person, state, etc.) that is in alliance with another or others; (of a military force) consisting of a number of allies. ΚΠ ?1518 tr. B. de Clere-Ville Copye of Let. Greatest Batayle ii We send worde vnto your alyed yonge kynge that we wyl stryke of his hede. 1569 J. Leslie Def. Honour Marie Quene of Scotl. i. f. 47v Theis thinges..I wolde wishe you the Erles Murraye and Morton, withe your allied confederates,..to weighe and consider. 1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 845 The greatest part..were slaine vpon the place, and amongst others Hhakon one of their allied kings. 1692 tr. P. Boyer Hist. Vaudois xxvii. 250 The great services that they have done the Duke of Savoy, without doubt will oblige..all the Allied Princes to make a firm and lasting treaty. 1757 A. Mitchell Jrnl. 20 May in Mem. & Papers Sir A. Mitchell (1850) I. viii. 284 I have hitherto learned..that the allied army was two days before reinforced with 20 bataillons. 1792 G. Morris Let. 10 July in T. Jefferson Papers (1990) XXIV. 208 The allied Monarchs are to declare themselves in Arms not against France, but against the Revoltés. 1805 D. Macpherson Ann. Commerce I. 647 She [sc. an armed vessel] should commit no hostilities on the subjects of the allied king. 1870 C. Knight Crown Hist. Eng. lix. 800 The Treaty of Vienna..had bound the Allied Powers to make war together upon Napoleon. 1907 E. M. Lloyd in Cambr. Mod. Hist. IX. ix. 259 The allied army began to advance on Brünn. 1976 R. Sealey Hist. Greek City States xi. 305 Athens interfered in the judicial competence of allied states. 2011 A. O'Neil in Comm. Inq. & National Security ii. 21 The failure of allied forces to locate weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. b. spec. (usually with capital initial). Of, belonging, or relating to Britain and her allies who fought against the Central Powers in the First World War (1914–18), or against the Axis in the Second World War (1939–45). Cf. the Allies at ally n.1 2c. Now historical. ΚΠ 1914 Washington Post 3 Aug. 2/2 (caption) Allied rulers of Great Britain and France, who hold center of world's stage as hostile armies line up. 1914 J. French Let. 31 Dec. in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1972) III. Compan. i. 349 Joffre..agreed in principle to the British Troops acting in conjunction with the Belgians on the left flank of the Allied Line next to the sea. 1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand xix. 285 He is one of that most efficient body, the French liaison officers, who act as connecting-link between the Allied Forces. 1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ vi. 106 Early in 1918 the allied pilots reported that German pilots were using parachutes. 1940 W. L. Shirer Berlin Diary (1941) 378 Stuka dive-bombers are softening the Allied defense positions. 1945 W. S. Churchill Victory (1946) p. ix The Allied peoples look at the war at the beginning of 1945 with mixed feelings. 1965 B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular iii. 85 M.I.9..had the job of helping allied prisoners of war to escape. 2006 Wired May 167/3 The British put radio transponders in Allied aircraft to help early radar system crews detect good guys from bad guys. 2. United or joined by kinship, marriage, friendship, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] sibeOE ysibbeOE belengc1175 sibc1175 kinda1325 by-sybbec1440 evenkinc1450 of kin1486 sibbeda1500 akinc1515 kindred1530 allied1577 affined1586 cousin1590 kin1600 related1650 cognate1827 our1836 affinitative1855 relatival1899 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 260/1 in Chron. I Thou art worthy (saith he) of death..sith that thou hast slayne thyne owne soueraigne Lorde, and my deare alyed brother. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iii. xvi. 65 I doubt to tearme you Brothers, that doe Brotherhood forget. These Prodigeies, their wrothfull Sheilds..Do ill beseeme allyed hands. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xi. 309 After the death of this said Erpenwald his allied Brother [Sigebert], returned, and was made King. 1652 R. Norwood (title) The Case and Trial of Capt. Robert Norwood,..published for satisfaction of my allied friends. 1784 W. Moss Familiar Med. Surv. Liverpool 61 They become united in bonds of friendship and harmony; and appear as, the component parts of one great, allied family. 1836 M. Howitt Wood Leighton II. 239 All this labour and pains, designed for some highly-dowered and nobly-allied bride. 1856 J. P. Beckwourth Life & Adventures 156 He..received my allied brother as his son. 1910 W. W. Harrison (title) Harrison, Waples and allied families: being the ancestry of George Leib Harrison of Philadelphia, and of his wife. 1985 C. Klapisch-Zuber Women, Family, & Ritual in Renaissance Italy vi. 123 The widow's kin, their allied family, felt sufficient responsibility toward her to take her back under their charge. 2011 D. W. Sabean in C. H. Johnson & D. W. Sabean Sibling Relations & Transformations of European Kinship, 1300–1900 ix. 222 Wealth and public office circulated through more fluid channels in ways that called for tighter coordination of allied kin. 3. Related by or similar in nature or character; connected; associated. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > related or connected fastOE of kin1486 akin1548 alliant1551 consortinga1592 kin1600 conjugate1605 consanguineousa1616 social1620 related1623 relatea1627 connex1653 cognate1655 agnate1686 contiguous1770 connected1789 allied1794 adjoining1869 1794 A. H. Haworth Observ. Genus Mesembryanthemum ii. 250 Thus I have got through the tedious descriptions of these two closely allied plants. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. xviii. 50 Various allied insects. 1898 J. N. Langley in Jrnl. Physiol. 23 270 The sympathetic system and the allied nervous system of the cranial and sacral nerves. 1937 Tablet 2 Oct. 436/2 Large proprietors are in fact deeply interested in the allied industries like the manufacture of news printing. 1977 S. J. Perelman Eastward Ha! vii. 93 A pestilence of traffic jams, bars, brothels..and allied tourist deadfalls. 2010 New Scientist 20 Feb. 56/1 (advt.) Provides training in the allied disciplines of geostatistics, reservoir engineering and petroleum economics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?1518 |
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