单词 | exploded |
释义 | explodedadj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptuously rejected exploded1563 deject1575 conculcate1583 scouted1810 spurned1850 1563 G. Hay Confut. Abbote of Crosraguels Masse f. 23 The institution of this your exploded Sacrifice of the masse. 1629 P. Massinger Roman Actor iv. ii. sig. Iv Durst reason euer Offer to put in an exploded plea In the Court of Venus. 1646 R. Overton Defiance against Arbitrary Usurpations 24 I would not subject my self to those exploded, ablished, illegal, High-Commission, Interrogatory practises. 1710 Detection True Meaning & Wicked Design 10 We find him reviving that old exploded Piece of Villany, the Sibylline Prophecies. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 36 A conflict with some of those exploded fanatics of slavery. View more context for this quotation 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxiii. 185 The time..had gone by when such exploded politics could even interest the people. b. Old-fashioned, antiquated; dated, out of fashion; superseded. Cf. explode v. 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > fallen out of use or obsolete oldOE outworna1522 stale1550 obsolete1579 overgone1581 overworn1603 disused1611 exolete1611 absoletea1613 worn-out1612 outdated1616 lapsed1667 exploded1709 supersededa1831 rinky-dink1913 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 58 A Thing so exploded as speaking hard Words. 1812 D. Lloyd Characteristics Men, Manners, & Sentiments (ed. 2) 47 So British heroes, in their country's cause, Hurl th' exploded instruments of death. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 280/2 The fashion, they tell me, is gone by, and these things are esteemed childish... Is the splutter of their ho rhetoric one half so refreshing and innocent, as the little cool playful streams those exploded cherubs uttered. 1829 H. B. Henderson Bengalee 169 An old Dowager's now exploded pair of pockets. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xix. 486 When mercy was on all sides an exploded virtue, he dared to be merciful. 1878 M. E. Braddon Open Verdict I. iii. 50 A brilliant scheme for turning a silk dress, or making up last year's exploded bonnet into the latest fashionable shape for this year. 1930 Manch. Guardian 20 Oct. 7/7 Is not this pandering to the effete standards of an exploded fashion? 2. Of an error: exposed. Of a theory, opinion, or myth: disproved, discredited. Cf. explode v. 3. ΚΠ 1693 G. Whitehead Just Enq. Libeller's Abuse Quakers 17 Observe how implacably Envious, Unjust, and Injurious these our secret Smiters and Adversaries are; what Reiterate (and Charge) perticular and personal Revoaked and Exploded Mistakes and Errors upon a People wholly Unconcerned therein? 1748 J. Colson tr. J. A. Nollet Lect. Exper. Philos. i. ii. 45 Our modern Naturalists..have answered by decisive Experiments, all the specious Appearances, on which that exploded Opinion was founded. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 160 The exploded theories of Boerhaave or Cullen. 1810 Monthly Rev. Aug. 338 Whenever particulars require to be explained, he falls into an infinity of antiquated and exploded errors. 1893 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 172 We have recently had a Right Honorable lecturer who..represents the inheritance of acquired characters as an exploded hypothesis. 1922 L. Parks Crisis of Churches xiv. 198 All these are exploded opinions. 1986 N. MacCormick in N. MacCormick & O. Weinberger Institutional Theory Law viii. 176 The Dicey theory was so effectively rubbished by Jennings as to have been consigned, in some leading modern constitutional law textbooks, to the special limbo reserved for exploded fallacies. 2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 Apr. 74/2 The American School is now little more than a sidebar in the history of exploded scientific theories. 3. Expelled or propelled forcefully and suddenly. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > ejecting > ejected by explosion exploded1695 explosive1735 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur x. 285 The Cloudy Machines burst amidst the Skies, And from their yawning Wounds exploded Lightning flies. 1700 J. Hughes Court of Neptune 11 Here, on th' Ætherial Mould, hurl'd from afar, Exploded Ball had mark'd a dinted Scar. 1734 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 564/1 To human sense the distance [to the arch of the heavens] seems so small, A shaft might pierce it, or exploded ball. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 47 The exploded cork whizzed through the air. 1876 Musical Standard 24 June 401/2 If the hands were held before the mouth, the rush of suddenly released breath would be found to equal the exploded breath of p. 1911 G. A. J. Cole Changeful Earth vii. 147 Captain Saunders, on a mail-steamer in the Pacific, measured the height of the column of exploded dust. 1963 T. Helm Ordeal by Sea iii. 46 A geyser of exploded water leaping higher than the ship itself. 4. a. Of a substance: that has undergone a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction, generating a violent release of energy in the form of intense heat, light, noise, and a powerful blast; (of a device) that has produced such a release of energy. Also more generally: that has burst, shattered, or broken apart violently, typically scattering fragments outwards. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > exploding or exploded exploded1700 blown-up1905 1700 R. Boulton Wks. R. Boyle Epitomiz'd III. v. iv. 418 The exploded Gun-Powder was observed to fill the whole Cavity of the Vessel. 1750 W. Warburton Julian ii. 231 The Egyptians, from the earliest times, had the secret of mixing combustible materials in such a manner as to produce the effects of exploded Gunpowder. 1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi 139 Fate on Calpe's summit sat and smil'd To see the dingy Dons like lobsters boil'd, Or by the light'ning of th' exploded shell Dispatched to seek a cooler birth in Hell. 1820 J. Holland Sheffield Park xxix. 16 Like the torn fragments of exploded bombs. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 209 Conical form being best suited..to the action of the exploded fluid. 1871 J. Glaisher Trav. in Air (rev. ed.) i. 16 Mr. Wise..has also twice descended to the earth with an exploded balloon. 1920 Times 30 Nov. 14/1 He picked up portions of an exploded bomb in the workshop. 1946 Pop. Mech. Sept. 3/1 After spending some time with a Geiger counter..in the vicinity of an exploded bomb, Cookman predicts that some day radioactivity may be the most dreaded word in our language. 1962 V. S. Weisskopf Knowl. & Wonder ix. 188 Everything we see around us..came from the hot center of an exploded star. 2010 W. Johnson Live to Ride iv. 114 The exploded gas creates a shock wave as it leaves the engine. ΚΠ 1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks viii. 109 It had been..occupied for a year or two by an exploded millionaire. c. Of a diagram or model: that represents something so that each component is shown in the correct position relative to the other components surrounding it, but separated from them. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > [adjective] > type of exploded1918 cutaway1946 1918 Electr. World 16 Feb. 387/2 A sectional view A and an exploded view B of this fuse are given in the accompanying figure. 1951 Engineering 13 July 33/2 An ‘exploded’ model shows the layout of a pit head. 2012 S. Moline I see what you Mean (ed. 2) vi. 98 An exploded diagram..separates out all the parts, including those that are normally hidden by other, overlapping parts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adjective] > audience reaction exploded1726 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > disapproved > hissed off the stage exploded1726 1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 17 Fustian from exploded Plays. 1745 S. Patrick tr. Terence Comedies II. 632 The Talent I possess'd in Youth, of reviving by repeated Trials exploded Plays. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 201 After the Three Hours after Marriage had been driven off the stage..while the exploded scene was yet fresh in memory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1563 |
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