单词 | exposed |
释义 | exposedadj. In the senses of the verb. a. Displayed, disclosed to view. exposed card (see quot. ?1870). ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > manifested objecta1398 displayedc1425 manifested?1531 confessed1561 understood1576 objected1606 ostended1608 ostential1609 exposed1630 evolveda1641 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > uncovered or exposed openOE unwrye?c1225 naked1601 unbare1624 exposed1630 detected1654 detect1661 unbareda1665 shelterless1714 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 28 When that Sex..gives way to foments of exposed loosenesse. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. ii. xii. 102 Quantity is determined two wayes; One, by the Sense,..The Other, by Memory, that is, by Comparison with some Exposed Quantity. ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle , Whist 3 If a player plays a card from his hand..without waiting to know if a card under the penalty of being called for is demanded, this card..is an exposed card. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 7/1 D..placed the detached card on the table..and the ‘detached’ card then became an ‘exposed’ card. b. Unsheltered or unprotected from the elements, or from hostile attack. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unsheltered or exposed openOE discovertc1380 subject1490 uncovered1530 unsheltered1599 uncanopied1613 exposed1691 unshielded1700 unembowered1814 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 5) 40 Cover with dry straw..your young exposed Ever-greens. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 153 A passage..too exposed to be endurable in a hot sun. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Exposed anchorage, an open and dangerous place, by reason of the elements or the enemy. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 40 Vapour is drawn up..from every exposed piece of water. c. esp. Of children: Cast out or abandoned to chance. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adjective] > of infants > by abandonment exposititiousa1631 exposed1662 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 4 The maintenance of..found and exposed children. 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 223 The hospital for the maintenance of exposed and deserted young children. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1630 |
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