单词 | full-blooded |
释义 | full-bloodedadj. 1. Originally: having or containing much blood. Later also: (of a person) having the qualities associated with a constitution rich in blood (cf. plethoric adj. 1); vigorous, hearty. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] sprindeOE livelyOE kaskc1300 wightc1300 courageousc1386 wighty14.. wieldya1413 ablec1440 tall of hand1530 sappy1558 energical1565 energetical1585 greenya1586 stout1600 strenuous1602 forceful?1624 actuous1626 vigorous1638 vivid1638 high-spirited1653 hearty1665 actuose1677 living1699 full-blooded1707 executive1708 rugged1731 sousing1735 energic1740 bouncing1743 two-fisted1774 energetic1782 zestful1797 rollicking1801 through-ganging1814 throughgoing1814 slashing1828 high-powered1829 high pressure1834 rip-roaring1834 red-blooded1836 ripsnorting1846 zesty1853 dynamic1856 throbbing1864 goey1875 torpedoic1893 kinky1903 zippy1903 go-at-it1904 punchy1907 up-and-at-'em1909 driving1916 vibranta1929 kinetic1931 zinging1931 high-octane1936 zingy1938 slam-bang1939 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 ass-kicking1977 hi-octane1977 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. Introd. p. cxliv John Parker, about Thirty five years of age, a lusty full-blooded Fellow, was much given to drink. 1725 A. Pope Wks. Shakespear VI. 426 The word [sc. ‘blote’] signifies fond, or puff'd up, or full-blooded. 1797 G. Nicholson On Clothing 35 The relaxed, mollified, dilated, and full-blooded testicles of a well-nourished full-blooded body. 1824 J. G. Lockhart Hist. Matthew Wald ii. 17 My father had been a very full-blooded man, the cheeks, and, indeed, the whole countenance almost, of a dark red colour. 1930 Slavonic & East European Rev. 9 378 The people are not tired of life, but are young, full-blooded and keenly alive to natural phenomena. 1979 H. Hood Reservoir Ravine i. 19 Mr. Chastel Baby..the constant confidant of full-blooded, purple-faced Colonel Jarvis. 1985 Spectator 21 Sept. 18/1 Of the hopes and fears..behind that handsome, full-blooded face turned eagerly towards adventure we know little. 2006 Observer 14 May (Review section) 18/4 Jonathan Cake..is a volatile, full-blooded Coriolanus, by turns preening and dignified. 2. = pure-blooded adj. Also in extended use: absolutely representative of or true to a given type or category. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > unmixed race > [adjective] mere1561 pure-blooded1772 full-blooded1784 pure blood1818 full-blood1819 holethnic1876 the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > of livestock > kept for breeding > well-bred gentle?a1300 true-bred1607 well-bred1607 racy1676 bred1710 high-bred1731 full-blood1764 full-blooded1784 thoroughbred1788 pure blood1818 toppy1893 straight-bred1898 straight1972 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > that is completely what is specified > specifically of a person thorough1625 double-dyed1667 through1697 thoroughgoing1719 full-blooded1784 1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. III: Pt. ii. 605 Lord Monboddo prefers a stallion of our own breed with full blooded English mares. 1790 Remarks Rep. Secretary of Treasury to House of Representatives 30 I will assure him they are full-blooded yankies, and of a stern republican breed. 1795 Let. Gentleman to his Friend, in Eng. 29 Joseph Brant a full blooded Indian. 1810 Massachusetts Spy 25 Apr. 3/1 Forty-five full-blooded Merino Sheep. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 68 A full-blooded republican ‘driver’. 1899 Harper's Weekly 28 Oct. 1099/3 Our forces..will first make the acquaintance not of full-blooded Igorrotes, but of the Igorrote-Chinese. 1920 R. Y. Stormberg Mrs. Pieter de Bruyn 96 Swartz was called a Hottentot, a Shangaan, a skepsel and a few other elegant compliments, and being a full-blooded and very proud Basuto his eyes rolled at the insult. 1983 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Dec. 1392/3 The educated élite, both full-blooded and mestiço, was tiny. 2008 Guardian 25 Jan. 29/3 The last full-blooded member of Alaska's Eyak people, and the last fluent speaker of their language, has died. 3. figurative. Thoroughgoing, unmitigated, uncompromising, out-and-out; wholehearted, emphatic; vigorous, forceful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > thoroughgoing thorough1566 thoroughgoing1719 whole hog1829 full-blooded1832 whole-hogging1904 saturation1942 1832 Niles' Weekly Reg. 1 Dec. 209/2 The ordinance reported to the South Carolina convention, is full-blooded nullification. 1893 Hansard Commons (Electronic ed.) 14 Apr. 339 I admire, as much as it is possible to do, the noble Lord's full-blooded rhetoric. 1923 Humorist 8 Dec. 497/2 At football, when charging a back, My methods are simple and swift: I deliver a full-blooded hack. 1976 Wymondham & Attleborough Express 10 Dec. 24/4 Alan Green..unleashed a full-blooded volley from just inside the area that screamed into the top of the net. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 July vi. 33 [They] carry along a full-blooded Burgundy or mature Bordeaux to be sipped with their pate. 1994 H. Burton Leonard Bernstein iv. xxx. 331 The full-blooded nature of the kiss shocked the more straitlaced of the public. 2010 New Yorker 29 Mar. 103/1 A full-blooded refutation of the Black Arts Movement's down-with-honky, misogynistic approach. Derivatives ˌfull-ˈbloodedly adv. forcefully, wholeheartedly, emphatically. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adverb] strongeOE fastOE stably1297 strengthlya1400 unabasedlyc1425 unfaintlyc1425 four-squarec1430 strengthilyc1485 determinedlyc1540 resolutely1549 determinately1556 martyr-like1579 resolvedly1587 strongly1591 undauntedly1598 heart and soul1620 fairly and squarely1628 bently1645 decisively1653 supportinglya1664 setly1673 decidedly1770 martyrly1819 immitigably1824 staunchly1825 unshrinkingly1826 unflinchingly1833 hell-bent1863 square1867 fair and square1870 full-bloodedly1898 1898 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Dec. 863/1 His sense of humor is so ridiculously healthy, so full-bloodedly crude. 1918 ‘Boyd Cable’ Front Lines xviii. 324 Ackroyd swore lustily and full-bloodedly, but bit short his oaths. 1958 Listener 18 Dec. 1050/1 The difficulty of putting Lorca across full-bloodedly. ˌfull-ˈbloodedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [noun] > condition of > full-blooded state full-bloodedness1837 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] eloquence1382 elocution1509 gravity?1520 pith?1531 vigour1532 emphasy1548 energy?1549 emphasisa1555 pithiness1557 abruptness1591 emphaticalness1647 nervousness1727 cogency1750 forcibility1771 cogence1782 verve1803 forcefulness1825 force1842 snap1870 full-bloodedness1894 punch1901 compulsiveness1918 punchiness1938 1837 Mag. Domest. Econ. 2 50 The irritation sufficed to blow this excitable state of full-bloodedness into a blaze. 1884 Cent. Mag. 28 42 The full-bloodedness, the large feet and hands. 1894 Athenæum 5 May 571/3 His unquestioned ability has not the roundness, the ripeness, the mellow full-bloodedness of the style of ‘The Heptameron’. 1938 Manch. Guardian 20 Apr. 10/4 There is a sort of thoroughness and full-bloodedness in portraying villainy which does not come through in microphone plays with conviction. 2003 Scotsman (Nexis) 26 May 16 It was in the Sibelius [symphony] that the full-bloodedness of the entire orchestral ensemble showed its teeth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1707 |
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