单词 | grouped |
释义 | groupedadj. 1. Architecture. Designating a number of columns or pillars joined or placed closely together on the same pedestal. Cf. group n. 1b. ΚΠ 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant liv. 209 By Grouped Pillars are to be understood those large ones composed of several other small ones [Fr. J'entens par ces Grouppes de grosses Colonnnes qui sont composées de plusieurs autres petites], which are united to each other, or rather one Massy Pillar, which in appearance seems to have the others fastned to it. 1759 W. Chambers Treat. Civil Archit. 45 In the Doric Order grouped Columns are not so easily managed. 1820 W. A. Cadell Journey Carniola, Italy & France II. vii. 32 The grouped columns of the middle age may have originated from the fluting of the ancient Roman columns. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. i. 18 Perhaps two or three pine trunks, used for a single pillar, gave the first idea of the grouped shaft. 1915 Rotarian June 30/2 This lovely building, with its colonnades, massive grouped pillars,..and bordering lake, was remodeled after the Roman Emperor Hadrian's country villa. 2002 Old-house Jrnl. Dec. 68/1 Stone arches and arcades, grouped columns..and vaulted domes made up the sturdy backbones of the monasteries and cathedrals..from the 9th through the 12th centuries. 2. gen. Arranged, placed, or situated in a group or groups; forming a group or groups. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > [adjective] > together in (a) group(s) grouped1752 aggrouped1820 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathered in a group grouped1752 1752 J. Sterling Ep. Hon. Arthur Dobbs ii. 50 Marshal'd Armies, and group'd Towns advance! 1770 F. Gentleman in S. Foote Lame Lover Prol. If the group'd figures false connexions show. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 171 Another accident, extremely common, is the manner in which grouped crystals are inserted into each other. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ii. 24 The non-identity and incommensurability of its shaped and grouped ideas. 1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 176 He stared..across at the grouped rustic buildings, all as pretty as paint. 1944 J. H. Bennetts in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder xiii. 399/1 The grouped wage totals received from workshops or general foremen for site labours. 1983 Science 24 June 1403/1 Grouped remains of fossil bison,..prongbucks,..and dinosaurs..have been used as evidence of complex social structures. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Feb. 29/1 Enright later found affinities with ‘the Movement’—a loosely grouped school of poets that advocated terseness and public subjects in verse. Compounds grouped rate n. now rare (with reference to a rail fare or rail fares) = group rate n. at group n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1881 Manch. Weekly Times 30 July 7/4 The railway company unduly prejudiced the Denaby Company by the system of grouped rates charged to the collieries in the South Yorkshire coal field. 1905 J. L. Cowles Gen. Freight & Passenger Post p. xvi This grouped rate covered a zone of 220 miles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1702 |
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