单词 | headed |
释义 | headedadj. 1. Chiefly with modifying word or as the second element in compounds. a. Esp. of a person or animal: having a specified type or number of heads.clear-, big-, hot-, light-, many-, red-, triple-, twi-, two-headed, etc.: see the first element.With quot. c1430 cf. note at head v. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [adjective] > having headedOE cop-headed1519 small-headedc1540 jolt-headed1552 chuff-headed1563 ass-headed1584 two-headed1596 golden-headed1598 hard-headed1601 big-headed1614 bicipitous1646 buffle-headed1654 female-headed1655 heavy-headed1684 bullet-headed1699 jolter-headed1748 pinheaded1771 pigheaded1774 thin-headed1804 roundhead1842 bulbous-headed1860 blob-headed1865 occipital1873 fat-headed1883 mesopic1885 peanut-headed1906 dome-headed1910 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 67 Ealswa biceps twyecgede oððe twyheafdede; triceps þryheafdede. OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 102 Capitosus, mycelheafdode. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 26 Fallen to þer eorðe. & cussen hire wið þis leaste uers. hwa se is hal iheafdet. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 623 He..hire forsook for terme of al his lif Noght but for open heueded he hir say Lokynge out at his dore vp on a day. a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv (MED) Heded as an ox, Tayled as fox. c1430 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1881) ii. l. 1042 Ȝif a peyntour wolde peynte a pyk With assis fet & hedit as an ape. 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv. f. 203 Marke whether the Milanois that was hir first husbande were a grosse headed person or a foole. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 168 Schinocephalos, asmuch as to saye, as headed like an onyon. 1655 E. Calamy Monster of Sinful Self-seeking Anatomized 31 To beseech all here present..to take heed of this sinfull selfe-seeking, and sixe headed Monster. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 59 They are..headed and beaked like a Crow. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. 21 A Race of cold-headed Dreamers. 1797 R. Day Addr. Failure Late Attempt to invade Ireland 17 Inspiring the five-headed despot of France. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. xv. 162 The fiery-headed miller. 1854 Illustr. Mag. Art 3 146/2 One of the many popular legends of Japan, namely, the fight of a hero with an eight-headed dragon. 1907 S. H. Sterling Lady of King Arthur's Court vi. 64 Headed like a serpent it was, he said, with a body like a leopard. 1941 Life 7 Apr. 103/2 (advt.) Your choice of 3 Remington multiple-headed shavers. 1979 I. Opie Jrnl. 22 May in People in Playground (1993) 144 ‘I've got a rude verse,’ said a ginger-headed lad who had been lurking hopefully. 2001 G. Seal Encycl. Folk Heroes 276/2 This wood is even thicker and deeper than the previous two forests and..is guarded by a nine-headed troll. b. Of a deer: having antlers of a specified type or quality. Cf. head n.1 6. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers headed?a1425 summeda1425 forked1605 branching1667 beamy1694 antlered1828 branchy1830 ?a1425 in Neuphilol. Mitteilungen (1969) 70 116 (MED) An hert hedid wele. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 11 Þe seson was paste For hertis yheedid so hy and so noble. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 206 As a goodly headed Hart,..A rout of country huntsmen chase, with all their hounds in crie. 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts ii. i. 46/1 The Buck is smaller-headed then the Hart; hee casts his head every year. a1695 Earl of Lauderdale tr. Virgil Æneis x, in Wks. (1709) 330 A lofty-headed Stag he spies. 1793 T. Scott Edwin & Catherine 104 Oft, at early dawn..I've rous'd The branchy headed stag. 1837 G. A. Hansard in Cabinet Mod. Art 3rd Ser. 10 Many a fair-headed buck fell beneath her shafts. 1896 Badminton Mag. July 69 A second drive moved more roebuck the wrong way, and the same grand-headed stag again faced the open, bravely running the gauntlet of other firelocks. 1992 D. Laubach & M. Henckel Deer Talk 184 You have to get a full-headed buck or it's a waste of ammunition and the hunting season. 2. Of a thing: provided or fitted with a head or a discrete top or end part; spec. (of an arrow or spear) having a sharp-pointed head or tip. Also in figurative context.In quot. OE ultimately reflecting Isidore Origines 19. 32. 5: ‘Samothracius aureus quidem, sed capitulo ferreo.’ ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [adjective] > having a head or tip headedOE tippedc1386 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 92 Samotratius, geheafdod ringce. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 97 A pollex, heueded of fyn stele. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 867 With speris hedyt weill. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 168 in Poems (1981) 116 Flanis Fedderit with ice and heidit with hailstanis. 1540 in W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok (1863) I. 408 Sewyn haill speyris.., iiij of tha heiddit. ?1624 T. Scott Vox Dei To Rdr. 5 All the arrowes they shoote..are both headed and feathered. 1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. 17 Dec. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 98 A Cane..headed with Silver. 1735 B. Franklin Protection of Towns from Fire 4 Feb. in Papers (1960) II. 14 A Red Staff of five Feet long, headed with a Brass Flame. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Poet iii The viewless arrows of his thoughts were headed And wing'd with flame. 1853 H. Grote Reminisc. Feb. in Lewin Lett. (1909) III. v. 127 My mother..and Lucy Hoskins..travelled in the ‘whiskey’, a headed chaise on two wheels. 1908 A. Hook Humanity & its Probl. v. 67 The pointed stake became a headed spear. 1994 T. Whelan Polymer Tech. Dict. 371/2 Rivet, a headed pin, or bolt, used to make a non-recoverable joint. 3. Of a plant or a plant variety: having or forming a head (head n.1 15). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > head or heart > [adjective] > having a head or top headed1577 loafed1578 untopped1864 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 60 The headded, or set Leeke [L. Capitatum]. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 53 Good Chinnell-oates that are large and well headed. 1702 J. K. tr. F. Massialot Court & Country Cook 147 Let headed or Cabbage-lettice be only heated a little in scalding Water. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Brassica, the headed cabbage. 1895 22nd Ann. Rep. State Board Agric. 1894–5 (State New Jersey) 159 There are but few growers that can grow headed lettuce. 1914 Ohio Educ. Monthly Mar. 117/2 Then we had to thresh a half dozen ricks of headed oats, which had been cut green. 1943 D. K. Tressler & C. F. Evers Freezing Preserv. Foods 692 Frozen broccoli is prepared from the fresh, headed stalks (or shoots) of the broccoli plant. 2007 J. Larkcom Oriental Veg. (ed. 2) 21/2 Where slugs are taking a toll of headed cabbage, consider growing seedling crops instead. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [adjective] > having made progress or advanced > to highest point peakedc1350 culminant1605 headeda1616 meridiana1657 climacteric1789 zenith1828 zenithal1891 climacterical1896 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 67 All th' imbossed sores, and headed euils. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective] > flint > faced headeda1684 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1671 (1955) III. 594 Buildings of flint, so exquisitely headed & Squared. 1717 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 30 554 A very firm..Wall, made of Roman Brick, squar'd Stone and headed Flint. 1880 Architect 21 Feb. 139/1 The old north aisle of the church has been pulled down and rebuilt, the walls being faced with headed flints. 6. Having a heading, title, or headline; (of a sheet of paper or item of stationery) bearing a printed letterhead. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > having heading headed1839 1839 Mag. Domest. Econ. Dec. 191 I beg to convey to you my approval of most of the sentiments contained in a whimsically-headed paper—‘On Bucksheesh’,—in your last number. 1873 Health Reformer Jan. 29/2 The Schoolcraft Dispatch contains the following properly headed article, ‘How to Kill Little Girls’. 1894 Daily News 9 Apr. 2/7 A letter on the headed notepaper of a firm in New Bond-street. 1915 E. W. Sargent Picture Theatre Advertising xii. 103 It is desired to run a headed story at the top of column two. 1979 New Scientist 11 Oct. 113 She..instructs her own terminal to print the letter on headed paper. 2008 R. Miller Adventures of A. C. Doyle 398 It was Conan Doyle's characteristically parsimonious habit to collect headed stationery from clubs and hotels and use it for his personal correspondence at home, striking out the printed address and substituting ‘Windlesham, Crowborough’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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