单词 | arrived |
释义 | arrivedadj.n. 1. That has arrived. Often (and now chiefly) with preceding modifying adverb, esp. specifying that the person or thing described has recently or only just arrived, as newly arrived, recently arrived, etc.Recorded earliest in lately-arrived at lately adv. Compounds. ΚΠ ?1587 J. Deacon Treat. Nobody is my Name sig. D5 Those chapmen..which from time to time do vnlade and disburden the lately ariued nauy of their wares. 1602 I. E. Let. from Souldier in Ireland 2 These all, together with sixe Ensignes of those newly arriued Spaniards..were on foote ready to march towardes Kynsale. 1627 G. Barry tr. H. Hugo Seige of Breda xii. 98 For the windes did so beate the arriued nauie,..that many of the ships being broken, did serue for nothing. 1727 M. Davys Accomplish'd Rake 156 He begg'd..to convey the Letter into the Hand of the new-arrived Lady. 1769 Farmer's Son of Kent II. 194 I observed with great attention the different passions..of our newly arrived countrymen. 1888 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 8 Aug. Whenever the Globe refers to a newly arrived baby as beautiful..you can bet that fifteen cent cigars have been lavishly distributed among the reporters. 1970 A. K. Armah Fragments x. 250 The arrived one had been invited to sit down, rest his tired soul and let a hungry body fill itself. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. viii. 282 They appointed an official garbler, who had to inspect the newly arrived spices. 2005 Independent 14 Dec. 29/5 Aussies and even recently arrived migrants from Europe supported the government's hardline attitude to ‘boat people’, labelling them ‘queue jumpers’. 2. spec. Of a person: that has achieved success or recognition; that has established his or her position or reputation. Also (and in earliest use) as n. (with the): those who have achieved success or established themselves, considered collectively. Cf. nouveaux arrivés n.Frequently used with depreciative connotations of pretentiousness or affectation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > prosperous or successful > having achieved prosperity or success arrived1880 1880 Art Jrnl. New Ser. 6 221/1 Those among the ‘arrived’ who have contributed have done their very best. 1896 Godey's Mag. Feb. 133/2 On the outskirts of the Monceau quarter, which is peopled with ‘arrived’ artists. 1907 Daily Chron. 4 Nov. 3/3 Mrs. Atherton is one of the arrived. 1960 20th Cent. Nov. 437 The arrived poets of the post-war generation. 2010 C. Brosius India's Middle Class 1 In my conversations with members of the arrived urban middle classes..I found that this enthusiasm was replicated in various facets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.?1587 |
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