| 单词 | in the round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the round Phrases P1. in round. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > round or around [phrase] in (the) compass ofc1325 in the viron ofa1380 in vironc1380 in rounda1382 all aroundc1390 all rounda1535 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > moving in circle or curve [phrase] > in circular course in rounda1382 round and round1565 in ring1674 the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [phrase] > in a circle or ring in rounda1382 in a round1489 in a ring1772 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xix. 27 Ne ȝe sholen in rount [v.r. rownde; L. rotundum] dodde heer ne schaue berd. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xli. 7 A street was in round, and stiede vpward bi a vijs. 1541 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1862) 3 161 Ane..walter tabill abone the thak on the est gauill of the queir pendit in half round to the said queir. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 119 They..doe with maruellous furie force the enimie, & in this order skirmishing in a winding ring, in round,..do still maintaine themselues lusty and fresh. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §9 This Motion worketh in round at first..and then worketh in Progress. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §138 Sound diffuseth it selfe in round. ΚΠ 1527 in W. L. Nash Churchwardens' Acct. Bk. St. Giles, Reading (1851) 32 At this accompte hath bene dismissed John Beke and chosen in round Richard Body. P2. in the round. a. (a) Of a sculpture: standing free with all sides shown, rather than carved in relief against a ground. Frequently contrasted with in relief. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > every aspect of something everydealOE in the round1612 1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Some Authors say, the Ground-worke of the same [sc. a pyramid] tooke vp an hundred Furlongs in the Round. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 125 Few of our Gravers work off from the Round, upon which alone the observation is practicable. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 512 The art of drawing, both from the round and from life. 1873 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica xv. 171 Many early pieces, modelled in high relief and in the round, are probably of this origin. 1900 A. S. Murray Catal. Sculpt. Parthenon Brit. Mus. 113 In slab xxxviii. the cow's right horn must have been carved in the round, only the tip being attached to the background of the relief. 1958 W. Willetts Chinese Art I. v. 384 Modelling of figures in the round and as though in movement. 2002 Wood Carving Illustr. Summer 9/1 A lamp base made from a cypress knee carved in the round. (b) Of knitting, crochet, etc.: worked in rounds, rather than back and forth; having the end of each row joined to the beginning of the next so as to produce a circular or tubular item without the need for a seam or seams. ΚΠ 1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters v. 336 By the method of working the stockings in the round, they could be made striped straight down the leg. 1877 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 1 May 277/2 Will any of your correspondents kindly give me directions for a pretty d'oyley knitted in the round? 1979 Reader's Digest Compl. Guide Needlework (2002) 392 Crochet stitches... A chart..aids in visualizing an unfamiliar stitch. It is especially suited to working in the round. 2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 13 Dec. [Fair Isle] jumpers are knitted in the round on at least three needles.., making the garment seamless. (c) figurative. Fully and thoroughly; with all aspects shown. Cf. two-dimensional adj. 2. ΚΠ 1928 Mod. Lang. Rev. 23 145 Most of Shakespeare's women are less real than romantic... They are highly individualised,..but are not presented fully, in the round, and have few connexions with the world as we know it. 1933 Punch 12 July 51/2 It is not an easy part, seeing that it is the only character in the whole cast to be drawn in the round. 1948 ‘M. Westmacott’ Rose & Yew Tree ix. 72 Up to now Lord St. Loo had been a name, an abstraction... Now he came into the round—a living entity. 1959 Spectator 7 Aug. 164/3 The camera also gives an impression in the round of the man who seems one-dimensional in print. 1977 N. Shepherd Living Mountain vi. 40 Rain in the air has also the odd power of letting one see things in the round, as though stereoscopically. 2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 28 Jan. 7/2 The WTO meeting folded amid disagreement among the major powers..on what topics should be covered in the round. (d) Theatre. Of a performance: with the audience placed on at least three sides of the stage. Frequently in theatre-in-the-round n. at theatre n. 3f(a). Cf. arena n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > [adverb] > type of staging in the round1944 1944 Bull. National Theatre Conf. (U.S.) Apr. 19 In this country, Glen Hughes out in Seattle has operated his Studio and Penthouse theatres, playing sophisticated comedies to small audiences ‘in the round’. 1958 New Statesman 22 Feb. 228/3 At the Mahatma Gandhi Hall, Fitzroy Square, Miss Margaret Rawlings is giving Phèdre in English In-the-Round. 1975 R. Potter Eng. Morality Play ii. 30 An outdoor spectacle of mammoth proportions, for performance in the round. 1992 Times Educ. Suppl. 31 Jan. 29/1 He guided them through..his passions about acting and directing and the problems of playing in the round at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. b. In diameter or circumference. ΚΠ c1567 G. Clarkson in Mem. Hist. & Antiq. Northumberland (1858) II. p. clxi The said corner towre ys on thre parte round thinner parte square with out wall conteyninge in the rounde thereof xvij yeards. 1663 R. Manley tr. F. Caron in tr. F. Caron & J. Schouten True Descr. Kingdoms Japan & Siam 87 A hollow in the side of a Mountain, some ten foot in the round; this hole was, by reason of its depth, very obscure within. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. i. v. 18 A moss, which is about 60 inches in the round, can be most conveniently reeled off. 1789 European Mag. & London Rev. Sept. 191/1 Their ground plan in the inclosure is two leagues in the round. 1825 R. Byfield Sectum 131 Hollow out 9 inches in the back and 12 in front..which will give the neck 36 inches in the round. 1883 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 52 183 The uprights are..6 feet in the round. 1935 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1934–5 B. 42 102 The type of net generally used had meshes one inch from knot to knot or four inches in the round. 1987 H. Wright James Lick's Monument ix. 155 It weighed 165 pounds, had no visible fault, and would mold 34 inches in the round. c. Of timber: in its natural shape, without having being squared, split, or otherwise worked. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > undressed trunk or log > natural form of timber in the round1808 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon x. 251 Beech about the same, and sycamore 1s. 3d. all in the round, and where the trees were fallen. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1220/2 Juggle, a block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. 1907 R. S. Troup Indian Forest Utilization i. iii. 113 Timber in the round should be allowed to season slowly and regularly. 1947 A. L. Howard Trees in Brit. 134 In earlier times..British-grown laburnum was greatly prized for inlay, turnery and cabinet work... Cut in cross section in the round, it was known by the term ‘oyster work’. 2004 P. Whitefield Earth Care Man. xi. 302/2 Using timber in the round saves the energy and money cost of milling. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [noun] > convexity > a convex form in the round1876 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 43/1 The back springs back into its rounded form, and thus the face presents the appearance of having been cut in the round. P3. to run in a round: to run in circles; to rush about aimlessly. Cf. to run around in circles at circle n. 1c. See also sense 2a. ΚΠ 1628 J. Davenant One of Serm. preached at Westm. 24 No circular and friuolous running in a round. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 37 He ranne always in a round, going..very little wide from the same place. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 350 Then in a round the mingl'd Bodies run. 1838 B. von Armin Goethe's Corr. with Child III. 110 Poor doe! how do I shudder at thy lot, and how nearly related may it be to mine. I too run in a round. 1884 Brit. Friend 42 283/2 He runs in a round, and makes himself, his works, and duties his Saviour. 1986 S. Bandyopadhyay tr. M. Devi Bāyen in Five Plays 97 Then he mimes a wild drum dance, beating at the air with both his hands, as he runs in a round and screams: ‘Ha-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri.’ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink one's fair share to keep the round1633 to nick the pin1655 1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple v Drink not the third glasse... It is most just to throw that on the ground, Which would throw me there, if I keep the round. P5. to go the round (also rounds): (of news, gossip, a joke, etc.) to be passed on from person to person (or from publication to publication, etc.). Later also to make (also do) the rounds. Also with of.In singular use, now somewhat archaic. In plural use, originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (intransitive)] > spread or be current springOE spreadc1300 to go abouta1325 quicka1400 risea1400 runa1400 walkc1400 stir1423 voice1429 fly1480 to go abroad1513 to come abroad1525 wandera1547 divulge1604 to get abroad1615 to take aira1616 to make (also do) the rounds1669 to get about1740 reach1970 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 124 The rest..communicate it one to another, till it hath gone the round. 1756 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry xii. xxiii. 649 Thus we see how many write, and how few think: how Error goes the Round of different Nations. 1811 National Intelligencer (Washington) 9 May A case of similar impressment at the eastward had been satisfactorily contradicted, after going the rounds of all the papers, in most of which, however, the contradiction will never, I presume, appear. 1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne v. 79 No light sayings of his upon the matter were going the round of his neighbourhood. 1837 Jamestown (N.Y.) Jrnl. 22 Mar. 3/2 There is a story going the rounds in relation to the president-elect. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 66 The following anecdote, that is now going the round of the papers. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 18 This celebrated epistle..created quite a sensation..as it went the round after tea. 1862 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 55 Everything of the kind has to go the rounds, you know. 1927 Vanity Fair Nov. 67/2 Conway's ‘That's the pay off!’ is swiftly making the rounds. 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xvi. 123 In this little community of ours the smallest detail is known, and your arrival here yesterday has naturally gone the round. 1959 Listener 28 May 941/2 All those romantic stories..which have been going the rounds of the rive gauche ever since. 1977 Rolling Stone 13 Jan. 39/2 The rumor that the FBI started about her being a Soviet spy is still making the rounds at parties she no longer attends. 1989 Investors Chron. 27 Jan. 89/1 All sorts of wild rumours are doing the rounds. 2001 C. Petit Hard Shoulder (2002) 152 It was already going the rounds that Brendan had been hanging out in hardline bars. 2006 Independent 24 Nov. 14/1 According to recent rumours doing the rounds in medialand, the BBC are considering bringing back Nationwide to primetime television. ΚΠ 1848 ‘N. Buntline’ Mysteries & Miseries N.Y. i. Gloss. 113 Taking a cruise about town, or going on a spree, is called taking a round. P7. a. Originally and chiefly Australian. the rounds of the kitchen: a severe reproof; a scolding; (also occasionally) criticism, abuse, scorn. ΚΠ 1836 Sydney Gaz. 15 Oct. [He] seemed very apprehensive that he should have the rounds of the kitchen when she got home. 1873 J. C. F. Johnson Christmas on Carringa 4 He had been getting from Mrs M..what he termed ‘the rounds of the kitchen’, for being such a fool. 1939 J. Campbell Babe is Wise 211 An does she gimme the rounds of the kitchen! Pitches into me like I dunno w'at. 1988 K. Amis Let. 1 Aug. (2000) 1073 I confess to a glow of innocent satisfaction at seeing Wain's novel getting the rounds of the kitchen. 2004 R. Gietzelt Worth Fighting For vii. 134 Ducker and Co were able to give me the rounds of the kitchen for ‘misinforming’ the Federal Executive about these events. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 582 Rounds of the Galley,..is figurative of a man incurring the expressed scorn of his shipmates. P8. round-by-round adj. that describes or analyses each round of a contest, esp. a boxing match, in turn; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > rotation > [adverb] aboutOE whilemeala1382 by whiles1382 in coursea1400 in turna1500 circularly1648 in rotation1771 round-by-round1933 rotationally1950 1933 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 10 Apr. 1/8 (heading) Round-by-round system of judging bouts will be inaugurated. 1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences 246 Championship fight..with a leading article and a back-page ‘round-by-round’ report. 1961 Times 25 May 15/4 It is a remarkable round-by-round study in the art of politics. 1997 A. N. Wise & B. S. Meyer Internat. Sports Law & Business III. 1718 P granted to NBC the exclusive radio broadcast rights for a ringside, round-by-round description of a particular fight. 2009 Hucknall Disp. (Nexis) 23 Apr. A round-by-round look at how Scots Grey..secured their place in the final of the FA All-England Sunday Cup at Anfield. < as lemmas |
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