单词 | jointed |
释义 | jointedadj. 1. a. Furnished with, constructed with, or having joints (see the various senses of the noun). spec. in Geology: cf. joint n.1 5. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > jointed jointed1413 articulated1571 gimmaled1596 articulate1610 huckled1614 well-articulated1663 joint1685 vertebrated1840 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [adjective] > jointed jointed1821 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxxii. 81 They ben wel ioynted and myghtely boned. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Eiv The thrallyng spiryte, and ioynted lymmes to loose. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 409 Or under Rocks thir food In jointed Armour watch. View more context for this quotation 1721 A. Pope Corr. 3 Oct. (1956) II. 86 I saw her sober over a Sampler, or gay over a joynted Baby. 1821 J. Macculloch Geol. Classif. Rocks viii. 129 In a few instances, from the extreme shortness of the prisms, the columnar passes to a tabular, or a lamellar and jointed structure. 1863 D. T. Ansted Great Stone Bk. Nature ix. 133 The harder kinds of sand-rock are always jointed. 1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish i. 24 The crayfish has a jointed and segmented body. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 489/2 The contrast between granite that is widely jointed and that which is closely jointed and generally shattered is easily seen in many localities. b. In combination with qualifying word: Having joints of a specified kind. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. V Being nimbler ioynted than the rest. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. viii. 124 This head is placed upon a narrow jointed portion of the worm. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 109 Iron-jointed, supple-sinew'd, they shall dive, and they shall run. 1895 Outing 26 369/1 My single short-jointed rod. 2. Botany. Having or appearing to have joints; separating readily at the joints; as a specific vernacular name. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > relating to joint or node > having or not having joints jointed1597 kneed1597 knee-jointed1776 inarticulated1830 polygonate1864 1597Iointed Glassewoort [see glasswort n.]. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. K8 Jointed, applied to the root..—to the stem or culm, in corn and grasses—to the leaves, when one leaflet grows from the top of another. 1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 160 Leaves..knotty, jointed, or smooth. 1839 J. Lindley School Bot. 4 If a stem is swelled at the part where the leaves grow, and capable of being snapped across, or apparently so, it is called articulated or jointed, as in Stellaria Holostea, and Geraniums. 1843 C. C. Babington Man. Brit. Bot. 31 R[aphanus] Raphanistrum (L.)..Jointed Charlock. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 234 Jointed cactus, Opuntia pusilla, a dangerous weed. 1971 J. E. Lousley Flora Isles of Scilly 268 J[uncus] articulatus L. Jointed Rush. Native. 3. Geology. Traversed or divided by joints (joint n.1 5). ΚΠ 1835 A. Sedgwick in Trans. Geol. Soc. 2nd Ser. 3 481 A slaty and jointed structure are..often exhibited together. Derivatives ˈjointedly adv. connectedly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adverb] connexively1635 connectedly1823 jointedly1846 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Jointedly, in a jointed manner. Smith. 1877 Tinsley's Mag. 20 207 When he could talk faintly and jointedly. ˈjointedness n. quality or state of being jointed. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] conjunctionc1374 jointurec1374 juncture1589 conjugation1605 syntax1615 injunction1643 colligation1651 togetherness1656 conjuncture1665 junction1711 symphysy1712 conjointment1814 jointedness1881 symphysis1891 knit1892 1881 Whitney in Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 22 Articulation, in this its literal sense of jointedness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1413 |
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