单词 | lopsided |
释义 | lopsidedadj. a. That lops or appears to lop or lean on or towards one side; having one side lower or smaller than the other. Originally Nautical (of a ship): Disproportionately heavy on one side; unevenly balanced. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > asymmetrical or misproportioned misproportioned1552 asymmetral1615 eccentric1647 incommensurate1650 asymmetrous1661 asymmetrical1690 lopsided1711 uncertain1742 unsymmetrical1755 one-sided1857 alop1865 asymmetric1878 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable walt1539 crank-sided1626 crank1696 walty1702 over-floaty1705 lopsided1711 tender1723 innavigable1755 unseaworthy1820 sick1854 cranky1861 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 27 You will certainly have the Misfortune of a lapsided Ship. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Lap-sided, the state of a ship, which is built in such a manner as to have one side heavier than the other. 1820 W. M. Praed Surly Hall 221 He drew me once..('twas lopsided, And squinted worse than ever I did). 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. viii. 280 An odd, lop-sided, one-eyed kind of wooden building. 1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing 356 Dict. Lob Sided, larger or heavier on one side than on the other. 1901 Athenæum 10 Aug. 198/1 The church..was..lop-sided, as one aisle..was narrower than the other. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. x. 159 The sooner we get the balance [of classes] equal the better; for its rather lopsided just now, no one can deny. 1868 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) ii. 200 The..article..is very lop-sided and unfair. 1891 F. W. Newman Life J. H. Newman 11 So lobsided morality, if propounded in a Mormon Bible or by a Hottentot Potentate, would be spurned as self-confuted. Derivatives lopˈsidedly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > asymmetrically eccentricallya1687 unsymmetrically1755 asymmetrically1877 lopsidedly1896 1896 National Observer 21 Mar. 561/1 A turban..hanging lopsidedly over one ear. lopˈsidedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > asymmetry dextrality1646 asymmetry1664 one-sidedness1830 lopsidedness1843 dissymmetry1844 unsymmetry1867 sidedness1888 1843 H. James Let. 11 May in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 46 Thought heaped up to topheaviness and inevitable lopsidedness. 1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 76 A degree of instability or lop~sidedness which should not exist. 1946 Nature 21 Dec. 890/2 He makes, incidentally, a powerful case for some attempt to redress the lopsidedness of scientific advance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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