单词 | medalled |
释义 | medalledmedaledadj. Adorned or decorated with a medal or medals. Of a work of art, etc.: for which a medal has been awarded. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [adjective] > having been awarded a decoration > decorated with a medal medalled1822 1822 Ld. Byron Let. 4 May (1979) IX. 154 He was medalled and well mounted. 1845 F.-G. Halleck Alnwick Castle 59 Gazing, as I, upon thy portrait now, In all its medalled, fringed, and beaded glory. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 23 The high-school and medalled boy. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Oct. 1/3 There has been a good deal of ill-feeling..in regard to affixing to ‘medalled’ pictures the labels explanatory of the nature of the award. 1900 Church Times 2 Feb. 136/4 I communicated over seventy around a tent..this morning, from medalled general to private Atkins. 1941 P. Larkin Let. 20 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 28 Range-finding laughter, and ambush of tears, Machine gun practice on the heart's desires Speak of a government of medalled fears. 1960 S. Hileman tr. C. Fuentes Where Air is Clear iii. 372 Diaz's medaled chest..quivered as a flight of doves circled Chapultepec Castle. 2009 D. Kaufman et al. Ess. that will get you into College iii. 54 I became a role model,..eventually becoming the most medaled member on the team. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1822 |
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