单词 | mended |
释义 | mendedadj. That has been repaired, improved. Sometimes with prefixed adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended correcta1464 mended1548 rectifieda1555 amended1574 emendate1654 correcteda1661 remediated1865 emended1882 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > improved ybetc1000 amendeda1382 bettered?1533 mended1548 well-improveda1643 improved1648 meliorated1657 enriched1691 ameliorated1788 stepped1933 uprated1967 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [adjective] > mended or repaired pieced1542 repaireda1547 mended1895 serviced1906 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ii. f. xxiiij Beyng offended with the notable diuersytie betwene the piece of cloth sewed on, and the yll mended garmente. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vii. 75 Shew now your mended faiths. View more context for this quotation 1679 ‘Ephelia’ Female Poems 89 Nature..was quite vanquished, and o're-thrown: And all her mended Faces, after came. 1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling (1886) 41 Two jack-boots concealed, in part, the well-mended knees of an old pair of buckskin breeches. ?a1780 Rake's Progress in T. Cibber Harlot's Progress (1977) 1 Reach'd thro' the laughing Eye—the mended Mind, And moral humour sportive art beguil'd. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland iii. 42 Scoring the lease from corner to corner, with his newly-mended pen. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges i. 67 Mended morals and mended manners. 1895 Daily News 17 Dec. 6/4 Whether the voice of a mended bell is ever equal to that of one unmended. 1953 ‘Caddie’ Sydney Barmaid 36 I must have looked a regular bushwhacker... Homemade skirt and blouse, mended cotton gloves. 1980 A. Tyler Morgan's Passing vi. i. 150 The room was full of castoffs..a bow-fronted bureau with a mended dresser scarf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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