单词 | metred |
释义 | † metredn. Obsolete. A dream. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] swevenc897 metingOE showing?c1225 sweveningc1275 dreamc1300 metels1340 dremels1362 night visiona1382 metreda1393 dreaminga1400 somniation1598 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 2003 Nectanabus, which causeth al Of this metrede the substaunce. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 2011 Sche abreide Out of hir slep..And was the gladdere..In hope of such a glad metrede. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018). metredmeteredadj. Composed in metre; metrical. Also (more generally): rhythmical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] metrical?a1475 measureda1586 numbery1605 metric1637 metred1711 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. i. 264 In their elegant Stile and metred Prose. 1851 T. Tapping Chron. Customs Lead Mines Pref. Manlove within the compass of 300 metred lines has produced a perfect and accurate digest of the voluminous mass of intricate mining customs. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 228 With what metred decorum the triumvirate would have bandied the festal amenities! 1894 Catholic World Sept. 804 Most splendid raiment and the metred song, And Lady Luxury and a venal throng. 1951 ELH 18 157 To pursue the metered phrase or the rhyme-word, is to reject the prose diction and disintegrate it. 1989 Nature 19 Oct. 577/3 Turner and Pöppel discuss metered poetry, to little artistic effect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393adj.1711 |
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