单词 | new-mould |
释义 | new-mouldnew-moldv. Now rare. transitive. To mould or form anew; to shape afresh. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > again or anew re-form?1387 new-casta1536 reframe1592 remould1600 new-form1613 new-mould1622 new-modelize1645 new-model1647 re-profile1948 1622 J. Webbe Appeale to Truth 38 Those that are expected to new-mould the way to languages, must draw their course by Vse and Custome, till Babel be reformed by Zorobabel. 1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) iii. v. §4 It changeth his opinion,..but it never melted and new molded his heart. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 93 Its prime Errand was to reform and new-mold the Earth. 1738 J. Wesley When shall thy Lovely Face (hymn) viii Jesus..New-moulds our Limbs of cumb'rous Clay. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 286 This affliction may in some measure new mould her. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 40 The more wily courtiers..deemed it less obnoxious to violate than to new-mould the constitution. 1888 Catholic World May 230 Adam..first saw the ‘mother of all the living’, new-moulded from his own substance. 1893 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 377/1 His countenance and person..were changed as if they had been new moulded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1622 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。