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单词 oculate
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oculateadj.

Brit. /ˈɒkjᵿlət/, U.S. /ˈɑkjələt/, /ˈɑkjəˌleɪt/
Forms: 1500s– oculate, 1600s occulate, 1600s oculat.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin oculātus.
Etymology: < classical Latin oculātus having sight, especially good sight, in post-classical Latin also marked with spots like eyes (a1025, a1217 in British sources), also in scientific Latin in sense 2 (as a specific epithet from 1758 Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10) 394, 404, etc.) < oculus eye (see oculus n.) + -ātus -ate suffix2. With sense 2 compare Middle French, French oculé full of holes (1505; 1765 in zoology), Italian occhiato with a pattern like eyes (a1320).
1. Possessing (good) sight; sharp-eyed; observant. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > [adjective]
oculate1549
ocularc1600
visual1626
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted
bright-eyeda1393
sightya1400
well-eyeda1425
well-seeing?a1425
eagle-eyeda1475
well-sighteda1529
clear-eyed1530
quick-sighted1542
oculate1549
quick-eyed1561
eyed1563
sharpsighted1571
clear-sighted1586
eagle-sighted1589
lynx-eyed1597
mouse-eyed1599
lycophosed1600
lycophosy1600
right-eyed1600
nimble-eyed1605
perspicacious1616
lyncean1622
piercing-sighted1630
perspicuous1657
sharp-eyed1672
gimlet-eyed1752
keen-eyed1781
keen-sighted1813
hawk-eyed1818
accipitrine1872
accipitral1881
1549 E. Becke Bible Ded. He that walketh without this lanterne..be he neuer so oculate..yet he is but blynd.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 221 It cannot be perceiued vnlesse the Anatomist be very diligent and occulate.
1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers iv. iii. 59 Do they not..vapour forth..fogs Egyptian, To puzzle even an oculate intellect?
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Oo2 An oculate faithfull Narrator.
1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 115 Kings are as Intuitive Angels, to..set a living pattern..before the Oculate Judges, that they may judge righteous judgement, by sight more than by quidditie.
2. Chiefly Botany and Zoology. Originally: having markings resembling an eye or eyes, ocellated; (also) †having holes resembling eyes (obsolete). Later (also): having eyes, or large or well-developed eyes. Also in extended use.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted > having eye-like spot
oculate1656
oculated1688
pupilled1803
pupillatea1834
single-eyed1839
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Oculate, full of eyes or holes.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A6v Raie undulate and oculate..stellarie oculate and clavate.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Oculate, full of holes like eyes.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Oculatus,..presenting circular spots of different colours representing an eye... Applied by Lamarck to a tribe..of the Hemiptera Geocoriza, comprehending those which have very large eyes: oculate.
1931 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 18 433 A variation..easily recognised..by reason of its oculate corolla and the nearly glabrous leaves.
1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. ii. 33 The lesser nymphet..would be all eyes, as the pavonian sun was all eyes on the gravel under the flowering trees, while in the midst of that oculate paradise.
1967 Amer. Naturalist 101 487 The transition from an oculate, pigmented species to a pale, eyeless one involves far more than mutation pressure and sampling error.
1982 Amer. Antiquity 47 237/1 A chronological assessment of 87 mummy masks..was made by Dawson who identifies the figure most frequently represented as the Oculate Being.
1992 Jrnl. Helminthol. 66 100 Eggs appeared in the uterus on day 14 and oculate miracidia on day 25.
1996 Contrib. Zool. 66 55 All specimens of these stygophilic populations remain oculate, even though their integumental pigmentation is more or less reduced.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

oculatev.

Forms: 1600s occulate, 1700s oculate.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin oculus , -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < classical Latin oculus eye (see oculus n.) + -ate suffix3. Compare Italian †occhiare ‘to eye, to prye, to marke, to winke, to toote’ (Florio 1598, listing also oculare ‘as occhiare’), ‘to eye, or looke neerely vnto’ (Florio, 1611; attested in Italian since a1558), Spanish ojear to cast a glance (1495). Compare also post-classical Latin oculare to look at (12th cent. in a British source), earlier in senses ‘to give sight to, provide with eyes’ (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), ‘to make visible’ (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian).
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To set eyes upon; to see, behold.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
to see with (also at) eyeOE
yseeOE
bihowec1000
ofseeOE
thorough-seeOE
beholdc1175
bihedec1275
heedc1275
witec1320
conceivea1398
observe1560
view?1570
eye1582
oculate1609
survey1615
snilch1676
deek1825
peep1954
1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. H1 Diana bathing her selfe, being discouered or occulated, by Acteon.
a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1989) 95 Let thy dazzling shine..its favour lay Upon mine Eyes that oculated stand And peep thereat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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