单词 | ope |
释义 | opeadj.n. A. adj. That is open, not closed (esp. of an eye, door, or window); (also) revealed, manifest. Chiefly predicatively and as postmodifier. In later use poetic and English regional (south-western).In quot. c1275: not hidden or secret. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] openeOE opec1275 unshutc1384 uncloseda1398 unstoken1421 unclosec1540 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 168 Ȝif hit is ope & underȝete. c1300 St. Barnabas (Laud) 66 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 28 He leide ope him þis bok. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 255 (MED) Huanne þe von..vyndeþ þe gate oppe, hi guoþ in liȝtliche. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 4841 The large wonde vp-on my syde, Al hope [v.r. Oope], I geue hem to refut. ?a1518 Ualentyne & Orson (?1565) lxix. 352 An vntrue thefe and traytour, and ope murderer. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 450 The mouth of passage shall we fling wide ope . View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 186 To keep ope their drowsie slumbring eyes. View more context for this quotation 1712 T. Ellwood Davideis iii. iv. 144 Set the Flood-gates ope. 1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems Var. Subj. i. 120 More had he said—But strove in vain to keep His Eyelids ope, then fell down fast asleep. 1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 240 Yet is the door of mercy ope' To such a waeful one. 1820 J. Keats Ode to Psyche in Lamia & Other Poems 121 A casement ope at night, To let the warm Love in! 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 211 With both eyes wide ope. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) What, idu the gate ope? 1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. iii. 1060 [Devon] He's [sc. a door]..a little bit ope. 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton ix. 206 [A] show-off type o' scarlet coach spanks past wi' a young gent as have a hackin cough an the winder being ope out flies this gob as spluts athurt my cheek. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [noun] > opportunity roomeOE ease?c1225 leisure1303 toom1390 respite1443 openc1485 commodity1525 occasion1526 ope1611 conveniency1645 1611 W. Sclater Key to Key of Script. 333 What an ope I should giue to aduersaries. 2. a. English regional (south-western). An opening; spec. a narrow, usually covered, passage between houses; = opeway n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > between buildings twitchenOE chare12.. shut1300 alley1360 entryc1405 wyndc1425 vennel1435 trance1545 row1599 ginnel1669 ruelle1679 gangway1785 pend close1819 ope1825 jitty1836 scutchell1847 gully1849 bolt1855 opeway1881 snicket1898 jigger1902 jowler1961 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 58 Ope, an opening—the distance between bodies arranged in order. 1866 Notes & Queries 21 Apr. 320/1 At the street corner, where the name of the street is usually painted, you find ‘Charles' Ope’, ‘Chapel Street Ope’. 1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. 85 Ope, an opening in the cliffs down to the water side. 1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 227 Her window yonder, over the ope. 1905 ‘Q’ Shining Ferry x. 126 A grinning lad lifted out Hester's trunk and bore it down the ope to a green-painted doorway. 1974 Country Life 28 Feb. 447/3 The scheme will re-create the traditional stairways, or ‘opes’ from the High Street [of Falmouth] to the waterfront. b. Architecture. An aperture, a window. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] holec725 thirla900 eyeOE opena1200 opening?c1225 overturec1400 overta1425 wideness?c1425 howe1487 hiatus1563 vent1594 apertion1599 ferme1612 notch1615 sluice1648 gape1658 aperture1661 want1664 door1665 hiulcitya1681 to pass through the eye of a needle (also a needle's eye)1720 vista1727 light1776 ope1832 lacuna1872 doughnut hole1886 1832 R. Sainthill Let. 6 Sept. in C. Smith Anc. & Present State Cork (1893) ii. iii. 228 The windows are large and open..being the opes of three massive arches. 1845 G. Petrie Round Towers Ireland 371 Pointed opes, splayed reveals. 1878 R. B. MacVittie Details Restoration Christ Church Cathedral Dublin 59 The central ope of each triplet having a trefoiled head. 1925 P. Power Early Christian Ireland 11. 22 A series of very small rooms, lighted by opes in the gable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). opev. Now poetic and English regional. transitive. To open. Frequently of an eye, door, or window. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] undoc893 untinec950 openOE to-doOE undita1225 leesea1325 unfolda1325 unspeara1325 unclosea1350 to open upa1400 disclose?1440 opea1450 unlock?1548 uncask1594 unhinge1624 unsluice1652 reserate1657 a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 18 Take þe hennys, & skalde hem, & ope hem. c1475 Mankind (1969) 830 (MED) For my lofe, ope thy lyppys and sey Miserere mei, Deus. 1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 29v, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Which oept [1590 opt] his doore, to rich and poore. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. 174 No place is vnder sky so closely deckt, Which gold not opes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 37 The howr's now come The very minute byds thee ope thine eare. View more context for this quotation 1664 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 4 Going to his study doore and oping it. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. 332 As when high Jove his sharp Artill'ry forms, And opes his cloudy Magazine of Storms. a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 130 Oped his young eye to bear the blaze of greatness. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 60 He opes his ample jaws, And lets a frog leap down, to gain applause. 1849 J. G. Whittier Legend St. Mark 80 Lord, ope their eyes that they may see! 1894 A. Gordon Northward Ho! 88 ‘Get up and ope the door!’ ‘If it shudha be oped this hunder year, it'll no be oped by me.’ 1911 W. Owen Let. 7 Dec. (1967) 101 And beg rosy mouths to ope a trifle widah! 1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey Herts. Heritage 118 Wull'e ope th' gate fer me? 1987 G. McCaughrean Little Lower than Angels iv. 36 Now ope' thine eyes, thou dotterel And see what is invisible—The holy angel Gabriel. 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton i. 8 Then I thought to see better I had best ope the shutter, maybe hear them in the next room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1275v.a1450 |
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