单词 | paced |
释义 | pacedadj. 1. Having a particular pace, gait, or rate of walking or moving. Chiefly as the second element in compounds.For more established compounds, see the first element; recorded earliest in well-paced adj. 1, with reference to a woman metaphorically likened to a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > having specific rate on foot paced?1523 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > having a specific gait paced?1523 gaited1593 easy-going1843 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiv The first [property of a woman] is to be mery of chere, the seconde to be well pased. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xi. f. 138 His body..Was ponnisht in the part that did offend for want of skill. And so a slowe paaste Asses eares his heade did after beare. 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. G 3v An high-pac'd Muse treading a lofty march. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 170 His brazen-footed steeds, All golden man'd, and pac't with wings. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iv. i Revenge is sure, though sometimes slowly pac'd. 1708 Boston News-let. 27 Sept. 4/2 On Monday the 13th of September last..a large bay Horse..with blackish Main and Tail, the Main hanging mostly on the off side, middle paced, Trots mostly..was stol'n or Rescoued and unlawfully taken and conveyed away. 1749 W. Hawkins Henry & Rosamond iii. i. 31 On the Flint Wear out the slow-pac'd Night! 1828 C. Lamb Child Angel in Elia 2nd Ser. 161 Humility and Aspiration went on even-paced. 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 134 The greatest appreciable physical revolutions are the work of the light-footed air, the stealthy-paced water, and the subterranean fire. 1939 Fortune Oct. 49/3 To protect those profits..from the quick-paced competition of the chemical industry. 1990 Gramophone May 1982/2 A buoyant, ideally paced scherzo whose refulgent second subject Litton pointedly relishes even more on its second appearance. 2. Traversed or measured out in paces. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > measured by pacing paced1868 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > walked with measured tread paced1868 1868 Ld. Lytton Orval in New Poems II. 277 The primly-paced saloons of Art and Science. 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 177 Hills, each with a paced base of from half a mile to a mile. 1933 Geogr. Rev. 23 567 (caption) Paced traverses and random lines of travel often widely spaced, particularly in barren country. 2000 Bobbin (Nexis) 1 Sept. 116 Some of our facilities have also built walking tracks on the grounds with paced distances. 3. Of an action: having a pace or rate of progress set by some external means, as by a pacemaker in a race. Also: occurring at intervals determined by some external factor. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [adjective] > types of race well-run1601 unpaced1636 all-age1806 close-run1813 level1826 long distance1826 handicapped1828 neck and neck1828 timed1839 point-to-point1875 side by side1881 middle distance1886 paced1899 two-horse1976 the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measured admeasured1340 metc1480 dimensurated1675 gauged1678 dimensioned1726 paced1953 1899 Daily News 8 Apr. 8/6 The National Cyclists' Union..forbade all riders holding its licences..to attempt a paced ride of any description on the road. 1953 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Nov. 295 The task..was simply to touch the contact corresponding to the one lamp which was alight. In one condition (the ‘paced’ one) the lamp went out. 1958 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 27 Jan. 523/2 This year has seen the conclusion of a programme of work on ‘Conditions influencing the rate of learning in paced and unpaced tasks’. 1993 Sci. Amer. July 57/2 The individual is given an antiarrhythmic drug. If paced stimuli now fail to trigger sustained tachycardia, the finding implies the drug should be helpful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1523 |
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