单词 | plute |
释义 | † pluten.1 Roman Military. Obsolete. rare. = pluteus n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > barrier or wall between columns plutea1450 pluteus1664 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 102v (MED) The plute [L. plutei] is a gyn of defence made like to þe side of an hous, wiþ a grounsel & ij stondinge postes and a cros beem I-stoded & wounde wiþ twigges, I-heled wiþ-oute wiþ rawe hides, and in þe groundselle þre trokeles or wheles to renne vpon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). pluten.2 colloquial (originally Australian, now chiefly U.S.). A plutocrat; a very wealthy person, esp. an industrialist. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > rich and powerful person leviathan1606 plutocrat1810 affluential1848 gold bug1872 plute1894 big-up1964 1894 Vagabonds 2 It is by this monopolisation of currency as well as of the land and other means of production that the Plutes are enabled to levy their weighty taxes on human industry. 1906 U. Sinclair Jungle xxx. 391 It collected news of the doings of the ‘plutes’ and served it up for the benefit of the ‘American working-mule’. 1923 E. F. Wyatt Invisible Gods ii. iv. 65 Paul's a plute and a snob..a kind of cad—proud of using people. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. ii. 106 Folk with no salary The heavens swat, while ploots can manage And the ‘outs’ cannot. 1995 N.Y. Times 20 June a 9/1 The dispatch added, in an official North Korean translation, that Mr. Kim was ‘a dyed-in-the-wool pro-American stooge who fattens the U.S. munition monopoly plutes’. Derivatives ˈplutish adj. now rare plutocratic. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > rich and powerful plutocratical1841 affluential1842 plutocratic1853 plutish1907 plutey1952 1907 Truth (Sydney) 25 Aug. 4/7 They ‘sool’ their plutish prints on to proclaim him a cocktail, a renegade, a coward. c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 80 This plutish press condemns our class. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1450n.21894 |
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