单词 | potholed |
释义 | potholedadj. Having potholes. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [adjective] > having pot-holes water-swallowed1610 potholed1874 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > having potholes potholed1874 potholey1914 potted1921 1874 Overland Monthly & Out West Mag. July 78/2 The ruggedness of their washed and pot-holed sides. 1933 W. H. Auden Poems (ed. 2) 43 By pot-holed becks. 1952 C. Bardsley Bishop's Move x. 114 It took the car of civilization away from the main road on to a bumpy, pot-holed track. 1976 S. Wales Echo 27 Nov. 6/3 People will have to go on putting up with a badly pot-holed road. 2003 A. Sayle Overtaken 167 There was a tiny wooden sign..stuck in the grass at the mouth of a long, tree-lined, potholed drive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1874 |
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