单词 | praised |
释义 | praisedadj. 1. Commended, lauded, honoured.Frequently with modifying adverb. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > commended or praised losedc1305 herieda1400 praiseda1400 flatteredc1440 commended1477 magnified1554 soothed1601 extolled1632 cried-up1642 lauded1824 acclaimed1867 a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 99 Preued for a prophete þrow preysed dedes. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 412/1 Preysyd, laudatus, commendatus. 1560 A. Lok Medit. of Penitent Sinner The brute shall of thy praised name resoune In thankfull mouthes. c1595 Countess of Pembroke To Angel Spirit Sir Phillip Sidney in Coll. Wks. (1998) I. 112 Yet there will live thy ever praised name. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. iii. 33 Teare my bright haire, & scratch my praised cheekes. View more context for this quotation a1645 W. Browne Whole Wks. (1868) 41 The neuer-too-much-praised faire Marine. 1736 A. Pope Wks. I. 193 Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue. 1793 M. Robinson Mod. Manners ii. 22 His wit sublime, Though the prais'd ideot scarce can read his rhyme. 1837 M. W. Shelley Falkner I. xiv. 258 He was the praised, expected brother of Lady Cecil. 1885 E. R. B. Lytton Glenaveril I. iii. 71 The praised actor who, to please the pit, Provokes its laughter. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 970/1 [Andrea del Sarto] also executed..a much-praised head of Christ over the high altar. 1912 E. K. Francis tr. J. Keble Lect. on Poetry 1832–41 II. xxxvii. 407 I now pass to the much-praised lines which describe a cattle-plague in the Alpine province. 1987 J. M. Bennett Women Medieval Eng. Countryside (1989) ii. 45 The elevation of ordinary motherhood to a praised occupation awaited both the Protestant reformers and the Victorians. 2001 Big Issue 27 Dec. 28/1 It was a rightly-praised winner—solidly excellent but hardly a literary firecracker. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 1112 (MED) Þe Lombe byfore con proudly passe..As praysed perlez his wedez wasse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。