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单词 proportioned
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proportionedadj.

Brit. /prəˈpɔːʃnd/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃ(ə)nd/, /pərˈpɔrʃ(ə)nd/
Forms: Middle English porpocyonid (transmission error), Middle English proporciond, Middle English proporciont, Middle English proporciound, Middle English proporciownyd, Middle English proporcyownyd, Middle English propossiound (transmission error), Middle English–1500s proporcioned, Middle English–1500s proporcyoned, 1500s proporsioned, 1500s proporsionyd, 1500s– proportioned, 1600s–1700s proportion'd; Scottish pre-1700 proporcioned, pre-1700 proportionet, pre-1700 proportiound, pre-1700 proportiouned, pre-1700 proportyonyt, pre-1700 proportyownd, pre-1700 1700s– proportioned.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: proportion v., -ed suffix1; proportion n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: Partly < proportion v. + -ed suffix1, and partly < proportion n. + -ed suffix2.
1.
a. Formed with or having (due) proportions; shaped; composed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having (specific) shape
proportionedc1390
figured?a1400
shapena1400
featuredc1500
proportionated1612
figurated1642
shaped1720
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [adjective] > composed in certain proportions
proportionedc1390
c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine 736 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 74 (MED) Þou hast me tauȝt, lord..Riht so to take my mete heer Riht as i schulde a medecyn Proporciont, boþe good and fyn.
a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 987 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 394 (MED) He was be craft so fourmyd of nature: A bettir compact was ther noon a-lyue Nor proporcyownyd of fetures nor stature.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. I.iiiiv A figure of marble or mettall, wherin the members are all round, proporcioned and measured as nature her self shapeth them.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 158 A Cocke framed and proporcioned after this sort.
1615 S. Daniel Hymens Triumph iv. iv. 63 Such a proportion'd face, and such a necke.
1669 J. Fletcher Island Princess (1982) i. iii The people they shew brave too, civill manner'd, Proportioned like the Masters of great minds.
a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 54 How strong and large are his Leggs, fit and proportion'd to support the Noble Structure above.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 59 Another apartment, proportioned like the first.
1845 W. G. Simms Count Julian ii. ii. 46 He was taller than the general race of men, yet so proportioned and symmetrical as to command no regard in this respect, save when standing by the side of others.
1864 E. Sargent Peculiar xxxvi. 350 Every feature of his face was finely outlined and proportioned.
1929 Burlington Mag. Dec. 303/1 In Chinese pottery good form does not proceed from a putting together of parts to make a proportioned whole.
1993 New Yorker 20 Sept. 49/2 It's a small room that is indeed proportioned like an oubliette, with a double-height ceiling and two arched windows way overhead.
b. As the second element of compounds, as ill-proportioned, perfectly proportioned, etc. (see also well-proportioned adj.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > that is in due proportion or proportionate > adjusted in due proportion
proportionedc1395
modulatec1530
proportionated1612
modulateda1806
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > not shapely or deformed
unshapelyc1200
forcrookedc1305
deform1382
froward shapena1400
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
misshape1440
deformablec1450
disformatea1492
misshapeda1500
deformate?a1505
fashionless1581
unfashionable1597
shapeless1598
ill-proportioned1602
disformed1665
untrained1871
c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 192 Greet was the prees..To gauren on this hors..For it so heigh was and so brood and long, So wel proporcioned for to ben strong.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 103 (MED) Pigmens..er men of litill stature, for þai er bot iii span lang; bot þai er riȝt faire and wele proporciound of þaire mykill.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 9 Sche that hed ane veil proportionet body hed euil proportionet feit.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D2 My fortunes [are] as ill proportioned as your legs.
1659 T. Jordan in J. Gamble 2nd Bk. Ayres & Dialogues sig. A2v Where Piramids to Piramids relate, And the whole Fabrick doth Configurate In perfectly proportion'd Creatures.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 3 May (1974) VIII. 198 The Duke of York's chamber..as it is now fretted at the top..is one of the noblest and best-proportioned rooms.
1725 E. F. Haywood Masqueraders 7 The Delicacy of her Complexion exceeded all comparison—her Neck, her Breasts, her fine-proportion'd Hands and Arms.
1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 62 It shall teach me not to think too highly of well-proportioned clay.
1800 J. Austen Let. 8 Nov. (1995) 56 I thought it very pleasant to sit in idleness over a good fire in a well-proportioned room.
1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. ii. 113 Supported by low, gracefully proportioned..arches.
1931 J. S. Huxley What dare I Think? ii. 62 The Peter Pan type of semi~dwarf who, though perfectly proportioned, never grows up fully.
1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators ii. 51 The hall with its gracefully proportioned oak staircase.
2. Set, adjusted, or regulated in proportion or relation to something else; proportionate.
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1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 6 In this so noble a piece of worke, I found a proportioned substance to euery shape and likenesse that can be thought vpon and called to remembrance.
1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. 465 Those other celestiall Mirrors, produce much more admirable effects..as they reuerberate that mixture of light and influence which the one reiecteth from the other, at these proportioned distances, vpon vs.
1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 111 The neast of the Halcyon..is so proportioned to the bird, as if it were sowed to her body.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 27 In Æqui-angled Triangles all their Sides are proportioned.
1722 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 681 Even when they have little prospect of being able to make any proportioned returns.
1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 220/1 When it [sc. the light] comes from above, in such a regular, proportioned, and uninterrupted manner.
1849 W. A. Scott in Nat. Preacher Mar. A statue placed in an elevated niche, that must be cut somewhat roughly and of a proportioned oversize to produce the proper effect.
1912 H. James in Trans. Royal Soc. Lit. 31 273 The issue was to be of a proportioned monstrous magnificence.
1995 Mod. Lang. Stud. 25 20 He accepts the proportioned, analogical status of the present metaphor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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