单词 | provisioned |
释义 | provisionedadj. Supplied with provisions; esp. furnished with a stock of food. Frequently with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > supplied with provisions provisioned1692 victualled1855 1692 J. Shirley True Impartial Hist. Ireland 164 Some Deserters came over, who gave but a melancholly Account of the posture of Affairs in the Town, as to their being badly armed, and worse provisioned. ?1785 tr. F. de Tott Memoirs II. 108 The fortress of Oczakow was perfectly well provisioned. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 414 The ships of war were not half manned or half provisioned. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 13 Nov. 2/1 We clattered down to the second ‘Hospice’—a sort of provisioned hut—and took what luncheon we could get. 1909 Daily Chron. 21 July 3/2 The wanderers find a provisioned house, the proprietor of which, in the dénouement, turns out to be the boy's father. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 269 The hive is always well provisioned; there is an abundant brood of worker-grubs; queen-cells are started and equipped so that there will be a choice of new queens to replace the old one. 1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 521 One of his brothers goes off alone to look for shelter, and comes upon a great and wonderfully provisioned house, in which resides a sorceress—in this case an old foul hag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1692 |
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