单词 | quirked |
释义 | quirkedadj. 1. Architecture. Furnished with or having a quirk (quirk n.1 9). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > moulding > types of moulding bowtelled?1578 bolectioned1693 reconciling1754 zigzag1765 quirked1774 reeded1801 nebule1823 studded1838 nail-headed1842 stuck1850 keeleda1878 1774 T. Skaife Key Civil Archit. 123 Large quirked o-gees, with various carvings. 1798 Weekly Museum 5 May 140 (advt.) For sale at J. Harrison's Book Store..The Country Builder's Assistant, fully explaining, the best methods for striking regular and quirked mouldings. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 162 A moulding denominated a Quirked Ovolo. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 567 The cylindrical part is called a bead, and the sinking a quirk; the whole combination..being called a quirked bead. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 379 The quirked ogee from the arch of Constantine. 1970 Art Bull. 52 381/2 The overall form resembles a quirked torus. 1991 Gesta 30 165/2 A change in the design of the string-course, from billet in the east to a quirked, hollow chamfer in the west. 2. Of the mouth, eyebrow, etc.: set into a particular position by quirking; bent; curved. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted writhen?a1425 girning1447 mowinga1529 writhed1568 mumping1594 antic1595 frowned1598 screwed1609 sour1611 wreathed1645 fluish1674 working1717 screwed-up1728 frownful1771 grimacing1804 quirked1931 1931 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 9 Apr. 2/6 At one corner of the full-lipped mouth was a strip of surgeon's plaster, which twisted the man's face into an oddly quirked smile. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. vii. 619 Her eyes searched his face, to find no betrayal but a quirked eyebrow which started to rise, and did not. 1993 L. Darcy Private Arrangem. iii. 48 She caught the raised eyebrow and quirked corner of his mouth as he said, ‘I'm impressed!’ and couldn't help smiling smugly. 2004 OC Weekly (Nexis) 3 Dec. 106 The slightly quirked ironic eyebrows, the..deployment of which have unfortunately given me a..forehead beyond my tender years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1774 |
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