单词 | redoubled |
释义 | redoubledadj.1 1. a. Doubled in quantity, speed, etc.; increased, intensified; (also) duplicated, repeated. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > repeating > [adjective] > repeated iterate1471 redoubled1540 reiterate1561 repeated1577 iterated1605 replicated1635 renewing1715 re-echoeda1764 reiterated1827 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increased by specific proportion reboundeda1398 trebled?c1400 redoubled1540 doubled?a1560 tripled1583 quadrupled1607 sextupled1853 the mind > language > speech > repetition > [adjective] > repeated renewed?c1475 redoubled1540 iterated1605 ingeminated1616 re-echoeda1764 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > [adjective] doublec1305 ydoubled1340 doubledc1430 redoubled1540 duple1542 duplicate1548 duplat?1553 reduplicated1598 reduplicate?1609 ingeminate1637 duplicated1643 ingeminated1658 twofold1812 double-banked1929 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. vi. sig. X O sorowe sorowe. i. o redoubled sorowe. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccxlviii. 9 Who geueth willingly, Redoubled thankes aye doth deserue. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xix. xxxvii. 344 No marble stone, no mettall strong outbore The wondrous might, of that redoubled blow. 1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson 44 His quicke redoubled paces make His stay amends. 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 135 With redoubled and trebled cordiall ingeminations of joy in Soule and Spirit. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 923 Where my redoubl'd love and care..May ever tend about thee. View more context for this quotation 1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks iii. 105 The king persisted in his resolution..which was followed by the redoubled complaints of his people. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 330 The angry and selfish passions of the soldiers..soon broke out with redoubled violence. 1807 W. Windham Speeches Parl. 22 July (1812) III. 32 The game are, indeed, preserved, but only till some circumstance..shall furnish an occasion for falling upon them with redoubled fury. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 228 The memory will..require redoubled precautions against mistake. 1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War 155 Strutting with redoubled vanity and heel-clicking. 1978 P. O'Brian Desolation Island ix. 238 The gale screamed round the headland with redoubled force and joined the tide-rip. 1998 Economist 21 Mar. 6/4 An eloquent plea for redoubled activity in seeking to reduce the impact of debt-service payments on..poor countries. b. Music. Increased by an octave. Cf. compound adj. 2f. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [adjective] > octave > increased by an octave redoubled?1775 ?1775 W. Waring tr. J. J. Rousseau Dict. Music (at cited word) The thirteenth, composed of a sixth and octave, is a redoubled sixth; and the fifteenth, which is an octave added to an octave, is a redoubled octave. 1852 Fraser's Mag. May 529/2 The principal melody..is accompanied above and in the middle by wind instruments, in redoubled octaves. 1961 W. F. Lee Music Theory Dict. 104 Redoubled interval, compound interval. 2. Folded, bent, or doubled back; (also) that doubles back on itself. rare.In some quots. difficult to distinguish from redoubled adj.2 1. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 22 Th' hollow hills from which their silver voyces Were wont redoubled Echoes to rebound. 1658 T. Carwell Labyrinthus Cantuariensis i. 1 A Subterraneous, darksome Prison, with such redoubled Turnings..and tortuous Meanders, that who ever entred into it, might..never be able to get..back. 1723 tr. F. Raguenet Roma Illustrata (ed. 2) xli. 181 A Serpent whose Body must necessarily be partly in the void Spaces between the Statue, where he makes several redoubled Folds one within another. 1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (ed. 2) 227 Taking care, by redoubled folds of mat, to secure the bark against..damage. 1836 C. Richardson New Dict. Eng. Lang. (1839) 678/1 Sk. [i.e. S. Skinner] thinks the French borrowed their word from us, and that riband is re and bind, or bende..—a folded or redoubled bandage. 1991 D. R. Koontz Cold Fire i. vi. 42 One of them wore his dark hair pulled back and knotted into a redoubled ponytail—the passé style that kids now called a ‘dork knob’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). redoubledadj.2 1. Doubled for a second or further time; (increased) fourfold. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] folden1435 doublea1475 appliedc1500 folded1570 reduplicated1599 redoubled1601 plicated1683 duplicated1741 plicate1760 doubled1860 enfolded1879 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 47 These doubled and redoubled Ruffes, which are now in common vse. 1651 T. Fuller et al. Abel Redevivus 30 Yet, at the last, that tempting blast ore blown, His doubled and redoubled Zeal was shown. 1878 J. Ruskin Our Fathers have told Us (1884) i. 189 The breaking of the yoke (xxviii. 10). From the prophet Jeremiah's neck; it is here represented as a doubled and redoubled chain. 1927 C. Bayly tr. G. de Portalhs Polonaise vi. 79 [Liszt's] doubled and redoubled applause was not sufficient to express his enthusiasm. 1982 R. Fitzgerald in Antæus Spring–Summer 84 Pinching the tube then, you withdrew the pump..and tied it with a doubled and redoubled rubber band. 2. Cards (chiefly Bridge). Of a bid or contract: doubled for a second time. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [adjective] > system of bidding > types of bidding pre-emptive1913 takeout1914 shut-out1916 artificial1927 rebiddable1930 strength-showing1930 one-over-one1931 psychic1932 game-forcing1933 redoubled1954 responsive1956 multi-purpose1972 multicoloured1976 multi1977 1954 A. Sheinwold 3rd Bk. of Bridge i. 22 Penalties and bonuses for undertricks and overtricks are just what you're used to. Slam bonuses are the same. So is the bonus for making a doubled or redoubled contract. 1964 R. L. Frey & A. F. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 450/1 When the standard of play is high, redoubled contracts are rare. 1993 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. ix. 17/6 This was rubber bridge, long before the days of the 100-point bonus for making a redoubled contract. 2008 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Feb. 21 Hamman suddenly had a trump trick, and the redoubled slam was one down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11540adj.21601 |
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