单词 | red-bearded |
释义 | red-beardedadj. 1. Of a man: having a red beard. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > types of > having long-beardedc1400 red-bearded1552 white-bearded1555 whey-bearded1556 grey-bearded1562 black-bearded1577 barbatulousc1600 bush-bearded1615 big-bearded1620 sand-beardeda1641 goateed1847 brown-bearded1882 peach fuzz1932 peach-fuzzed1956 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Redde bearded manne, Ænobarbus, the name of a Romayne whyche hadde a redde bearde. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions 130 Redde Bearded men are seldome of anye good disposition. c1600 D. Moysie Mem. Affairs Scotl. (1830) 25 He wes a man of comlie proportioun,..readbeardit [etc.]. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley E ij b Fetch me a red-bearded sargeant. 1751 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 403 He is..red-bearded, and not comely. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. iv. 369 Thor red-bearded, with his blue sun-eyes. 1898 A. Cahan Imported Bridegroom vii. 66 It was a ‘knock-out blow’, but his red-bearded opponent cleverly extricated himself from the ignominy of his defeat by assuming an amused air. 1938 Life 6 June 4/2 Principle of the school then was an aggressive, red-bearded educator named William McAndrew. 1985 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder II in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 161/1 (stage direct.) A dark and rummy place, where sits Redbeard Rum, a huge red-bearded pirate. 2003 Columbia Journalism Rev. Sept.–Oct. 27/1 The question comes from Nandor, a red-bearded trollish man moderating an evening meeting. 2. Of an animal or plant: having a red beard (beard n. 2a, 2b, 4a); spec. designating a variety of wheat having a reddish awn. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of or containing wheat > of, belonging to, or resembling wheat plant > of particular types pollard?1523 white-bearded1607 red-bearded1634 buckwheat1774 speltoid1920 1634 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (new ed.) I. xxviii. viii. 562 The red bearded wheat named in Latin Far, and which in old time they called Adoreum. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. i. 14 There are other Wheats, that have been sown in some Parts, as the red-bearded Kentish Wheat. 1765 P. Miller tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Elements Agric. v. 216 Our farmers of Beausse had got from Normandy a red-bearded wheat. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 36 The Red bearded Saki. 1878 Times 25 Sept. 11/6 The Barbarossa grape, not red-bearded as its name might seem to imply, but black. 1911 Times 10 July 13/1 There are red wheats and white, bearded and beardless wheats, but by crossing a red bearded with a white beardless any combination..can be extracted. 1967 Technol. & Culture 8 30 (table) Common wheat: Fertile. Red bearded wheat: Middling. 1992 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 335 444 Some species caught..(red-bearded bee-eater,..) were perhaps foraging at lower levels than is usual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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