单词 | rescued |
释义 | rescuedadj.n. A. adj. Saved or delivered from danger, harm, or captivity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [adjective] > rescued or delivered rescued1595 vindicated1700 1595 A. Munday tr. First Bk. Primaleon x. 79 He said to Velican (so was the rescued Knight named) these wordes. 1648 T. Stephens tr. Statius Thebais v. 124 'Twas I alone that freed My rescued Father. 1661 R. Whitehall Coronation 1 Tell the rescued Royalist that things go Well. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 286 As soon as I had secur'd my two weak rescued Prisoners. 1738 S. Boyse Transl. & Poems 223 Timely the Hero interpos'd to save, And nobly gain'd the Style, the rescued Nation gave! 1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. 202 Then turning to the rescued guest, [he] invited him politely to breakfast. 1814 R. Southey Carmen Triumph. xiv Raise now the song of joy for rescued Spain! 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xiv. 363 To enjoy the congratulations of a rescued people. 1897 J. Conrad in New Rev. Dec. 630 To hold up unquestioningly,..the rescued fragment before all eyes. 1923 Times 7 June 11/2 The picture represents a scene at a fire in a modern house, with a mother seizing her rescued child from the arms of a fireman. 1996 Hello! 27 Jan. 14/4 It was here..that Lise and Wayne released Africat's 100th rescued cheetah back into the wild. B. n. Chiefly with the. Those who have been rescued from danger, harm, or captivity; saved people as a class. ΚΠ 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 199 The Sea..Aw'd by the rod of Moses so to stand Divided, till his rescu'd gain thir shoar. View more context for this quotation 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvii. 200 Nearly all our party, as well the rescuers as the rescued, were tossing in their sick bunks. 1975 J. A. Beckford Trumpet of Prophecy v. 115 The ‘rescued of the world’ who had positively rebelled against God's laws but who had responded eagerly to the offer of restitution. 1995 Independent 13 Nov. 12/8 Some of the rescued were in shoulder-deep snow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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