单词 | ribboned |
释义 | ribbonedadj. 1. Decorated, fastened, or trimmed with ribbon; having a ribbon or ribbons; spec. (of a person) wearing or eligible to wear a ribbon (ribbon n. 2); brave; distinguished. Cf. beribboned adj. at be- prefix 7. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > ribbon > ornamented with ribanded1598 ribboned1614 ribbony1811 streamered1815 beribboned1863 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 186 Where the Aegles Ensignes waue, He ioynes the Faggots ribbond braue. 1700 R. Burridge Apostate Prince 13 Some Deaf Mute doth blow The Fatal Trumpet at his Door, and shew The Sultan's Ribbon'd Orders, for his Head. 1743 J. Brown Honour 6 Oft' Honour, perching on the ribon'd Breast, Sneers at weak Justice. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxx. 43 Some o'er thy Thamis row the ribbon'd fair. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xvi. 326 A blue frock coat with a ribboned button-hole. 1868 tr. F. Dall'Ongaro in N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 36 When he goes by he seems more grand and fair Than any crossed and ribboned cavalier. 1900 E. E. Peake Darlingtons 194 Their crimped and ribboned hair, their spick-and-span white dresses, [etc.]. 1930 E. Waugh Labels ii. 35 The cinema producer's version of the salles privées, with jewelled courtesans and ribboned grand-dukes, is a thing of the past. 1998 Esquire July 116/2 Out steps a Latino in shiny silver suit, wife in blue chiffon prom dress with ribboned wrist corsage. 2. Having ribbon-like markings or bands; characterized by this; striped. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] ray1374 barreda1387 rayed?a1400 bendedc1400 scowledc1440 listeda1500 burledc1500 palya1509 stripy1513 rawed1534 straked1537 railye1539 rowed1552 begaired1554 pirnie1597 tiger-marked1597 tiger-striped1597 interlined1601 waled1602 striped1604 panached1664 strip1666 ribboned1790 zebraed1806 zebrinea1810 banded1823 sparred1827 notate1857 zebraic1858 stroked1896 tigered1969 bestriped- 1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales App. 245 (heading) The ribboned lizard. 1829 Trans. Geol. Soc. 2 202 The ribboned arrangement of the rock is owing to the mass of matter having been drawn out in the direction of the zones while still liquid. 1857 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) III. 456 It shews this character..by a ribboned structure. 1928 Pop. Mech. Nov. 752/2 The bar could be forged into a blade with a striped or ribboned effect. 1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks v. 161 The structure of many rocks is layered or banded. This may..be proof of metamorphism, which squeezes and stretches the minerals until they take on a ribboned appearance, as in gneiss. 2008 Guardian 3 June 6/3 Similarities to the ribboned seadragon can be seen in prehistoric paintings of the rainbow serpent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1614 |
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