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单词 robed
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robedadj.

Brit. /rəʊbd/, U.S. /roʊbd/
Forms: see robe n.1 and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: robe v., -ed suffix1; robe n.1, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: Partly < robe v. + -ed suffix1, and partly < robe n.1 + -ed suffix2.
1. Wearing a robe or robes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a robe or gown
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gowned1590
c1440 (a1350) Sir Isumbras (Thornton) (1844) l. 269 (MED) So semly als thay bothe ware, If thay were robed riche.
1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxv. 111 My life (quoth he) a warfare right in body and in soule, Resignes my robed carkasse to be rotted in the moule.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 32 Thou robbed man of Iustice take thy place. View more context for this quotation
a1692 E. Ashmole Hist. & Antiq. Berks. (1719) III. 135 King Henry the 7th, robed, crown'd, bearing a Scepter and Globe.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 823 The cause..has been found..in the skirts Of the rob'd pedagogue!
1846 G. H. Calvert Scenes & Thoughts in Europe 135 Numerous robed priests kneeling behind their chief.
1885 Law Times 79 385/1 Judge Powell..intimated that he should sit robed.
1908 J. J. Hissey Eng. Holiday with Car & Camera iv. 64 A fairly preserved carving of the figure of a robed monk.
1957 T. T. Rice Scythians ii. 79 The robed figure represents a priest.
2002 P. Theroux Dark Star Safari (2003) ii. 19 I got used to seeing..robed Muslims from Mali and Chad and Niger.
2. As the second element in compounds forming adjectives: wearing a robe or robes of a specified kind, as bright-robed, velvet-robed, etc. Also figurative.For more established compounds, as black-, loose-, long-robed, etc., see the first element.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a robe or gown > of specific kind
robed?1573
?1573 H. Cheke tr. F. Negri Freewyl ii. ii. 71 His holynesse, accompanyed with the purple robed Cardinalles, rydyng vpon Mules decked with furnitures gylt.
1649 P. Chamberlen Poore Mans Advocate 40 The peevish consumed Nation can no longer endure with patience, to waite the benefit of Long-rob'd Counsells.
1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) iii. ii. 320 The sky robed Delphinium.
1838 E. Cook Melaia (1840) 64 Beauty shines forth In the blossom-robed trees.
1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 269 Passing through the dark stems Flowing-robed.
1911 E. Wherry Red Lantern ii. xxvi. 278 A band of red-robed girls was seen advancing wildly.
1947 V. Nabokov Bend Sinister 11 Suddenly, with the vividness of..a bright-robed lady on stained glass, she drifted across his retina.
2004 New Yorker 7 June 98/2 We were invited to look at Ives as a velvet-robed figure in the modernist processional.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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