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单词 riven
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rivenadj.

Brit. /ˈrɪvn/, U.S. /ˈrɪv(ə)n/
Forms:

α. Middle English rivyn, Middle English ryffen (northern), Middle English–1600s riuen, Middle English–1600s ryuen, Middle English–1600s ryven, 1600s rivin, 1600s riv'n, 1600s– riven; English regional (northern) 1800s– rivven, 1900s– reaven; Scottish pre-1700 riffin, pre-1700 riffyne, pre-1700 rifin, pre-1700 rifyn, pre-1700 riuen, pre-1700 rivin, pre-1700 riwen, pre-1700 ryvin, pre-1700 rywen, pre-1700 rywin, pre-1700 rywine, pre-1700 rywyn, pre-1700 1700s– riven, 1900s– rivvan (Orkney); N.E.D. (1909) also records a form Middle English riven.

β. late Middle English reuene, late Middle English–1500s reuen, late Middle English–1500s revyn, 1500s reven; Scottish pre-1700 reaven, pre-1700 reiffin, pre-1700 reiuen, pre-1700 reiven, pre-1700 reuen, pre-1700 reuin, pre-1700 revin, pre-1700 revyn, pre-1700 rewin, pre-1700 rewine, pre-1700 rewing, pre-1700 rewyn, pre-1700 rewyne, pre-1700 reyuen.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English riven , rive v.1
Etymology: < riven, past participle of rive v.1
1. regional and literary.
a. Torn, rent; split, cloven; cracked.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > broken > split, cleft, or cracked
rivena1325
crazeda1400
cracked1503
rifty1547
slived1548
rived1581
crazen1596
sprung1597
rifted1602
sliftered1602
flawed1639
chinky1645
slaven1688
sliven1688
cracky1725
reft1763
a1325 (c1300) Chron. P. de Langtoft (Cambr.) (1839) 307 (MED) Sum es left na thing Boute his rivyn riveling to hippe thar-hinne.
c1440 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 318 (MED) Þay putt þe mede of þaire gud dede in a reuene sekke.
a1450 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 271 (MED) Quan I cum fro the plow at non, In a reuen dych myn mete is don.
1457 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 69 (MED) Pro c long revyn burdes.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 13 (MED) Had I giffen away my goode, then myght I go with a ryffen hood.
1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 114 Auld and reuin ornamentis.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. G7 Through riuen cloudes and molten firmament.
1619 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (new ed.) ii. 14 We may not, like riuen vessels, let this doctrine slip.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xix. 1657 If a dish happen to be a little riuen or crackt, they eate no more in it.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 449 He stood..Sore toild, his riv'n Armes to havoc hewn. View more context for this quotation
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xx. 328 O'er him high the riven Targe extends.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 444 The well-stack'd pile of riven logs and roots.
1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 24 The little boat..pausing on the edge of the riven wave.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxxvii A series of majestic peaks, their riven sides sparkling with sunlit snows.
1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe iii. 179 The blood began to freeze round the shaft that was stuck so deep in his riven belly.
1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Oct. 2 She swayed like a riven oak over her failure to compete with ‘powder and store-bought hair’.
2006 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 7 July 7/3 (advt.) Special offers on rotunda circular paving and on all riven and cobbled slabs!!
b. figurative. Broken; divided; split into opposing sides.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [adjective]
anguishousc1325
wounded1390
cruciate?1504
agoniousa1513
tormented1552
rivena1560
anguished1570
wracked1581
spur-galled1608
excruciatea1615
over-grieved1618
wrung1730
smarting1754
excruciated1792
cardialgic1811
lacerated1849
a1560 Fifteen Ois 282 in J. A. W. Bennett Devotional Pieces (1955) 179 O Iesu Christ..With body rent and revin hert.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xxii. 68 The caverns dreary..Of the riven soul.
1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies xxxvi To cast out from his riven heart the very ashes of this bitter love.
1920 R. Dawson Red Terror & Green ii. 11 Mr. Parnell had fallen, leaving behind him a riven party, distracted by jealousies and dissensions.
1972 J. Aiken Butterfly Picnic v. 100 I felt a great sympathy for this poor riven, driven fellow.
1999 D. Cannadine Rise & Fall of Class in Brit. iii. 87 The image of Ireland as a riven society was no less misleading.
2. Of clothing: ornamentally slashed. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > cut or slashed
taggedc1380
daggedc1386
slita1387
rivenc1400
jaggedc1440
cut1480
voided1548
razed1552
raced1576
slashed1633
c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 123 Þei haue..a þicke, ryuen, lesinge abite..and a mantel treilinge aftur hem.
1437 Inventory in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1890) 37 173 A gowne of blak velvet fourred with gray with ryven slyves.
a1506 in F. W. Fairholt Satirical Songs & Poems on Costume (1849) 65 So many ryven shertes,..And so many lewed clerkes, Say I never.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lviiv One Shynynge, Mayre of Rochester, set a young man on the Pillory for wering of a ryuen shert.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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