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单词 ruinated
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ruinatedadj.

Brit. /ˈruːᵻneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈruəˌneɪdəd/
Forms: see ruinate v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruinate v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < ruinate v. + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier ruinate adj. and slightly later ruined adj.
1. Designating or relating to a building, town, etc., in a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration. Cf. ruinate adj. 1. Now chiefly archaic and historical.
a. In attributive use.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous
brychec1000
forcrazedc1320
falling-downc1384
ruinousc1384
forwordenc1450
ruin1467
failed1490
ruinatea1538
ruinated1555
ruined1560
ragged1565
dilapidate1590
through-shot1596
tattered1599
tottered1615
dilapidateda1806
delabrated1813
broken-down1816
tumble-down1819
run-down1832
tumblyc1855
raggedy1921
shot through1926
shot to hell or pieces1926
raddled1949
1555 T. Spurge in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xl. 111 Build up again the decayed walls of thy ruinated Jerusalem.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxlvii. 6 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 248 The lord againe to forme doth bring Ierusalems long ruinated walls.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 943 To fortifie both with wals and ditches that ruinated citie.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici Introd. p. lxiii These ruinated Temples were generally turn'd into Churches.
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea iv. 51 The Houses are in a ruinated Condition.
1772 W. Chambers Diss. Oriental Gardening 17 Antient inscriptions, verses, and moral sentences..which are placed on large ruinated stones..or engraved on trees and rocks.
1792 S. Ireland Picturesque Views Thames I. 150 The castle probably remained in a ruinated state.
1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Jan. 101 But this fine building long has been A sad and ruinated scene.
1894 Trans. Devon. Assoc. 26 302 The original character of this much ruinated monument.
1936 Times 22 Jan. 6/2 Portions of the ‘ruinated’ castle were granted to copyhold tenants as waste of the manor.
2008 Spectator (Nexis) 10 May 53 The alarmingly ruinated fragments of the old theatre by the river await their transformation.
b. In predicative use.
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1560 Proc. against Breaking Monuments (recto) The Churches and places remayne at this present day spoyled, broken, and ruinated, to thoffence of all noble and gentle heartes.
1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 107 The authoritie of a common wealth is impayred, when the buildings be ruinated.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 76 Most of the Castells are ruinated and remayne vncovered.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxxv. 14) 281 He repairs the pillar now ruinated, and new consecrates it.
1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 13 That of Avignon..is ruinated, and has nothing left but some Arches.
1779 R. Graves Columella I. 48 On the brow of one hill appeared the Sibyl's temple, ruinated like that at Tivoli.
1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. viii. 150 They are all ruinated now.
1870 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 40 175 Landwards it seemed to be not much more than a yard high, and on that side also was much ruinated, especially at the centre.
1922 Times 26 Sept. 6/3 By 1700 much of it was ‘ruinated’, and what remained was converted into ‘modern dwelling houses’.
1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee (1994) ii. 57 Within the walls there was a castle very strong and new ruinated.
2. Irreparably damaged or spoilt; brought low. Cf. ruinate adj. 2. Now regional (chiefly Irish English).
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > falling from prosperous or thriving condition > having fallen
forlornc1386
fallen1550
ruinous1558
ruinate1562
declined1591
ruinated1592
ruined1596
lapsed1667
prolapsed1698
broken-down1816
decadent1837
1592 R. Verstegan Declar. True Causes Great Troubles 70 Most infortunate is it, that he..is yet permitted..to make the ruinated families of the one, & the dead bodies of the other.
1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 57 The means to prouide for decayed or ruinated prouinces.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 71 Content..to die in the revenge of their ruinated country.
1657 P. Heylyn Cosmographie (ed. 2) i. 265 A sad presage of a ruinated and expiring Empire.
1674 Processes Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court No. 195 John Diksone..hes brokin doun all..hedges..so that the foirsaid fruitt yairds is totallie ruinated.
1755 tr. Voltaire Ann. Empire II. 246 The celebrated Amelia Dowager..keeps on foot..an army of 10,000 men in that ruinated country which she had restored.
1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets II. iii. 16 I'll..bring all my ruinated family in my hand, to shew him what he has done.
1898 S. MacManus Bend of Road 61 It's ruinated ye desarve to be.
1914 G. Fitzmaurice Dandy Dolls in Five Plays 203 It's scratched and ruinated I am on account of him.
1985 H. H. Glassie Irish Folktales 96 It's ruinated I am entirely.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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