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单词 runted
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runtedadj.

Brit. /ˈrʌntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈrən(t)əd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: runt n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < runt n. + -ed suffix2. Compare earlier runtish adj.
Esp. of an animal: stunted, undersized; runtish.
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the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > thin or weak > stunted
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1681 London Gaz. No. 1651/4 The other is a middle aged Runted Ox, all Black, his Horns turn a little round.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 35 She was nae get o' runted rams.
1847 Prairie Farmer Dec. 376/1 The generality of those who keep bees are no more apiarians than he who keeps a runted, scrawny, half-starved cow, is a dairyman.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) The 'eifer dunna change 'er cǒoät kindly—I think 'er's runted throm bad winterin'.
1921 Frontier Nov. 18 The whelp of the coyote was runted and sickly.
1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) iii. 50 The myriads of chimney pots and vents are like runted gargoyles which look up toward scudding clouds and mackerel skies instead of downward.
2002 M. Palmer Fatal (2003) xxvi. 346 This year had been dry, real dry, an' many of the ears [of corn] was runted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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