单词 | seen |
释义 | seenadj.n. A. adj. 1. In attributive use. That is or has been seen (in various senses of see v.). Frequently, esp. in later use, contrasted with unseen. See also sene adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] i-seyenlyeOE iseneOE senec1175 seyelyc1225 visiblea1340 seena1398 sighty1398 seeablea1425 spectablec1440 sightfulc1480 sightly1532 appearingc1550 discernable1561 eyely1561 discoverable1572 spectible1581 observable1589 visive1598 aspectable1612 observant1615 perspicable1621 perspiculative1623 remarkable1623 eyeable1633 visory1633 appearable1651 dignoscible1671 discernible1678 traceable1748 noticeable1753 visual1757 distinguishable1762 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. x. iv. 558 Fire is myddil and mene bytwene seyne þingis and vnsey. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 129 Als we in dyrknes standand seys noþinge, so in contemplacion þat vnsemly lightis þe saule, noo seyn light we see. 1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. ii. sig. C2v Ne brynge I to my Lorde reported tales Without the ground of seene and serched trouthe. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. vi. sig. R7 By a more felt then seene maner of proceeding. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xx. 291 Philætius tooke note in his repaire, Of seene Vlysses. 1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie ii. sig. C3 And should I not in unseene Vertue strive To equall that seene beautie you so prayse. 1754 Coll. Hymns Children of God in All Ages (Moravian Church) 369/1 Each seen or unseen Entity, Its being at thy Word commences. 1788 Eng. Rev. Dec. 416 The seen and apparent illumination that each casts upon the other. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. i. 300 Sanctioned,..if not by a seen Deity, then by an unseen one. 1858 T. Guthrie Christ & Inheritance Saints (1860) 162 They cannot stand seen death. 1922 Sci. Monthly Sept. 199 Science..is not alone in credulously building up an unseen world to complement the seen world. 1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) iii. 19 The image of the seen object reaches these sensitive cells. 2014 M. E. Price Free Expression, Globalism, & New Strategic Communication vi. 110 Governments..concerned with the potential triumph of seen and unseen competitors for control of information. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > equipped or fitted out ygraitheda1225 armedc1300 attired1330 wrienc1330 seena1400 adubbed?1473 appointed1535 instructed1538 accoutredc1540 furnished1553 geared1588 appurtenanced1602 instruct?1614 garnished1705 equipped1838 outfitted1975 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1011 O selenes es it wel sene. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiv. 204 A-noon thei lighten and yede vp in-to the halle that was right feire and welle seyn. 3. Skilled, proficient, or experienced in something. Chiefly with adverbial modifier (as far, properly, meanly, better, etc.) and chiefly in predicative use with in. Now rare and only in well seen adj. 3.Very common in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΚΠ 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. c iiijv In sondrye sciences he is sene. 1561 T. Hoby Breef Rehersall in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. Yy.iiiiv To be meanly seene in the play at Chestes, and not over-counninge. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxi. 72 A man seene in the lawes of the Realme. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1254/1 Better seene antiquaries than my selfe. a1612 J. Harington Brief View Church of Eng. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1804) II. 235 A man well spoken, properlie seen in languages. 1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 286 Men of mature yeares, and seene in the warres. 1650 H. More Observ. in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) 81 This new Writer is the onely man, that is both deeply seen into the Center of Nature, and as willing also to publish these spiritual mysteries. ?1688 M. Scrivener Method & Means True Spiritual Life ii. §v. 145 Men, more thorowly seen into the divine study. 1724 J. Beaumont Gleanings Antiq. 117 Whose antient Priests..were so thoroughly seen in all the Obscurity of Nature. 1786 R. Burns Poems 71 There's ither Poets, much your betters, Far seen in Greek, deep men o' letters. 1858 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) 217/2 I nivver hed to do wi' nobody that was better seen in well-sinkin' then Lings was. 1890 China Rev. 18 No. 6. 332/2 A Confucianist by inheritance and early training, far seen in native lore. 1984 ‘M. Innes’ Carson's Conspiracy viii. 87 Thus did Sir John Appleby, a senior citizen tolerably well-seen in human nature, meditate dispassionately on the Carsons of Garford House. B. n. With the. That which is or has been seen; esp. that which is visible. Frequently contrasted with unseen. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > that which is visible seen1577 visible1614 visibility1628 ocular1648 observable1660 the visible1744 seeable1802 1577 R. Curteys tr. Hugh of St. Victor Expos. S. Paule to Romaynes sig. L.iijv He that retourneth from the not seene, to the seene, must fyrst goe downe from the Creator.., to the bodily creature. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 10 Parts which I could not eye, vndoubtedly (judging things vnseene, by the seene) must of force be incomparably farre better. 1735 W. Harte tr. Sophocles in Bibliotheca Biblica V. (Deut. xiii.) 243 Time, infinite in length, recalls to light Facts yet unseen, or wraps the seen in night. 1792 A. Ferguson Princ. Moral & Polit. Sci. I. iii. 320 It is thus we reason from the seen to the unseen. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers (1859) 1st Ser. p. xxxiv [Burlesque of Carlyle] He shall paint the Seen, since the Unseen will not sit to him. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 61 Man! swinging-wicket set Between The Unseen and Seen. 1913 T. Hardy in Sphere 20 Dec. 316 Nor God nor Daemon can undo the done, Unsight the seen. 2005 K. Ostherr Cinematic Prophylaxis iv. 121 The search to determine the boundary between the seen and the unseen provides the central narrative drive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † seenconj.prep. Obsolete. A. conj. In view of the fact that; considering that; since; because. Also with that. Cf. seeing conj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [conjunction] > seeing that or since forwhya1400 where1411 whereas1426 seeinga1475 seen1483 fro1535 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iijv Seen that it is [not] [Fr. veu qu'il n'est] a thyng more free in a man than to lyue naturelly. c1500 Melusine (1895) 107 Seen & considered that the Cite is strong. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) ix. 26 I am sory therof, but seen it is done..I shall ayed you with all my power. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 433/1 in Chron. I Therefore seene you thinke it not gude to inuade, my counsel is, that we camp still on the bordures. B. prep. In view of; on account of; because of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [preposition] > because of throughOE thoroughOE ofc1175 fornec1440 seen1485 about1600 froma1616 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) v. viii. sig. i.vii For his [sc. Arthur's] myght and prowesse is most to be doubted seen the noble kynges and grete multytude of knyghtes of the round table. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. i. sig. Aj To put it forth without other thyng, Seen [Fr. veu] the lytylhed of my persone. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Salisbury ii But seen the date so doubtful and so short,..I can not chuse but prayse the princely minde That preaseth for it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). seenint. Nigerian English, Caribbean, and in British Afro-Caribbean usage. Expressing approval, assent or understanding. Also used interrogatively at the end of a statement, to prompt agreement, approval, or confirmation: ‘okay?’, ‘understand?’Often associated particularly with Rastafarian usage. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [interjection] right1594 do1601 sure1651 all right1814 OK1839 ryebuck1859 yassuh1871 achcha1892 righto1893 same here1896 quaiss kitir1898 check1922 righty-ho1926 oke1929 okey-dokey1932 okey-doke1934 okle-dokle1947 cool1948 seen1973 aight1993 1973 Weekly Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 July 13/5 The outfit was dramatic for days and when she came down King's House steps, you could hear the gasps of appreciation. Seen. 1997 C. Newland Scholar (1998) vi. 73 See it deh? Brainy lickle fucker dat, believe you me, you will get far, jus' stay on the right track, seen!? 2010 B. Agbaje Off Endz iii. 19 David What's good with you, why you so quiet? Kojo Tired. David Seen. 2020 @sanimaryama 4 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Aug. 2020) Ok, seen. I'll DM her. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1398conj.prep.1483int.1973 |
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