单词 | sized |
释义 | sizedadj.1 1. Having a specified or indicated magnitude or size: a. In predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > having specific indicated big1525 sized1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 56 A strange sow mightelye sized. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 163 As my loue is ciz'd, my feare is so. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 25 Certain Particles of Matter so and so sized, so and so figured. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 121 Differently sized, from the Bigness of a Pheasant. 1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius ii. 89 If in it's motion one should chance to strike Against another, shap'd and siz'd alike. b. Attributively, with qualifying words denoting relative size, as fair-sized, full-sized, great-sized, large-sized, middle-sized.In later use also with adverbs, as fairly-sized, moderately-sized. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. 26 Thou great siz'd coward. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poincte The middle-sized wax-candle vsed in Churches. a1678 A. Marvell Upon Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 77 When larger sized Men did stoop To enter at a narrow loop. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Cock A Dunghil Cock..should be..of a large and well-siz'd Body. 1800 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 3) xiv. 192 One plant or at most two will be enow under one full sized light. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 225 A moderate sized garden pea. 1883 F. Day Indian Fish 46 Large drag-nets,..having fairly-sized meshes. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 528/2 The average-sized bottlenose whale yields 22 cwts. of oil. c. With qualifying words of the types same, such, this; different, several, etc. ΚΠ 1625 Sir E. Cecil Let. Nov. in J. Glanville Voy. Cadiz (1883) Postscr. p. xliii The Commissioners are much to be commended for such sized shippes as they have made. 1656 Duchess of Newcastle Natures Pictures xi Like several sized candles, are longer or shorter ere they come to a snuff. 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiii. 224 They have different sized Grooves in the Slate for that purpose. 1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 153 This sized pie will require three hours baking. 1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 28 Re-pot in the same sized pot. 1879 H. M. Noad & W. H. Preece Electr. 221 A series of experiments made..with different-sized platinum electrodes. d. With the, = the size of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > measured or prescribed scantillona1425 scantlet1502 scantlec1525 scantling1526 mensuration1675 sized1824 mete1834 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 139 Having..decided upon the sized type most suitable for the principal one. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. 315 Table showing the Sized Chain or Wire Rope which is used as a Substitute for Hempen Rope. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 547 I should say this is about the sized one you find..in your chicken-house. 2. Matched in size. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > equal or matching sized1700 like-sized1742 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 69 Such Bodies built for Strength, of equal Age, In Stature siz'd;..The nicest Eye cou'd no Distinction make. 3. Of a fair, proper, or standard size. sized fish, a size-fish (see size-fish n. at size n.1 Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [adjective] > proper or standard sized1740 the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > member of > whalebone and surrounding parts > long > whale yielding size-fish1820 sized fish1845 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 33 [He] writ to me to buy him a sized Gelding for Hunting. 1771 R. Berenger Hist. & Art Horsemanship I. 170 As the riders were cloathed in..armour..Great and sized horses were..required. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 217 Taking off the sized Tin from time to time on another shovel. 1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific ii. 12 A sized fish that any Waltonian might well stare at! 1865 J. Bower Slate Quarries 30 Sized tons, various breadths, and irregular lengths. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). sizedadj.2 a. Treated or prepared in some way with size. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [adjective] > sized sized1771 1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 713/1 This sized paint must be laid on with a stiff brush. 1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat II. 199 As worthy a gentleman as ever walked between sized felt and neats leather. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 747 If the varnish be applied to a sized colour. 1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) xxv. 172 Sized paper is floated in potassium dichromate. b. With qualifying term. ΚΠ 1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 513 The wearers of this heavily sized cloth. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 126 Sized paper, a certain proportion of size.., according to instructions for a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ sized article. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.11582adj.21771 |
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