单词 | statued |
释义 | † statuedadj.1 Obsolete. Of an image: set up, erected. ΚΠ c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 56 (MED) Prelats wiþ þer stafis and oþer ornaments are statuit ymagis, ful of kaff, wiþ a bow to sley þe fowlis. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). statuedadj.2 1. Having or decorated with statues or statuary.Recorded earliest in marble statued. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] > furnished with statues statueda1658 a1658 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659) 77 In marble statu'd walks great Lucan lay. 1789 Literary Mag. & Brit. Rev. Mar. 219/1 Attic splendor fills the statu'd hall. 1806 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 144 The stately yew-hedge walks, and vased and statued terraces. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair III. ix. 99 An arcadian square flooded with light and resonant with the fall of statued fountains. 1907 H. James Amer. Scene xi. 341 The great domed and tiered, galleried and statued central hall. 1975 G. B. Hall Sicilian xi. 174 Thousands of white tombs spired, columned,..urned, flowered, statued. 2008 L. Tye Satchel (2010) 23 Directly across the street is Magnolia Cemetery, the statued, meticulously maintained resting place for authors, statesmen, and..soldiers. 2. Represented in a statue or in statuary. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] > represented in statuary statueda1715 a1715 N. Tate tr. in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses (1717) vii. 230 Æolian Pitanè on her Left Hand She saw, and there the statu'd Dragon stand [L. factaque de saxo longi simulacra draconis]. 1731 L. Theobald Orestes iv. iii. 57 The Statued Goddess born in solemn Pomp, Guarded, as 'twere the Spoils of hostile Bands? 1778 tr. Pindar Pythian, Nemean & Isthmian Odes 215 God of Hell, thy statued form They seize, they hurl the polish'd stone. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 31 And the statued forms that look from their seats With a cold smile serenely. 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 338 Free to stand Pedestaled mid the Muses' temple-throng, A statued service, laureled, lyre in hand. 1949 S. Spender Edge of Being 24 The statued angel fell upon her knees. 1995 Toronto Star (Nexis) 19 Mar. c2 Statued saints and virgins in robes of stone, holding out pitiless marble arms. 3. Resembling a statue, esp. in being motionless or silent; statuelike. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving stillc888 unmoving?a1425 quatc1425 stock-still1508 stony1642 riveting1658 sitfast1669 unstirringa1684 sedate1684 statued1744 unshifting1811 stirless1816 unwaving1818 immotioned1821 standstill1829 akinetic1841 swayless1856 flutterless1873 static1910 squat1956 1744 W. Havard Regulus iii. iii. 33 I had continu'd in this statu'd Senate, Wrap'd up..in silent Admiration. 1768 Verses in Memory of Lady 2 Can Pray'r, with feeble Breath, Pierce the pale Ear, the statued Ear of Death? 1820 J. H. Wiffen Aonian Hours (ed. 2) 108 The statued clouds scarce err Over the marbled skies. 1857 J. Woodmansee Closing Scene vi. 273 Upon Ziona's wall Grim Death appears!..Destruction-arm'd and Terror-clad he stands A statued Horror. 1906 Black Cat Aug. 10 For some time Padre Cyprian stood there, silent, a statued shadow. 1995 J. Banville Athena 8 I..had a picture of the shopwoman standing there forever behind the counter.., stricken into a statued trance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1c1475adj.2a1658 |
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