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单词 thoroughfared
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thoroughfaredadj.

Brit. /ˈθʌrəfɛːd/, U.S. /ˈθərəˌfɛ(ə)rd/, /ˈθəroʊˌfɛ(ə)rd/
Forms:

α. 1600s throughfared.

β. 1800s– thoroughfared.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thoroughfare n., -ed suffix2, thoroughfare v.2, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: In quot. 1662 < thoroughfare n. (compare α. forms at that entry) + -ed suffix2. In later use partly < thoroughfare n. + -ed suffix2, and partly < thoroughfare v.2 + -ed suffix1.
Originally: †having a passage, perforated (obsolete). Later: (with modifying word) having thoroughfares of the kind indicated.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated
thirledc1200
perforate?a1425
bored1553
wimbled1582
through-bored1597
perforated1598
foraminated1599
punched1653
thoroughfared1662
prepunched1940
1662 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anatomy ii. vii. 111/2 When the Ventricles are dilated above the through-far'd Septum [L. septum pervium]..the little holes would be shut up.
1865 Builder 25 Nov. 827/1 Dundee is an irregular, closely-built, and sinuous thoroughfared Scottish town.
1907 Idaho Daily Statesman 15 Aug. in J. A. Lukas Big Trouble (1998) 685 There may somewhere in this teeming land of ours be a cleaner, better built, better thoroughfared, prettier, more progressive and more substantial city than this.
1945 D. W. Abbott 55th SeaBees, 1942–1945 Wide thoroughfared cities seemingly hewn from sunbaked earth and stone.
2005 A. Chapman England's Leonardo vii. 125 Brick-built, tiled, broad-thoroughfared Dutch cities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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