| 单词 | thousand-mile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthousand-mile thousand-mile adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > of a thousand miles thousand-mile1875 1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 450/1 The thousand-mile wall of dense forest. thousand-mile Compounds C1. Forming attributive compounds with a noun, as thousand-acre, thousand-dollar, thousand-guinea, thousand-mile, thousand-pound, thousand-round, thousand-year (hence thousand-year-long, thousand-year-old, etc.). thousand-acre adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [adjective] > of specific number of acres forty-acre1742 thousand-acre1895 1895 Daily News 30 Nov. 3/4 The attempt to turn England into a rural arcadia of thousand acre farms. thousand-guinea adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > specific values twopenny1532 sixpenny1592 fourpenny1597 threepenny1627 ninepenny1632 ten-pound1673 two-bit1802 four-figure1842 million-dollar1854 two-cent1859 thousand-guinea1894 thruppence1895 five-figure1971 six-figure1971 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby II. 111 Princes..who pay them thousand-guinea fees. thousand-mile adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > of a thousand miles thousand-mile1875 1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 450/1 The thousand-mile wall of dense forest. thousand-pound adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective] > weighing specific amount scrupular1656 sextulary1657 semuncial1887 thousand-pound1898 multi-kilo1971 1898 Westm. Gaz. 17 June 5/1 A thousand-pound projectile..tore a gaping hole in the emplacement. 1902 London Mag. June 484/1 Accused of systematically uttering forged Bank of England thousand-pound notes. thousand-year-long adj. ΚΠ 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1899) 45 So I fled with steps uncertain On a thousand-year long race. C2. Parasynthetic, as thousand-eyed (having a thousand eyes), thousand-footed, thousand-handed, thousand-headed, thousand-hued, thousand-petalled, thousand-sided, thousand-souled, thousand-voiced, etc., adjs. thousand-eyed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > having > specific number one-eyedOE monoculusc1450 Polyphemian1602 monoculate1618 monocular1640 unocular1653 monoculous1656 Polyphemous1695 monoptical1821 Polyphemic1837 triocular1844 monophthalmic1857 monops1857 two-eyed1864 thousand-eyed1871 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 171 There the thousand-eyed Lord..is attended by thousands of houris. 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 209 The thousand-eyed is a common epithet of Indra. thousand-footed adj. ΚΠ 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly May 880/2 To take shelter..under one of the thousand-footed bridges. thousand-handed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > having one-handedc1225 handed1613 manual1646 bimanous1832 two-handed1847 thousand-handed1870 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 145 This thousand-handed art. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > having many heads or faces triple-headed1581 two-headed1596 thousand-headed1599 polycephalous1659 septi-fronteda1708 three-headed1905 1599 J. Sylvester tr. J. Du Nesme Miracle Peace in Fraunce 29 Thou thousand-headed head-les Monster-most. thousand-hued adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > many colours all-coloured1605 multicolorate1651 polychrome1819 polychromic1825 multicoloured1845 polychromatic1848 thousand-hued1852 polychromed1857 polychromous1880 multicolour1881 polychromatous1889 multiple-colour1899 multi1970 panchromatic1971 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 490 Fluttering its wings in lightnings thousand-hued. thousand-petalled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals foliaceous1658 monopetalous1687 pentapetalous1687 polypetalous1687 hose-in-hose1688 monopetalose1693 pentapetalose1693 tetrapetalose1694 tetrapetalous1697 tripetalose1698 tripetalous1704 hexapetalous1707 petalous1719 petaloid1720 planipetalous1730 petaline1783 petaliform1788 petalled1793 polypetal1803 hexapetaloid1813 hexapetaloideous1830 tripetaloid1830 tripetaloideous1830 unipetalous1831 petaliferous1847 macropetalous1857 sympetalous1870 apopetalous1875 anisopetalous1880 petally1888 thread-petalled1899 thousand-petalled1951 decapetalous- synpetalous- 1951 L. MacNeice tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust ii. ii. 204 But here at Pharsalus was fought a master model To prove how might opposes greater might and tears To shreds the lovely thousand-petalled wreath of freedom. 1970 Times 10 Mar. 17/2 (advt.) A hitherto unrecorded Baccarat ‘thousand-petalled’ rose weight. thousand-sided adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > with nine or more sides or angles decagonal1571 thousand-sided1704 nonagon1754 dodecagonal1854 tridecilateral1882 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. ix. 387 Four, five, or a thousand-sided figures..are capable of a greater number of relations..than simple triangles are. thousand-souled adj. ΚΠ 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vi. 574 Coleridge has most felicitously applied to him a Greek epithet..μυριόνους, the thousand-souled Shakspeare. thousand-voiced adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adjective] > vocal sound > sound of many thousand-voiced1898 1898 Westm. Gaz. 2 Sept. 5/1 Amidst the thousand-voiced tumult. C3. thousand-feet n. a millepede or centipede. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > order Chilopoda > member of scolopender1562 centipede1601 scolopendra1608 forty-foot1677 millipede1684 forty legs1697 thousand-feet1704 thousand-legs1807 Meg-many-feet1813 chilopodan1835 chilopod1837 twenty-foot worm- the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > order Pauropoda > suborder Diplopoda or Chilognatha > member of (millepede) scolopender1562 millipede1601 scolopendra1608 thousand-feet1704 thousand-legs1807 chilognathan1835 wireworm1838 1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 828/2 Thousand Feet, called Millepie by the Portugueses. thousand-head kale n. (also thousand-headed kale) a branching variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea variant fruticosa, cultivated as fodder for sheep or cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > cabbage > types of > other types of cabbage red coleOE brisoka1340 red colewort?a1500 rape-cole1597 red cabbage1597 loaf-cabbage1727 sugar-loaf1766 drumhead1783 sugar-loaf cabbage1786 Yorkshire cabbage1786 York1823 palm-kale1853 Scotch curlies1855 thousand-head kale1887 cut-and-come-again1888 1887 Times 22 Oct. 8/1 This practice of making thousand-headed kale stand down..on poor land..is likely to come rapidly into favour. 1925 Malden & Nisbet in W. G. R. Paterson Farm Crops II. 191 The Marrow-stem Kale is what is known as a ‘variety-hybrid’. That is, it is the result of crossing two distinct varieties—the kohl-rabi and the Thousandhead Kale, each a variety of Brassica oleracea. 1929 Oldershaw & Porter Brit. Farm Crops v. 235 Thousand-headed kale is a very useful crop to grow both for sheep- and cattle-feed. 1975 Park & Eddowes Crop Husbandry (ed. 2) xiii. 294 Marrow stem kale should be used before the new year followed by the hardier thousand head kale. thousand island n. [ < Thousand Islands, name of a large group of islands in the St. Lawrence River] used attributively and absol. to designate Russian salad-dressing containing added pieces of garnishing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > salad dressing > other salad dressings remoulade1733 French dressing1874 vinaigrette1880 Russian dressing1900 Roquefort dressing1910 Roquefort cheese dressing1911 Roquefort salad dressing1911 thousand island1916 green goddess1933 Roquefort1949 rouille1951 thousand isle1962 Caesar1978 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 July 6/1 (advt.) Mrs. Porter's Thousand Island Salad Dressing, bottle 35¢. 1945 J. L. Marshall Santa Fe 106 For years, Bill Gardner, steward on the Kansas City–Chicago run, handed out a special ‘1001 Dressing’, an improvement on the usual Thousand Island mixture. 1981 Times 2 Mar. 12/5 In a year or two she will be specifying that the thousand island dressing (a pinkish salad cream with bits of vegetables in it) should be low-calorie. thousand isle n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > salad dressing > other salad dressings remoulade1733 French dressing1874 vinaigrette1880 Russian dressing1900 Roquefort dressing1910 Roquefort cheese dressing1911 Roquefort salad dressing1911 thousand island1916 green goddess1933 Roquefort1949 rouille1951 thousand isle1962 Caesar1978 1962 Listener 11 Jan. 90/3 It is worth trying to order one of those marvellous green salads unaccompanied by the demand: ‘Roquefort, thousand-isle or French?’ thousand-jacket n. New Zealand = houhere n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > lace-bark lacewood1803 ribbonwood1865 ribbon tree1866 houhere1879 thousand-jacket1888 lace bark1906 1888 Cassell's Picturesque Austral. III. 210 Toi-toi, supplejack, thousand-jacket, are names of things known well enough to the inhabitants of Napier and Taranaki. 1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 55 149 Houhere, a tree (Hoheria populnea), ribbonwood, lace~bark, thousand-jacket. One of the three or four deciduous Maori trees. thousand-legs n. = thousand-feet n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > order Chilopoda > member of scolopender1562 centipede1601 scolopendra1608 forty-foot1677 millipede1684 forty legs1697 thousand-feet1704 thousand-legs1807 Meg-many-feet1813 chilopodan1835 chilopod1837 twenty-foot worm- the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > order Pauropoda > suborder Diplopoda or Chilognatha > member of (millepede) scolopender1562 millipede1601 scolopendra1608 thousand-feet1704 thousand-legs1807 chilognathan1835 wireworm1838 1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. vii. 392 The thousand legs eats and makes them [sc. potatoes] scabby. 1962 R. M. Gordon & M. M. J. Lavoipierre Entomol. for Students of Med. vii. 41 The class Diplopoda contains all the millipedes or ‘thousand legs’. thousand-miler n. slang a dark shirt that does not show the dirt. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > types of > other bloody shirta1586 ruffle shirt1749 ruffled shirt1754 dicky1781 overshirt1805 camise1812 mill tog1821 boiled shirt1853 Crimean shirt1853 Crimea shirt1857 shirtwaist1859 shirt1867 polo shirt1887 zephyr1887 Ghost Shirt1890 Henley1890 negligée shirt1895 turtle-neck1897 rugby shirt1902 bush shirt1909 tunic shirt1918 safari shirt1921 button-down1924 thousand-miler1929 aloha shirt1936 buba1937 zoot shirt1942 Hawaiian shirt1955 sweater-shirt1964 beach shirt1966 kimono shirt1968 dashiki1969 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 139 Thousand milers, black twill shirts. 1959 Washington Post 8 Oct. c3/3 A thousand-miler is a navy blue shirt which doesn't show the gravy stains and may be worn for days at a time without washing. Slim must have a wardrobe of thousand-milers. 1978 K. Bonfiglioli All Tea in China vii. 86 A ‘thousand-miler’ turned out to be a sort of durable shirt made of black twill; so-called..because it should be washed..after every thousand miles of the voyage. thousand-year egg n. (also thousand-year-old egg) a Chinese delicacy consisting of a pickled egg that has been kept in earth, lime, and chopped straw for some weeks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > egg dishes > [noun] > other egg dishes poachéa1425 meseladea1450 potrona1450 malasadec1450 poached eggc1450 eggs in moonshine?1558 snow1597 fondue1806 Scotch egg1808 soufflé1813 scrabbed eggsa1825 Scotch woodcock1836 egg salad1873 prairie oyster1879 Adam and Eve on a raft1891 Russian egg1891 eggs Benedict1898 huevos rancheros1901 sabayon1906 oeuf en cocotte1909 shakshuka1930 piperade1931 thousand-year egg1961 1961 E.-M. Wong Chinese Cookery v. 36 Everyone has heard of ‘thousand-year-old’ eggs, but in reality these eggs are only a few months old. 1972 K. Lo Chinese Food i. 47 Thousand-Year-Old Egg (which, to be more precise, should be called Pickled Eggs)..can be incorporated into a Chinese breakfast. 1980 E. Behr Getting Even xviii. 208 Seaslugs, jellyfish and thousand-year eggs appeared on the table. thousand-yearist n. nonce-rendering of chiliast n. ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xx. vii. 798 The worde [Chiliasts] is greeke, and may bee interpreted, Millenaryes, or Thousand-yere-ists. Thousand-Year Reich n. [German tausendjähriges Reich] the German Third Reich (1933–45), as a regime envisaged by the Nazis as established for an indefinite period. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > specific regimes > [noun] > in Germany Reich1762 Reich1875 Third Reich1930 Weimar1932 new order1940 Thousand-Year Reich1946 1934 Times 6 Sept. 12/4 Herr Hitler's proclamation to the rally was read... Herr Hitler declares that ‘there will be no further revolution in Germany for a thousand years.’] 1946 A. Huxley Let. 27 Oct. (1969) 553 When people think of far-off communist Utopias or Thousand-Year Reichs, they are so much dazzled by the beauty of what they see..in the unknowable future, that they are ready to commit any atrocity in the present. 1970 A. Price Labyrinth Makers vi. 89 The Wagnerian last hours of the Thousand Year Reich. 1979 J. Crosby Party of Year xviii. 109 Now that the 1,000-year Reich had crumbled, what else was there? < as lemmas |
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