| 单词 | three-tiered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree-tiered three-tiered adj. ΚΠ 1822 J. Galt Provost xliii. 318 Wearing..a white three-tiered wig. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer xv. 129 A three-tiered contraption loaded with pastries and éclairs. three-tiered Having, or arranged in, tiers; formerly chiefly in parasynthetic combinations, as high-tiered, three-tiered, triple-tiered. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [adjective] arranged1489 ranged1530 ranked1550 well-marshalled1594 renged1609 marshalled1726 tiered1807 ordinate1826 seriate1845 seriated1853 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > arranged in tiers tiered1807 escaladed1856 tiering1892 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 267 Flames, triple tier'd, and tides of smoke, arise. 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 75 High-tiered, palatial dwellings. 1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris II. 52 The passage of the shuttle through a double- or triple-tiered warp. 1909 Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 7/2 The tiered seats of the big ‘demonstration’ kitchen. 1930 Antiquity 4 422 He regards the tomb of Cyrus as a reproduction in stone of such a tiered temple. 1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 155/1 Tiered skirt. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 276/1 The tiered steamers have..three separate pans which fit on top of each other over a base pan. 1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 294 Certain professions—the Church, the law, the fighting Services—have a hierarchical structure, and success can be gauged by the level attained by an individual in such a tiered system. 1955 V. Cronin Wise Man from West 92 Among the limitless paddy-fields and tiered hills. 1971 Daily Tel. 28 July 11 The skirt tiered all the way down. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 16/3 She was attended by her sister..who wore a pale blue chiffon tiered dress. < as lemmas |
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