单词 | broad-built |
释义 | broad-builtadv. 1. Of a house, ship, etc.: constructed so as to be wide or spacious; large. Π c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1977) l. 1392 Heȝe houses withinne, þe halle to hit med; So brod bilde, in a bay, þat blonkkes myȝt renne. 1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 109 Whose broad-built-bulks, the boyst'rous Billows, bear. 1845 C. Norton Child of Islands 31 For Us the streets, broad-built and populous, For them unhealthy corners, garrets dim. 1886 F. Y. Powell in F. Y. Powell et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. v. ii. 305 Huntingdon relieved it a third time, breaking through the blockade and taking several big Genoese carracks, huge broad-built vessels which towered a spear's-length over our little 100-ton ships. 1992 GeoJournal 26 461/1 The short- and broad-built ‘Santa Maria’ was probably sensitive for leeway effect. 2. Of a person or animal: having a stocky or powerful build. Cf. broad-set adj. 2.In quot. 1692 a figurative allusion to quot. 1680 at sense 1 as part of an extended nautical metaphor. ΘΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] stalworthc1175 thicka1250 stubblea1300 quarryc1300 stalworthyc1300 stoura1350 sturdyc1386 buirdlya1400 squarec1430 couragec1440 craskc1440 substantialc1460 ample1485 stalwart1508 puddinga1540 full-bodied1588 robust1666 two-handed1687 swankinga1704 strapping1707 broad-set1708 thick-set1724 throddy?1748 thick-bodied1752 broad-built1771 junky1825 swankie1838 stodgy1854 wide-bodied1854 beefish1882 hunky1911 buff1982 buffed1986 1692 C. Gildon Nuncius Infernalis ii. 14 For our Wives, O Suterkin Hogen, our Wives, Whose Broad built Bulks the Boistrous Billows Bear. 1771 W. Wales in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 109 Their persons..seem to be low; but pretty broad built. 1875 M. C. Hay Squire's Legacy I. i. 29 A coarse-featured, broad-built fellow, with a moody scowl upon his face. 1945 Derby Evening Tel. 23 Feb. 4/4 Pleading to be taken seriously for a moment, this broad-built, ruddy-skinned comedian..asked everybody to make the best of their rations. 2022 @AretiaLily 7 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 26 Apr. 2022) Nanako's type..is broad-built, easygoing men who are passionate about sports. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < |
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