单词 | trimmed |
释义 | trimmedadj. 1. a. That has been trimmed, in various senses of the verb. In sense 8 often as the second element in an instrumental combination, as blue-trimmed, ermine-trimmed, flower-trimmed, gold-trimmed, lace-trimmed, etc.: see also these words. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > trimmed or decked out well-trimmedc1513 trimmed?1533 tricksy1552 finified1628 dizened1775 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ei A goodly lady, meke, trymmed, dame gaillarde, benigne, cointe. 1649 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 448 A paire of French trimed gloves. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 57 To mark the mount at each corner of the trimmed print. b. trimmed joist n. a joist which is tenoned into a trimmer (sense 4); cf. trimming-joist n. at trimming n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > joist > types of bridge1420 trimming-joist?1677 binding-joist1679 bridging1733 bridging joist1733 bay1823 trimming-piece1833 trimmed joist1876 RSJ1940 tail-joist- 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. Pl. facing p. 482 Trimmed Joists. 1945 H. C. Bissill in N. W. Kay Pract. Carpenter & Joiner xvii. 361 (caption) Pictorial view of floor of a first-floor, with..bridging joists,..trimmer, trimming joist, and..trimmed joist. 1966 A. T. Collins Newnes Compl. Pract. Woodworking 96/1 A further use for the stopped housing is to join trimmed floor joists to a trimmer. 2. In combination with adverbs and prepositions forming adjectives, as trimmed-down, trimmed-up. ΚΠ 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix, in McClure's Mag. Apr. 522/2 It's great to have a trimmed-up meal again. 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 22 July w1/3 Last month the White House vetoed a public works measure, but an administration spokesman said there are signs the President might accept a trimmed-down plan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.?1533 |
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