单词 | utile |
释义 | utilen.2 The timber of a large West African forest tree, Entandrophragma utile, of the family Meliaceæ; also, the tree itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > utile utile1956 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 228 Utile reaches a height of 150 ft or more. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 228 In structure and general appearance utile resembles the closely allied sapele..and is somewhat more open in texture. 1970 Timber Trades Jrnl. 21 Mar. 54/1 There are now signs of weaker prices for utile. 1980 Yachts & Yachting 29 Feb. 680/2 As nice a piece of red utile as you'll see this side of a stereo cabinet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019). utileadj.n.1 Now rare. A. adj. Useful, advantageous; of practical benefit. Also with to, †unto. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adjective] bricheeOE behovelyc950 bihevec975 nutOE behovingc1175 behovesomec1330 noteful1372 helpfulc1384 serviceablea1393 nait?a1425 meet?a1439 steadable1467 opportunea1475 utile?1483 of service1559 good1577 deservient1578 steadful1585 useful1596 servient1606 handy1616 utible1623 utilious1652 lucky1703 functional1808 utility1895 eufunctional1963 ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton iv. sig. i.ix I haue made this lytel book in double verses, the whiche conteynen two shorte and vtyle sentences for the symple folk. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope (1967) i. x. 80 Thus hit is of the euyll folk whiche for the good done to them, they yeld ageyne euyll... Theyre felauship is not good ne vtyle. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle iii. sig. Aiiij To whome it semeth good and vtyll for the prosperyte of bothe partyes. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Eeii v Of all meates the best and most vtille to the body of man: is of capons. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 73v The most pure and vtile substaunce. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lxx. 284 To shew that the conquest thereof would have been far more utile unto us. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. 5 Means utile and conducible to the promoting of Divine glorie. 1772 Scots Mag. Apr. 194/2 Is it utile, is it dulce, for the landlords to alienate their people, and lose their money? 1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian i. 69 An order that He has given..to employ our energy in the utile pursuit of following. 1894 Advance (Chicago) 24 May There is the cost value... There is the productive or utile value. 1962 Mass. Rev. 3 454 In its fabrication of purely utile and functional articles like aeroplanes, dams, surgical instruments, it surpasses any previous age. 2010 L. Shriver So much for That (2011) x. 242 He had always cherished the fact that his wife made objects not only attractive but utile. B. n.1 Usefulness; (with the) that which is useful. Usually contrasted with dulce (and compare sweet in quot. 1741). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] usea1382 notefulheada1400 utilityc1400 serviceableness1579 behovefulness1592 usefulness1618 inservience1657 commodationa1676 utile1685 service1691 serviceability1845 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > useful thing beautya1425 utility?1483 card?1562 usefuls1649 utile1685 practicality1845 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. iii. i. 2 Wherein he quitted the utile for the honest. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub v. 114 I..have skilfully kneaded up both together with a Layer of Utile and a Layer of Dulce. 1741 J. Fothergill Let. 19 Feb. in Chain of Friendship (1971) 54 The fruit is much larger than ours, and I think excels them in every respect in that one grand use of furnishing materials for Tarts, so that if the species can be propagated perhaps the utile as well as the sweet of curiosity may be reaped. 1852 Westm. Rev. Jan. 320 Mr. Putnam's two massive and elegant Christmas gift books indicate that America is ‘going a-head’ in the cultivation of the dulce, as well as in the pursuit of the utile. 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art v. 83 Mr. Galsworthy began his career by putting so much utile and so little dulce into his stage-puddings that only the very determined stomachs could digest them at all. 1991 W. L. Heat-Moon PrairyErth (2014) 185 On one occasion, the dulce was an interpretation of ‘Hiawatha's Wooing’, and on another the utile was a demonstration of a sausage grinder. 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