| 单词 | weathered | 
| 释义 | weatheredadj. 1.  Worn, stained, or seasoned by the weather or by atmospheric influences. Also  weathered out. Chiefly Geology. (See weather v. 2a,   2b.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > 			[adjective]		 > by loss of material or wasted > worn > by action of weather weather-beatena1547 overweathered1600 weather-worn?1609 weather-beat?1615 weather-bita1616 weathered1789 withered1794 weather-scarred1876 weather-roughened1897 1789    J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 420  				This weathered or dissolved copper is found in many places in the state of an ochre or of a loose powder. 1820    Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 3 185  				The weathered surface of several specimens of calcareous sandstone. 1827    T. Carlyle tr.  J. W. von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Trav. in  German Romance IV. 212  				The weathered aspect of the towers. 1846    J. Ruskin Mod. Painters 		(ed. 3)	 I. 103  				I have never yet seen any restoration or cleaned portion of a building whose effect was not inferior to the weathered parts. 1854    J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xi. 254  				The weathered surface of each block was black. 1860    J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps  i. vii. 54  				The weathered ice of the surface..could be cloven with great facility. 1879    Encycl. Brit. X. 230/1  				Practice enables a geologist to discriminate some rocks by the feel of their weathered or fresh surfaces. 1906    Cornish Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 235  				A collection of weathered-out crystals of felspar. 1914    Moir in  Man XIV. 180  				What we have regarded as deep striæ caused by immense pressure are in all probability simply weathered out shattered scratches.  2.  Of a crop of grain or hay: Deteriorated by too long exposure to the elements. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > 			[adjective]		 > killed winterkilled1817 weathered1875 laid1886 1875    R. Hunt  & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts 		(ed. 7)	 III. 185  				Weathered barley has a dull and often a dirty appearance. 1879    G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk.  				Weathered, damaged, but not spoilt, by too long exposure to weather—wet and bad harvesting weather: said of hay or corn. 1892    Daily Chron. 6 Sept. 3/5  				Barley is particularly liable to become ‘weathered’ and unfit for malting.  3.  Architecture. Made sloping, so as to prevent the lodgement of water; furnished with a weathering or water-table. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > 			[adjective]		 > types of wall untiled1377 blind1603 unpanelled1632 unwainscoted1710 weathered1840 1840    Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 2/1  				Two octagonal turrets..strengthened by massive double buttresses in three stages, the lower part terminating in weathered canopies, the middle having weathered offsets. 1879    Cassell's Techn. Educator 		(new ed.)	 II. 294/1  				Copings are worked with..an inclined or ‘weathered’ upper surface. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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