单词 | well-corrected |
释义 | well-correctedadj. Properly disciplined, regulated, or amended. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > (well-)ordered or regulated ordinee1340 well-correctedc1405 well-ordered1489 well-regulated1579 well-adjusted1657 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 566 His tables tolletanes forth he broght Ful wel corrected. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie (new ed.) i. xxxi. 51 A learned and well corrected verse, specially in translation cleare and very faithfully answering their authours intent. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 491 He as a well corrected child would from thenceforth containe himselfe within the compasse of his most dutifull obedience. 1657 J. Beale Herefordshire Orchards 61 It were an excellent work, if any man would publish a well-corrected copy of the four Roman Husbandmen, they being rare Monuments of Antiquity. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 100. ⁋4 When a well-corrected lively Imagination and good Breeding are added to a sweet Disposition. 1793 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 103 The object glass is a well corrected double achromatic, whose joint focus is 65 inches. 1857 Amer. Law Reg. 5 575 To fashion a clear statement of facts, a methodical arrangement of arguments, and a well corrected opinion. 1869 Student & Intellect. Observer 2 443 To contract..the aperture of a well-corrected instrument is to reduce it to the level of one of inferior defining power. 1942 Pop. Photogr. Oct. 121/2 If the camera has a well-corrected lens, first-rate projection prints can be made with it consistently. 2008 I. R. Kenyon Light Fantastic iv. 79 A well corrected wide field of view. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1405 |
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