单词 | well-hoarded |
释义 | well-hoardedadj. Carefully, skilfully, or wisely hoarded. ΚΠ 1670 D. Collwall in J. Evelyn Pomona 65 in Sylva (ed. 2) The Gennet-Moyl Cider, when the Fruit is well hoarded and mellow, will body, and keep better. 1776 C. Anstey Election Ball 7 Griping Hunks, whose Barns contain Full many a Year's well-hoarded Grain. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 155 The auld Guidwife's weel-hoordet nits Are round an' round divided. 1842 D. Vedder Poems 200 Sae Ranald shooled out, in the shape o' a fee, A weel-hoarded guinea frae out o' his spleuchan. 1930 N. Amer. Rev. 229 443/1 Every piece of clothing in his well-hoarded kit is to him a useful article. 2004 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. 23 I pass on this well-hoarded piece of information with a caveat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1670 |
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