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单词 well-manned
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well-mannedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈmand/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈmænd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and manned adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: well adv., man v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < well adv. + man v. + -ed suffix1. Compare later manned adj.
Supplied with or guarded by a full complement or adequate number of people.
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the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > with staff or crew
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?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 125 (MED) This yle [sc. Java] is full wel enhabyted & full wel manned.
?1481 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 665 Wyth ij good cartys well mannyd and horsyd.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss7v A well-mand Galley.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 2 Six great and wel-mann'd ships.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1693) I. 64 So long as the place..is of sufficient strength and well man'd.., they are in safety.
1720 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 181 A wood o' masts, wiel mann'd.
1775 W. Petty Let. Dec. in R. Price Corr. (1983) I. 236 By next Spring they will [have] 30 Frigates and Sloops well mann'd and arm'd.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 188 A well manned galley shoots through the arch.
1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. II. 59 Their long well-manned praus.
1919 Rotarian Mar. 128/2 An efficient, well-manned navy is necessary in peace times as well as in war times.
1979 New Scientist 7 June 808/1 Japan has an extremely strong and well-manned research community.
2006 H. Edwards Buccaneer's Bell xvi. 162 She had been thoroughly and unsuccessfully searched for previously by well-manned and well-equipped expeditions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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