单词 | well-marked |
释义 | well-markedadj. 1. Of an animal or plant: having the desired or correct markings or pattern of markings, esp. as a result of breeding. ΚΠ ?1561 T. Blundeville Newe Bk. Arte of Ryding Contents sig. Avi Whiche horses be well marked and which be not. 1597 Bp. J. Hall Defiance to Enuy in Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. sig. A5v A well-marked Lambe, Or spotted Kid. 1665 J. Rea Flora i. ix. 71 The Florizante, Morillion Cramosine, Perishot, Admiral Encusen, and the rest of the well-marked Præcoces. 1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Poultry Bk. xiii. 150 The outward signs of a Pencilled cock being likely to produce good, well-marked hens. 1911 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 10 Dec. 14 a/1 The breeders will handle nothing but a well marked pig. 1999 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 19 Feb. 18 Mr Woodman maintains he's still able to produce smart looking, well-marked lambs from traditional-style tups. 2. Very clearly defined or noticeable; strongly emphasized; plainly evident. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate firm1377 determinatec1386 certain1393 determinablec1400 precisec1443 finite1493 well-defined1551 definite1553 determined1570 set1594 perfixed1601 formed1605 punctual1615 well-marked1620 definitive1624 determinated1635 determinativea1676 clear-cut1843 1620 J. Pyper tr. H. d'Urfé Hist. Astrea v. 139 This line of life, clean, wel mark'd, & long, shews that you shall liue, from the diseases of your body, in good health. 1764 J. Dalrymple Considerations Policy of Entails Great Brit. viii. 107 There are two well-marked differences betwixt the circumstances of England and Scotland. 1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) iv. 71 Any well marked example of this disease. 1830 W. Whewell Archit. Notes German Churches 43 These arches have well-marked mouldings. 1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Supplices (ed. 2) 894 (note) A play which has several well-marked resemblances to this. 1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. 243 Each [cell] has a well-marked oval nucleus. 1933 A. N. Whitehead Adventures of Ideas i. 14 The well-marked transition from one age into another can always be traced to some analogues to Steam and Democracy. 1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 20/2 Each major town tended to have its own well-marked dialect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?1561 |
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