单词 | well-saved |
释义 | well-savedadj. Carefully kept, stored, or accumulated. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [adjective] > stored > stored carefully well-saved1591 well-hained1786 1591 S. Cottesford Treat. against Traitors sig. D6 Many cormorants..esteeme that peny or noble well saued, that..by fraudulent meanes can be retained. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 160 His youthfull hose well sau'd, a world too wide, For his shrunke shanke. View more context for this quotation 1682 R. Lawrence Interest Irel. in its Trade & Wealth Ep. Ded. sig. *8v Flesh and Fish with their products [are] well saved. 1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening vii. xiv. 39 In old well saved Seed, [joints] are very close and nearly situated together. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xx. 107 She herself owned a score or two of well-saved dollars. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer I. xiii. 210 Their racks full of well-saved oaten hay. 1930 Economist 1 Feb. 253/2 Ample supplies of good quality potatoes and well-saved turf. 2008 M. B. Gale J. B. Priestley ii. iii. 82 Waiting for a hand-out from Radfern's hard-earned, well-saved money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1591 |
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