单词 | well-seasoned |
释义 | well-seasonedadj. 1. Of food or drink: skilfully, properly, or thoroughly enhanced with seasoning, giving a good flavour; = well-flavoured adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [adjective] seasonedc1440 well-seasoned1440 powdered1563 sauced1566 flavoured1740 well-flavoured?1775 1440 in Hull Bench Bk. 3 f. 15v (MED) That all common Baxters bake peny lofes, halpeny loffes, and ferthyng lofes, holesom and wele sesoned, kepyng weght after the assise. c1500 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Trin. Cambr.) l. 464 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 582 (MED) Good drynke at festes makeþ all þe chere, Well sesenyd mete, of good drynke habundance. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste Epist. St. Jhon Prol. sig. Avi The taste of the sike makithe holsome & wel seasonyd meate bytter, werish & unsauery. 1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 16 Well-season'd Bowls the Gossyps Spirits raise. 1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxi. 149 The eating of a well season'd dish, suited to a Man's palate. 1737 Whole Duty of Woman xvii. 310 Make a well seasoned Forced-Meat, with Veal, lean Bacon, Beef Sewet, and an Anchovy. 1797 London Compl. Art Cookery 149 Serve this ragoo under two ducks, cut into quarters, and brazed in a well seasoned braze. 1822 tr. L. Simond Switzerland I. 34 A well-seasoned veal pie. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xxxii, in Writings I. 330 He took the same pleasure in falsehood that an epicure receives from a well-seasoned dish. 1933 G. A. Callahan Sunset All-western Cook Bk. 144/1 Make a well-seasoned cream sauce. 2005 Toronto Star 8 Jan. m2/3 A thin, flat-dough crust topped with well-seasoned ground beef. 2. Of a material: fully matured or prepared for use; esp. (of timber) thoroughly dried and hardened. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > mature or matured digesta1398 ripea1398 fledge1398 concoct1534 seasoned1545 well-seasoned1545 ripened1561 seeded1567 fledged1579 thorough-seasoned1605 matured1626 well-matured1626 advanced1646 concocted1647 digested1657 well-digested1657 predigested1663 maturated1698 drop-ripe1724 well-developed1769 mellowed1798 fully-fledged1906 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 6v I suppose that nether ye bowe can be to good and chefe woode, nor yet to wel seasoned or truly made, wyth hetynges and tillerynges. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Div These be well seasoned reasons, and substantiall asseuerations in deed. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 4 The other parts of those plankes are made fast with good Treenailes and Trunnions of well seasoned timber. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 27 Letter-Boards..ought to be made of clean and well-season'd Stuff. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 26 To form strong buskins of well-season'd hyde. 1796 J. Jordan Patent 24 May in Repertory of Arts (1797) 4 223 This bridge..of eight ribs of well-seasoned timber..and two ribs of cast iron. 1844 W. Macarthur Lett. Culture Vine xv. 112 A hose of well-seasoned leather. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 217 For small cabinet pictures, panels of well-seasoned mahogany are prepared. 1928 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 31/1 If you build a house with well-seasoned lumber, it stays tight and solid for several lifetimes. 2004 Toronto Star (Nexis) 27 May h2 A well-seasoned log has darkened ends with visible cracks and splits. 3. Having extensive experience in a particular activity or occupation; well-practised, much experienced. Also: accustomed or acclimatized to something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > skilled or experienced oldOE well-usedc1300 experientc1420 way-wisea1460 pertly1466 practica1522 perite1530 well-practised1539 well-experienced1541 practised1548 experienced1576 veteran1624 practical1632 well-seasoned1640 seasoneda1643 callent1656 versant1766 used1786 salted1864 roteda1901 shell-backed1930 1640 Womens Sharpe Revenge 164 A well-seasoned Drunkard, is an unmeasurable merry companion. 1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires ii. v, in tr. Horace Wks. II. 175 A well-seasoned lawyer. 1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall I. x. 122 Our horses were strong and well-seasoned to hard work. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. iv. 312 Twenty thousand well-seasoned and disciplined veterans. 1911 Boys' Life Dec. 38/2 The transport consisted of four well-seasoned animals. 1946 S. Vestal Jim Bridger vii. 74 These Indians, all by now well seasoned to the trail, were up and moving. 2002 D. Dicaire More Blues Singers iii. 138 Neal, a well-seasoned traveler, added Africa and the Dominican Republic to his list of tour conquests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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