单词 | well-sharpened |
释义 | well-sharpenedadj. Thoroughly or properly sharpened; very sharp (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] > sharpened sharped1340 groundena1400 whetted1563 grounded1566 well-sharpened1567 sharpened1594 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. f. 332v Sometime with a puncheon well sharpned..he graued the successe of his loue vpon on hard stone. 1591 R. Hacket Serm. Needfull for theese Times sig. Av To turn their keene and wel sharpned humours, against a knowen and most bloudy enimy. 1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 5 At thy well sharpned Thumb, from Shore to Shore The Treble squeaks for fear, the Bases Rore. 1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) ii. 234 So whole Forests fall..by one single Ax, And Steel well-sharpned. 1753 W. Duncan tr. Caesar Commentaries 178 A double Palisado of very strong well sharpened Stakes. 1855 Knickerbocker Mar. 306 Every mouthful was enhanced by a well-sharpened appetite. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. iii. 207 And let the knife, well-sharpened, fail not finally. 1910 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 124 An old piece of slate..was often carefully saved and used in writing in preference to a well sharpened pencil. 1991 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 9 Dec. 15 Expose his lack of breadth by..testing his commitment to the genuinely needy with well-sharpened barbs. 2001 Model Engineer 186 121/3 The base of the cylinder can be machined with a flycutter, a well sharpened tool should produce a nice smooth finish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1567 |
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