单词 | well-sheltered |
释义 | well-shelteredadj. Provided with ample shelter; well screened or protected from bad weather. ΚΠ 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 90 Granads..will endure without doors, planted against some well-sheltered Wall, where they will prosper very well. 1728 S. Switzer Compend. Method raising Ital. Brocoli 3 The Plants..are to be transplanted, at some two or three Foot asunder..in a warm well-shelter'd Place. 1796 W. H. Marshall Planting II. 14 The white-flowering Almond..in well-sheltered places. 1813 W. Leslie Gen. View Agric. Nairn & Moray (new ed.) viii. 233 A commodious well sheltered enclosure. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 389 Lebong, a well-sheltered spur below Darjíling. 1937 Rotarian Oct. 44/3 (caption) This capital city of Tasmania is bounded on one side by a busy, well-sheltered harbor and on all other sides by rare scenery. 2011 Irish Independent (Nexis) 8 Feb. Having ewes in well-sheltered fields or paddocks is important to minimise losses from hypothermia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1658 |
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