单词 | well-stored |
释义 | well-storedadj. 1. Having an ample store or provision of something; well-stocked. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > stocked or stored with > well-stocked (with) well-stored?a1425 stuffedc1440 replenished1548 well-laden1570 well-stocked1604 locuplete1609 fat1758 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 135 (MED) No cytee of the world is so wel stored [Egerton better ordayned; Fr. bien garny] of schippes as is þat. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 142 (MED) Bethynke the that thow be well y-storid [L. thesauriza tibi multum] of whete and of corne. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 86 The wellstoared groundes [L. refertos agros]. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 54 From one well-stor'd garden to another. 1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 60 in Poems The well-stored Egyptian year Began to cloath her Fields and Trees anew. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 184 His head..well stor'd with suttle wiles. View more context for this quotation 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 520 The well-stor'd Quiver on his Shoulders hung. 1754 Locke's Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding (new ed.) §19. 72 His head was so well stored a [1706 well a stor'd] magazine. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 172 While you are attentively listening to the information or opinion of a well-stored man. 1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 81 A well-stored cabinet of Coleoptera. 1909 Chatterbox 199/1 I noticed a sailor's canvas ‘housewife’, very well stored with buttons, etc. 1940 ELH 7 201 Wit pre-requires a well-stored memory or learning. 2012 Spectator (Nexis) 28 July 42 The best literary journalists write from a well-stored mind. 2. Properly or correctly kept or stored. Also figurative.rare before the mid 19th cent. ΚΠ 1629 J. Buckeridge Serm. at Funeral of Ld. Bishop of Winchester 12 in XCVI Serm. Lancelot Andrewes They are then bene recondita, when bene erogata; well stored and layd up, when they are well laid out. 1780 E. Burke Speech at Bristol in Scots Mag. Sept. 453/2 What is passed is well stored. It is safe, and out of the power of fortune. 1839 T. Hook Births, Deaths & Marriages I. vi. 170 Drinking the well-stored wine. 1886 Brewers' Guardian 23 Mar. 90/1 The aroma or the bouquet the beer acquires as it ages..which distinguishes fresh from well-stored beer. 1907 15th Biennial Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 164 It was not expected that the weather conditions would have much effect upon the well-stored corn. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 5 Nov. 23 Another excellent variety of cooking apple is the Norfolk Beefing... It keeps interminably. If well stored, you should be able to eat it in May. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1425 |
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