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单词 well-used
释义 well(-)used, ppl. a.
1. Well practised or exercised. Obs.
c1470Henry Wallace iii. 379 For thai war wicht, and weill wsyt in wer.
2. a. Rightly or effectively used.
1594Selimus xx. H 2 b, A societie of puddings, did you marke that well vsed metaphor?1667Milton P.L. iv. 200 [He] only us'd For prospect, what well us'd had bin the pledge Of immortalitie.1865Dickens Mut. Fr. iii. xvii, As she stands above him with her hardened manner, and her well-used eyes.
b. Much or often used.
1728–46Thomson Spring 36 Where the well-us'd plough Lies in the furrow.1835Willis Pencillings I. viii. 54 A little further on was a baker's shop, with a well-used oven.1840Dickens Old C. Shop liii, That's the sexton's spade, and it's a well-used one, as you see.
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