| 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. |