| 释义 |
owned, ppl. a.|əʊnd|
[f. own v. + -ed1.]
1. Possessed, held as one's own property.
Often in comb., as American-owned, British-owned, Chinese-owned, foreign-owned; employer-owned, government-owned, privately-owned.
1628Gaule Pract. The. (1629) 407 Seated in his owned, and earned Throne. 1863All Yr. Round 18 July 488/1 Owned horses take cold, throw out splints or curbs. 1899Daily News 24 Nov. 3/2 Occupying an employer-owned cottage, with no other available house in case the tenant for any offence loses work and home.
2. Acknowledged.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 178 A more owned truth than that which this is brought to strengthen. 1827Southey Lett. (1856) IV. 49 Theirs is an owned language. |