| 释义 |
boughten, ppl. a.|ˈbɔːt(ə)n|
[irreg. f. bought ppl. a. by assimilation to foughten.]
= bought ppl. a. Used poet. for the sake of metre; otherwise only dial. and in U.S. in application to purchased as opposed to home-made articles.
1793Coleridge Robespierre iii. Wks. III. 36 The Commune's villain friendship, And Henriot's boughten succours. 1805Southey Madoc in W. xiv, Whose faith Reck'd not of boughten prayers, nor passing bell. 1825Bro. Jonathan I. 131 Leather shoes, and white, ‘boughten’ stockings. |