| 释义 |
slighted, ppl. a.|ˈslaɪtɪd|
[f. slight v.]
1. Treated with indifference or disdain.
1619A. Newman Pleas. Vis. 33 The slighted outcast, he did lye. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. iii. vi. (1848) 44 By the meanest Creatures, and slighted'st object. 1719Young Busiris i. i, The slighted altars tremble. 1784Cowper Task vi. 51 Not to understand a treasure's worth Till time has stol'n away the slighted good. 1848Dickens Dombey ix, His breast was full of interest for the slighted child. 1870Bruce Life of Gideon ii. 43 You will..fall into the..hands of a slighted and therefore grievously insulted God.
†2. Levelled, razed. Obs.
1636Denham Poems, Virg. æneis ii. 28 All through th' unguarded Gates with joy resort To see the slighted Camp, the vacant Port. 1716Pope Iliad viii. 218 High o'er their slighted trench our steeds shall bound. |