释义 |
ˈcourted, ppl. a. [f. court v. + -ed.] That is wooed or sought.
1616Beaum. & Fl. Scornful Lady i. i. (Rtldg.) 81/2, I thought I had come a-wooing, and I am the courted party. 1793W. Roberts Looker-on No. 65 Its retiring modesty renders it necessary to dig it from its courted obscurity. |