clean-adj.adv.

in combinations.

a. With past participles, as clean-armed, clean-built, clean-made, clean-shaped, clean-shaved, clean-shaven, clean-swept, clean-washed, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good

well-madec1325

well-setc1330

featous1340

largec1405

well-trussedc1425

well-attempereda1460

well-featureda1460

clean-limbed1461

well-bodied1481

well-drawn?a1534

clean-madea1535

trussed1548

clean-legged1568

trim1568

well-knit1581

well-thewed1583

well-timbered1595

clear-limbed1596

clean-timbered1598

well-mounted1607

well-turned1631

clever1674

neat-limbeda1697

well built1706

well-set-up1790

clean-built1840

athletic1925

mesomorphic1926

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 35/2 He was..of bodye myghtie, stronge, and cleane made.

1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond (1717) 43 My clean-arm'd Thoughts repell'd an unchast Lover.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack vi. 27 A tall, clean-built chap.

1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 634 The blanket..was clean-washed.

1863 H. W. Longfellow Prelude ix, in Tales Wayside Inn 9 Clean shaven was he as a priest.

1876 W. C. Bryant Lifetime in Poet. Wks. (1883) II. 195 Clean-swept fireplace.

1885 W. Black White Heather i The..straight-limbed, clean-made figure of a man.

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. ii. 24 A clean shaved chin.

1912 W. James Ess. Radical Empiricism xii. 277 The ‘through-and-through’ philosophy..reminds many of us of that clergyman. It seems too buttoned-up and white-chokered and clean-shaven a thing.

1919 V. Woolf Night & Day iii. 36 A clean-swept morning of empty, secluded hours.

1932 W. Cather Obscure Destinies 23 But his neck, always clean shaved except in the business seasons, was not loose or baggy.

b. parasynthetic derivatives, as clean-complexioned, clean-conscienced, clean-faced, clean-grained (wood), clean-legged, clean-minded, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good

well-madec1325

well-setc1330

featous1340

largec1405

well-trussedc1425

well-attempereda1460

well-featureda1460

clean-limbed1461

well-bodied1481

well-drawn?a1534

clean-madea1535

trussed1548

clean-legged1568

trim1568

well-knit1581

well-thewed1583

well-timbered1595

clear-limbed1596

clean-timbered1598

well-mounted1607

well-turned1631

clever1674

neat-limbeda1697

well built1706

well-set-up1790

clean-built1840

athletic1925

mesomorphic1926

1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like sig. C.i^v A clene legged gentleman.

1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. D2 His delicate, wholesome, and cleane complexioned wife.

1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 120 A clean-shankit..tight, weel-far'd winch.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 97 Clean-grained deal, perfectly free from knots.

1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Introd. 40/2 A whole-hearted, clean-conscienced man.

1886 ‘V. Lee’ Baldwin 232 Is the novel..to appeal to a public..less clean-minded than the public of the poet?

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 33 The big cleanminded giant.

c. with present participle, as clean-feeding, clean-going, clean-looking, clean-sailing, clean-sweeping, etc.

1708 London Gaz. No. 4420/6 Clean-sailing Ships..were the first which came up with part of the Enemy's Squadron.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxix. 221 Master of such another clean-going frigate.

1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 200 This clean-looking bird is pretty.

1846 Commerc. Mag. Oct. 136 The over-wrought..zeal of some ‘clean-sweeping’ apologist.

Compounds

clean-bowl v. in Cricket, to bowl out (a batter) or bowl down (a wicket) with a ball that hits the wicket without having touched the bat or body of the batter.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] > manner of dismissal

bowl1719

to run out1750

catch1789

stump1789

st.1797

to throw out1832

rattle1841

to pitch out1858

clean-bowl1862

skittle1880

shoot1900

skittle1906

trap1919

1860 Bell's Life in London 29 July 3/4 Carpenter was bowled ‘clean’ by Slinn.]

1862 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 34 Young Nixon..bowled 31 overs..for 36 runs and 4 wickets, all fairly, well, and clean bowled.

1881 Daily News 9 July 2 Spiro was clean bowled, leg stump by the Eton captain.

1888 Longman's Mag. XI. 455 Like a man who has been clean-bowled—first ball.

1891 W. G. Grace Cricket xi. 325 Allen Hill..clean-bowled Messrs. A. N. Hornby, C. F. Buller, G. F. Grace and myself.

1927 G. A. Terrill Out in Glare i. 7 He would be clean bowled for a ‘duck’.

clean-bred adj. of pure stock, thoroughbred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > descent from common ancestor

pure1569

truly1650

thoroughbred1719

thorough-blood1774

monogeneous1857

genetic1860

monogenous1866

homogenetic1870

homogenetical1870

homogenous1870

monophyletic1874

clean-bred1882

homodemic1883

homophylic1883

homosystemic1883

line-bred1891

synepigonic1904

cladistic1960

1882 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 22 July 451/3 A sleek-looking individual..by no means clean-bred to look at.

clean-cut adj. cut with smoothness and evenness of surface; hence, sharply outlined or defined.

ΘΠ

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > having smooth contours

clean1680

unangular1757

clean-cut1842

streamline1907

streamlined1934

1842 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton in Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 427/1 The mouth, whose clean-cut lip..betokened birth.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 23 Rocks..cut through so as to expose clean-cut surfaces.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Nov. 11/2 Canon Wilberforce..the cleanest-cut and the bravest Englishman on the temperance platform.

clean-fingered adj. with clean or nimble fingers; honest, scrupulous, nice.

1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue vi. sig. Cvi Swa religious, and clene fyngerit, that thair wyl na thyng perswade thaim w^t out testimony of scripture.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 370 A worthy general of an army..cleane fingered, without bribery or corruption.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 261 All the figures that any clean-fingered damsel can cut out of it.

clean-handed adj. having clean hands, free from wrongdoing.

ΘΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > free from wrongdoing

clean-handed1728

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. iii. 3 A mighty clean-handed Fellow.

1779 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. (1780) 81/1 The noble minister..was said to be clean-handed in the most eminent degree.

clean-handedness n.

ΘΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [noun] > freedom from wrongdoing

clean-handedness1887

1887 Athenæum 3 Dec. 744/3 Practical reform and real clean-handedness in politics.

clean-limbed adj. shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good

well-madec1325

well-setc1330

featous1340

largec1405

well-trussedc1425

well-attempereda1460

well-featureda1460

clean-limbed1461

well-bodied1481

well-drawn?a1534

clean-madea1535

trussed1548

clean-legged1568

trim1568

well-knit1581

well-thewed1583

well-timbered1595

clear-limbed1596

clean-timbered1598

well-mounted1607

well-turned1631

clever1674

neat-limbeda1697

well built1706

well-set-up1790

clean-built1840

athletic1925

mesomorphic1926

1461–83 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 39 Any chylde..of clene byrthe, clene lymmed.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 3 Horses..very strong and clean limb'd.

1725 London Gaz. No. 6387/2 A well set clean limb'd Man.

clean-living adj. of upright character.

ΘΠ

society > morality > virtue > [adjective] > of good life or living aright

well-livingeOE

clean-living1920

1920 R. Macaulay Potterism iii. ii. 126 Straight, clean-living, decent men and women.

1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. ii. x. 407 You're such a nice clean-living chap.

clean-run adj. describing a well-fed, bright-looking salmon newly returned to fresh water from the sea; also figurative of a young person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy looking

quick?c1225

freshc1380

slickc1440

well-hueda1500

sleek1638

jollya1661

sonsy1720

sleekyc1725

well-looking1725

clean-run1881

1881 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 5/4 It was..impossible to tell the cutlets or..‘head and shoulders’ thus obtained from [those of] the freshest and cleanest run fish.

1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iii. iii. 163 The girls..appeared to her to be so clean run and so safe.

1926 W. J. Locke Old Bridge i. i. 13 He was a clean-run, brown-haired, blue-eyed youth.

clean-skin n. Australian an unbranded cow; (slang) a person with a clean police record (see also quot. 1941).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [noun] > respect for or observance of law > no listed offence > one who has

clean-skin1881

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > unbranded

clean-skin1881

clear-skin1884

1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland I. xv. 209 All hands are anxious to try their luck with the clean-skins.

1931 F. D. Davison Man-shy (1934) ix. 130 She was not a cleanskin; the Mirramilla brand was on her rump.

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 18 Cleanskin, a person of integrity, esp. in a political sense.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vii. 141 A man who has had no convictions recorded against him is a cleanskin.

1950 ‘N. Shute’ Town like Alice 263 A poddy's a cleanskin, a calf born since the last muster that hasn't been branded.

1967 C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post x. 126 I just dictated a report that they seem clean-skins.

1969 Daily Mirror (Sydney) 12 Mar. 11/4 Had he been a clean-skin..Mr Byrne might have..not recorded a conviction.

clean-skin adj. unbranded.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > branded or marked > not

clean-skin1934

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 46/3 Lifted them cleanskin micks while Morney was in town.

1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger ix. 83 Delacy began the trapping and branding of cleanskin cattle.

clean-timbered adj. well-built, clean-limbed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good

well-madec1325

well-setc1330

featous1340

largec1405

well-trussedc1425

well-attempereda1460

well-featureda1460

clean-limbed1461

well-bodied1481

well-drawn?a1534

clean-madea1535

trussed1548

clean-legged1568

trim1568

well-knit1581

well-thewed1583

well-timbered1595

clear-limbed1596

clean-timbered1598

well-mounted1607

well-turned1631

clever1674

neat-limbeda1697

well built1706

well-set-up1790

clean-built1840

athletic1925

mesomorphic1926

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 631 I thinke Hector was not so cleane timberd. Long. His Legge is too bigge for Hectors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	clean-
释义	clean-adj.adv. in combinations. a. With past participles, as clean-armed, clean-built, clean-made, clean-shaped, clean-shaved, clean-shaven, clean-swept, clean-washed, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good well-madec1325 well-setc1330 featous1340 largec1405 well-trussedc1425 well-attempereda1460 well-featureda1460 clean-limbed1461 well-bodied1481 well-drawn?a1534 clean-madea1535 trussed1548 clean-legged1568 trim1568 well-knit1581 well-thewed1583 well-timbered1595 clear-limbed1596 clean-timbered1598 well-mounted1607 well-turned1631 clever1674 neat-limbeda1697 well built1706 well-set-up1790 clean-built1840 athletic1925 mesomorphic1926 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 35/2 He was..of bodye myghtie, stronge, and cleane made. 1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond (1717) 43 My clean-arm'd Thoughts repell'd an unchast Lover. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack vi. 27 A tall, clean-built chap. 1853 W. J. Hickie tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 634 The blanket..was clean-washed. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Prelude ix, in Tales Wayside Inn 9 Clean shaven was he as a priest. 1876 W. C. Bryant Lifetime in Poet. Wks. (1883) II. 195 Clean-swept fireplace. 1885 W. Black White Heather i The..straight-limbed, clean-made figure of a man. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. ii. 24 A clean shaved chin. 1912 W. James Ess. Radical Empiricism xii. 277 The ‘through-and-through’ philosophy..reminds many of us of that clergyman. It seems too buttoned-up and white-chokered and clean-shaven a thing. 1919 V. Woolf Night & Day iii. 36 A clean-swept morning of empty, secluded hours. 1932 W. Cather Obscure Destinies 23 But his neck, always clean shaved except in the business seasons, was not loose or baggy. b. parasynthetic derivatives, as clean-complexioned, clean-conscienced, clean-faced, clean-grained (wood), clean-legged, clean-minded, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good well-madec1325 well-setc1330 featous1340 largec1405 well-trussedc1425 well-attempereda1460 well-featureda1460 clean-limbed1461 well-bodied1481 well-drawn?a1534 clean-madea1535 trussed1548 clean-legged1568 trim1568 well-knit1581 well-thewed1583 well-timbered1595 clear-limbed1596 clean-timbered1598 well-mounted1607 well-turned1631 clever1674 neat-limbeda1697 well built1706 well-set-up1790 clean-built1840 athletic1925 mesomorphic1926 1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like sig. C.i^v A clene legged gentleman. 1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. D2 His delicate, wholesome, and cleane complexioned wife. 1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 120 A clean-shankit..tight, weel-far'd winch. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 97 Clean-grained deal, perfectly free from knots. 1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Introd. 40/2 A whole-hearted, clean-conscienced man. 1886 ‘V. Lee’ Baldwin 232 Is the novel..to appeal to a public..less clean-minded than the public of the poet? 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 33 The big cleanminded giant. c. with present participle, as clean-feeding, clean-going, clean-looking, clean-sailing, clean-sweeping, etc. Π 1708 London Gaz. No. 4420/6 Clean-sailing Ships..were the first which came up with part of the Enemy's Squadron. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxix. 221 Master of such another clean-going frigate. 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 200 This clean-looking bird is pretty. 1846 Commerc. Mag. Oct. 136 The over-wrought..zeal of some ‘clean-sweeping’ apologist. Compounds clean-bowl v. in Cricket, to bowl out (a batter) or bowl down (a wicket) with a ball that hits the wicket without having touched the bat or body of the batter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] > manner of dismissal bowl1719 to run out1750 catch1789 stump1789 st.1797 to throw out1832 rattle1841 to pitch out1858 clean-bowl1862 skittle1880 shoot1900 skittle1906 trap1919 1860 Bell's Life in London 29 July 3/4 Carpenter was bowled ‘clean’ by Slinn.] 1862 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 34 Young Nixon..bowled 31 overs..for 36 runs and 4 wickets, all fairly, well, and clean bowled. 1881 Daily News 9 July 2 Spiro was clean bowled, leg stump by the Eton captain. 1888 Longman's Mag. XI. 455 Like a man who has been clean-bowled—first ball. 1891 W. G. Grace Cricket xi. 325 Allen Hill..clean-bowled Messrs. A. N. Hornby, C. F. Buller, G. F. Grace and myself. 1927 G. A. Terrill Out in Glare i. 7 He would be clean bowled for a ‘duck’. clean-bred adj. of pure stock, thoroughbred. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > descent from common ancestor pure1569 truly1650 thoroughbred1719 thorough-blood1774 monogeneous1857 genetic1860 monogenous1866 homogenetic1870 homogenetical1870 homogenous1870 monophyletic1874 clean-bred1882 homodemic1883 homophylic1883 homosystemic1883 line-bred1891 synepigonic1904 cladistic1960 1882 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 22 July 451/3 A sleek-looking individual..by no means clean-bred to look at. clean-cut adj. cut with smoothness and evenness of surface; hence, sharply outlined or defined. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > having smooth contours clean1680 unangular1757 clean-cut1842 streamline1907 streamlined1934 1842 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton in Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 427/1 The mouth, whose clean-cut lip..betokened birth. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 23 Rocks..cut through so as to expose clean-cut surfaces. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Nov. 11/2 Canon Wilberforce..the cleanest-cut and the bravest Englishman on the temperance platform. clean-fingered adj. with clean or nimble fingers; honest, scrupulous, nice. Π 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue vi. sig. Cvi Swa religious, and clene fyngerit, that thair wyl na thyng perswade thaim w^t out testimony of scripture. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 370 A worthy general of an army..cleane fingered, without bribery or corruption. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 261 All the figures that any clean-fingered damsel can cut out of it. clean-handed adj. having clean hands, free from wrongdoing. ΘΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > free from wrongdoing clean-handed1728 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. iii. 3 A mighty clean-handed Fellow. 1779 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. (1780) 81/1 The noble minister..was said to be clean-handed in the most eminent degree. clean-handedness n. ΘΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [noun] > freedom from wrongdoing clean-handedness1887 1887 Athenæum 3 Dec. 744/3 Practical reform and real clean-handedness in politics. clean-limbed adj. shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good well-madec1325 well-setc1330 featous1340 largec1405 well-trussedc1425 well-attempereda1460 well-featureda1460 clean-limbed1461 well-bodied1481 well-drawn?a1534 clean-madea1535 trussed1548 clean-legged1568 trim1568 well-knit1581 well-thewed1583 well-timbered1595 clear-limbed1596 clean-timbered1598 well-mounted1607 well-turned1631 clever1674 neat-limbeda1697 well built1706 well-set-up1790 clean-built1840 athletic1925 mesomorphic1926 1461–83 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 39 Any chylde..of clene byrthe, clene lymmed. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 3 Horses..very strong and clean limb'd. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6387/2 A well set clean limb'd Man. clean-living adj. of upright character. ΘΠ society > morality > virtue > [adjective] > of good life or living aright well-livingeOE clean-living1920 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism iii. ii. 126 Straight, clean-living, decent men and women. 1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. ii. x. 407 You're such a nice clean-living chap. clean-run adj. describing a well-fed, bright-looking salmon newly returned to fresh water from the sea; also figurative of a young person. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy looking quick?c1225 freshc1380 slickc1440 well-hueda1500 sleek1638 jollya1661 sonsy1720 sleekyc1725 well-looking1725 clean-run1881 1881 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 5/4 It was..impossible to tell the cutlets or..‘head and shoulders’ thus obtained from [those of] the freshest and cleanest run fish. 1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iii. iii. 163 The girls..appeared to her to be so clean run and so safe. 1926 W. J. Locke Old Bridge i. i. 13 He was a clean-run, brown-haired, blue-eyed youth. clean-skin n. Australian an unbranded cow; (slang) a person with a clean police record (see also quot. 1941). ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > respect for or observance of law > no listed offence > one who has clean-skin1881 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > unbranded clean-skin1881 clear-skin1884 1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland I. xv. 209 All hands are anxious to try their luck with the clean-skins. 1931 F. D. Davison Man-shy (1934) ix. 130 She was not a cleanskin; the Mirramilla brand was on her rump. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 18 Cleanskin, a person of integrity, esp. in a political sense. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vii. 141 A man who has had no convictions recorded against him is a cleanskin. 1950 ‘N. Shute’ Town like Alice 263 A poddy's a cleanskin, a calf born since the last muster that hasn't been branded. 1967 C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post x. 126 I just dictated a report that they seem clean-skins. 1969 Daily Mirror (Sydney) 12 Mar. 11/4 Had he been a clean-skin..Mr Byrne might have..not recorded a conviction. clean-skin adj. unbranded. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > branded or marked > not clean-skin1934 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 46/3 Lifted them cleanskin micks while Morney was in town. 1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger ix. 83 Delacy began the trapping and branding of cleanskin cattle. clean-timbered adj. well-built, clean-limbed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good well-madec1325 well-setc1330 featous1340 largec1405 well-trussedc1425 well-attempereda1460 well-featureda1460 clean-limbed1461 well-bodied1481 well-drawn?a1534 clean-madea1535 trussed1548 clean-legged1568 trim1568 well-knit1581 well-thewed1583 well-timbered1595 clear-limbed1596 clean-timbered1598 well-mounted1607 well-turned1631 clever1674 neat-limbeda1697 well built1706 well-set-up1790 clean-built1840 athletic1925 mesomorphic1926 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 631 I thinke Hector was not so cleane timberd. Long. His Legge is too bigge for Hectors. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.adv.883
随便看	to join the ladies to join the majority to join the silent majority to join the standard of to join to marriage to join unity to join up to join, lay loggerheads together to joint a person's nose of to jostle one's way to jot down to journey it to joust of war to judge a book by its cover to judge by to judge from to judge to death to judge to the worse to jump a bounty to jump a broom to jump a broomstick to jump a claim to jump a person in to jump a person out to jump at