单词 | collected |
释义 | collectedadj. 1. a. literal. Gathered together, assembled, accumulated. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering, collecting, or coming together > gathered together gathereda1425 congregate1432 collect?a1475 congested1578 mustered1596 congregateda1616 collected1670 massed1837 the mind > possession > supply > storage > [adjective] > stored > collected and stored heaped1402 collected1735 accumulated1781 upgathered1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [adjective] > collected collected1735 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 7 Æneas a Trojan Prince..with his Son Ascanius, and a collected number that escap'd. 1735 G. Berkeley Querist §193 The collected wisdom of ages. 1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 203 More than four of the..volumes of his collected works. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adjective] > drawn as inference collected1628 inferred1700 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xvii. 53 'Tis easier to beare collected vnkindnesse, then that which we meete in affronts. 2. figurative. Having one's thoughts, feelings, or mental faculties at command or in order: composed, self-possessed. The opposite of distracted. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] eveneOE still1340 unperturbeda1450 unmovedc1480 quietful1494 lowna1500 calma1568 calmya1586 unpassionatea1586 smartless1593 reposeful1594 dispassionate1595 recollected1595 unaffectedc1595 unpassioned?1605 unpassionated1611 collecteda1616 tranquila1616 untouched1616 impassionate1621 composed1628 dispassioneda1631 tranquillous1638 slow1639 serene1640 dispassionated1647 imperturbed1652 unruffled1654 reposing1655 equanimous1656 perplacid1660 placate1662 equal1680 collect1682 cooled1682 posed1693 sedate1693 impassive1699 uninflamed1714 unexcited1735 unalarmed1756 unfanned1764 unagitated1772 undistraught1773 recollected1792 equable1796 unfussy1823 take-it-easy1825 unflurried1854 cool1855 comfortable1856 disimpassioned1860 tremorless1869 unpressured1879 unrippled1883 ice-cool1891 unrattled1891 Zen-likea1908 unrestless1919 steadyish1924 ataractic1941 relaxed1958 nonplussed1960 loose1968 Zenned-out1968 downtempo1972 mellowed1977 de-stressed1999 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective] > composed of mind collecteda1616 composed1628 collect1682 self-possessing1732 self-possessed1766 self-composed1800 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 13 Be collected, No more amazement. View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 248 Like an Orator, collected in himself, and just prepared to burst out. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. i. 25 The most collected spectator. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 90 A calm and collected and rational mind. 3. Having the physical faculties under control. spec. of a horse or its action. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [adjective] > self-controlled collected1694 self-governed1780 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > steady or controlled well-controlled1581 steady1735 collected1879 temperate1890 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > with legs coordinated united1799 collected1879 1694 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in Ann. Misc. 26 When he stands collected in his might, He roars, and promises a more successful fight. 1879 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. (ed. 7) v. 85 That well-broken hunter..landing in the same collected form. 1879 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. (ed. 7) v. 89 I could not have believed it possible to make a horse go so fast in so collected a form. 1937 R. S. Summerhays Elem. Riding vi. 39 What I have described is the true collected canter. 1953 G. Brooke Introd. Riding vii. 73 A horse is said to be collected when it is standing or moving with its centre of gravity drawn back so that its weight is evenly distributed on all four limbs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1616 |
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