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单词 comment
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commentn.

Brit. /ˈkɒmɛnt/, U.S. /ˈkɑˌmɛnt/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s coment, 1500s com(m)ente, ( commend).
Etymology: < Old French comment (-end , -and ) commentary, < Latin commentum invention, contrivance, enthymeme, (in Isidore) a comment or interpretation (see commentary n.); < commentus, past participle of comminiscor (root commen-) to devise by careful thought, contrive, invent, < *men-, root of mens, memini, etc. The modern use corresponds to that of Isidore.
1. An expository treatise, an exposition; a commentary. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun]
drawth1340
treatisea1375
commentc1400
treatc1400
treatyc1400
tract1432
tractate1474
disputationa1533
commentary1547
tractive1558
tractation1563
diatribe1581
examen1606
dispute1608
ergasy1637
hippiatrics1646
disquisition1647
dissertation1651
tractic1651
supernaturals1676
adenography1689
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun]
expositiona1464
postils1483
commenta1522
commentary?1548
enarration1570
interpretation1572
commentation1579
margent1579
commentar1641
scholiasting1678
subnotation1705
margin1824
intertext1986
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 43 Galion seiþ in þe eende of his coment coold is moost grevous to a senewy lyme þat is woundid.
c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 1 This tretys..this lytil coment.
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Transl. to Rdr. 141 I haue alsso a schort comment [v.r. commend] compilyt To expon strange histouris and termys wild.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 5 A thirde boke, which is a very comment and exposytour unto my seconde.
1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd i. sig. B3v He speakes all riddle... I must haue a comment ere I can conceiue him. View more context for this quotation
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 45 Barbaro..in his largest Edition of his Comment upon Vitruvius.
1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 139 The middle three [lections] from some Comment on Holy Scripture.
2.
a. A remark or note in explanation, exposition, or criticism of a literary passage; an annotation; a remark or criticism (on or upon anything).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > instance of
comment1509
censurea1575
criticism1608
hypercritic1619
critisma1639
critique1656
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > comment or note
comment1509
annotation1528
note1532
scholium1535
scholy1535
adversaria1571
commentation1579
scholion1579
notation1587
paraphrase1615
remark1629
notelet1834
adscript1889
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxiiii For all scripture newe commentis to deuyse.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 264 Forgiue the Comment that my passion made Vpon thy feature. View more context for this quotation
a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 11 Some Comments clear not, but increase the doubt.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 494 Hence comment after comment.
1781 G. Crabbe Library 8 Bibles with cuts and comments.
1871 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 25 What few explanatory comments I have felt it necessary to add.
b. In extended and figurative uses.
ΚΠ
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 127 a Which wonder the southsaires interpreted to betoken a great..alteration..which according to..their coment happened.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 129 Bella looked to Mrs. Boffin's face for a comment on..this stormy humour in her husband.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiii. 264 The names of the hostages..are a good comment on the mixed population of the Northern Kingdom.
c. Colloquial phrase no comment: a conventional statement of refusal to comment on a situation, esp. when answering a journalist, interviewer, or the like.(Frequently with hyphen) as adjectival phrase.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > taciturnity [phrase] > no comment
no comment1950
1950 Time 18 Sept. 26 Questioned on a press report that ‘a close adviser to President Truman’ was predicting Johnson's resignation, White House Press Secretary Charles Ross issued a perfunctory ‘no comment’.
1957 ‘P. Quentin’ Suspicious Circumstances ii. 17No comment at all.’ She dropped the receiver and watched me again... ‘I've always wanted to say No Comment into a phone.’
1965 A. Prior Interrogators xi. 205 ‘Is this man a suspect?’ ‘No comment. Sorry.’
1966 S. B. Jackman Davidson Affair iii. 22 I thought he was strictly a no-comment man.
1970 Guardian 8 Jan. 2/4 The District Attorney..answered ‘No comment’, when asked if the inquiry had been worthwhile.
1971 ‘L. Black’ Death has Green Fingers iii. 32 The police simply didn't know any more yet. When they did, the ‘no comment’ answers would begin.
1971 ‘E. Fenwick’ Impeccable People xix. 103 Ben wore his no-comment expression.
3. collective. The expository or critical matter added to illustrate the text of a book.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > comment or note > collectively
comment1589
peritext1977
1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 41 Beware my Comment, tis odds the margent shall be as full as the text.
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos Pref. p. xxxi The..Text..is printed..in a black English letter, the more easily to be distinguished from the Comment.
1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 80 Some adopted the Comment, others stuck to the Text.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 681 in Idylls of King None can read the text, not even I; And none can read the comment but myself.
4. The action of commenting; animadversion, criticism, remark.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > [noun] > commenting or mentioning > comment or remark
speechc1305
mindc1350
touchc1400
to make reporturec1475
observation1564
wipe1596
remark1629
propos1816
comment1850
by-the-way1896
trailer1941
1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) iii. 53 You need not set your thoughts in rubric thus For wholesale comment.
1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 185 The fact that he should have taken no distinct side..has been the subject of some comment.
5. ‘Sometime it is taken for a lie or fayned tale’ (Bullokar 1616; also in Cockeram 1623). Obsolete. [So Latin commentum : compare also comment v. 1]
ΚΠ
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Comment,..Sometime it is taken for a lie or fayned tale.

Compounds

commentless, comment-like adj. or adv.
ΚΠ
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 242 They Comment-like refer to this.
1886 H. Merivale in Temple Bar 76 550 The commentless record of such and such a letter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

commentv.

Brit. /ˈkɒmɛnt/, /kəˈmɛnt/, U.S. /ˈkɑˌmɛnt/
Forms: Also 1500s comente.
Etymology: In branch I, < medieval Latin commentāre , to devise, excogitate (usually in a bad sense, of fraud or mischief), by-form of Latin commentāri , frequentative of comminisci , commentus , to devise, invent, contrive: see comment n. In branch II, apparently immediately < comment n.: compare French commenter to expound (Cotgrave), Italian commentare to expound largely (Florio). With the exception of that from Spenser (sense 1), all the verse quots. accent the first syllable; but some orthoepists recognize coˈmme·nt, which is usual in Scotland; compare 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 149 Trisyllables formed by adding a termination..retain the accent of the radical word; as..cómmenting, comménding, assúrance.
I. representing medieval Latin commentāre.
1. transitive. To devise, contrive, invent (especially something false or bad). Obsolete. (The quots. a1555, a1599 appear to connect this with branch II.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)]
findeOE
conceive1340
seek1340
brewc1386
divine1393
to find outc1405
to search outc1425
to find up?c1430
forgec1430
upfindc1440
commentc1450
to dream out1533
inventa1538
father1548
spina1575
coin1580
conceit1591
mint1593
spawn1594
cook1599
infantize1619
fabulize1633
notionate1645
to make upc1650
to spin outa1651
to cook up1655
to strike out1735
mother1788
to think up1855
to noodle out1950
gin1980
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)]
forgec1386
contrivec1400
commentc1450
dissimule1483
devisea1535
invent1535
fable1553
coin1561
to make upc1650
manufacture1700
to tell the tale1717
fabricate1779
concoct1792
fob1805
mythologize1851
fabulate1856
phoney1940
c1450 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 129 Machomete the false prophete..commentenge [L. commentavit, v.r. adinvenit] the wickede secte of Saracenys.
a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 376 Whether it may be seen rightful to comment any thing or to abate as concerning the matter in defining holy scriptures.
a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. liii, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii3 Where were ye borne? some say in Crete by name, Others in Thebes, and others other-where; But wheresoeuer they comment the same, They all consent that ye begotten were, And borne here in this world.
II. f. comment n.
2.
a. transitive. To furnish with comments; to make a comment or comments on; to annotate. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)]
expounda1340
descant?1510
comment1599
commentary1648
commentate1794
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > interpret in particular way [verb (transitive)] > annotate, comment
annotec1525
descant?1532
comment1599
commentary1648
annotate1693
commentate1794
to mark up1963
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 75 Leysure to reprinte, correcte, and comente the same.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 Anselme..commenting the Epistles to Titus and the Philippians.
1695 J. Humfrey Mediocria (ed. 2) 29 I comment therefore these words thus.
1709 M. Prior Carmen Seculare (new ed.) in Poems Several Occasions 146 To trace each Toil, and comment ev'ry War.
1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. liv The chief desire of him that comments an authour.
b. with complement, into, away.
ΚΠ
1642 T. Fuller Holy State 33 (T.) She studiously avoids all suspicious expressions, which wanton apprehensions may colourably comment into obscenity.
1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xl. 217 This oath, like other oaths, is commented away, and interpreted so loosly.
3. intransitive. To write explanatory or critical notes (†to) on, or upon a text.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > comment [verb (intransitive)]
glozec1380
gloss1579
scance1606
comment1611
annotate1733
commentate1828
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Commenté, expounded, commented on.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 230 Hee..Commenting to that text of Scripture..writes, etc.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 757 To be copied, printed, commented on, translated.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 201 The treatise was..commented, abridged..and even turned into verse.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 73 The same Manuscript which I am translating, and upon which I am commenting.
1904 Nation (N.Y.) 7 Apr. 272 Tennyson's In Memoriam, commented by L. Morel.
4.
a. To make comments or remarks (on, upon). (Often implying unfavourable remarks.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention > comment on
note1607
observe1613
commenta1616
observea1616
remark1676
commentate1861
to pass a remark1899
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > play the critic [verb (intransitive)] > often unfavourably
commenta1616
criticize1621
commentate1861
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 38 Not an eye that sees you, but is a Physician to comment on your Malady. View more context for this quotation
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Little expecting the curiosity of future ages should comment upon their ashes.
1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 11 I have been commenting pretty freely on the errors of two critics.
1872 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. (ed. 2) 12 William of Malmesbury's tale, on which he himself thus comments.
b. With the remark as an object clause or sentence.
ΚΠ
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 60 Commenting that divorce was permitted only for the help of wives.
1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxix. 170 ‘Two opposite schools at once, you see,’ commented Gervase.
5. To remark mentally; to meditate, ponder.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > take note, observe [verb (intransitive)]
awaitc1300
wait1338
animadvertc1550
comment1597
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)]
thinkOE
thinkOE
bethinka1200
umthinka1300
to have mind ofc1300
casta1340
studya1375
delivera1382
to chew the cudc1384
to take advisementa1393
stema1400
compassc1400
advisec1405
deliberc1405
to make it wisec1405
to take deliberationc1405
enter?a1413
riddlec1426
hovec1440
devise?c1450
to study by (also in) oneself?c1450
considerc1460
porec1500
regard1523
deliberate1543
to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546
contemplate1560
consult1565
perpend1568
vise1568
to consider of1569
weigh1573
ruminate1574
dascanc1579
to lay to (one's) heart1588
pondera1593
debate1594
reflect1596
comment1597
perponder1599
revolvea1600
rumine1605
consider on, upon1606
to think twice1623
reflex1631
spell1645
ponderatea1652
to turn about1725
to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736
to wake over1771
incubatea1847
mull1857
fink1888
1597 [see commenting n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1602 Returne fr. Parnassus (Arb.) iii. v. 46 He doubles griefe that comments on a wo.

Derivatives

ˈcommented adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [adjective] > furnished with comments or notes
glozed1393
glossed1605
annoted1776
annotated1786
footnoted1894
commented1963
1963 Language 39 242 This commented anthology.
commenting n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > [noun] > commenting or mentioning
mentionc1300
remembrancea1393
meaninga1400
mention-making1534
mentioning1565
commemoration1576
commenting1597
voicinga1626
memoration1627
citation1640
naming1677
observing1719
commentation1833
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > often unfavourable
commenting1597
criticism1607
censurea1616
judgementalism1950
stick1956
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > writing commentaries
commenting1597
commentating1794
commentation1833
the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > commenting or mentioning
commenting1711
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [adjective] > often unfavourable
critical1565
critic1596
commenting1711
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iii. 51 Come I haue heard that feareful commenting, Is leaden seruitour to dull delaie. View more context for this quotation
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A4 The shallow commenting of Scholasticks and Canonists.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 177 Matters not set down in it, or ambiguously..understood, and by Appendixes and Commenting supposed.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. ii. 269 The criticizing or commenting Practice.
1857 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) I. 237 A commenting literature, and a second-hand philosophy.

Draft additions June 2015

transitive. Computing to comment out: to make (part of a computer program) into a comment (typically by preceding or enclosing it with a delimiter character or characters such as // or #) so that the computer ignores it when running the program.
ΚΠ
1978 Bell. Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 57 2017 Comments do not nest, so an effort to ‘comment out’ a section of code will fail if that section contains a comment.
1992 PC Mag. 16 June 351/3 You can use this technique to comment out any line.
2014 M. Bates Interfacing PIC Microcontrollers (ed. 2) iii. 76 Sections of the source code can be commented out (; at the start of the line) to assist in debugging by disabling selected program sections.
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