单词 | dilapidate |
释义 | † dilapidateadj. Obsolete or archaic. =dilapidated adj. (Chiefly as past participle) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous brychec1000 forcrazedc1320 falling-downc1384 ruinousc1384 forwordenc1450 ruin1467 failed1490 ruinatea1538 ruinated1555 ruined1560 ragged1565 dilapidate1590 through-shot1596 tattered1599 tottered1615 dilapidateda1806 delabrated1813 broken-down1816 tumble-down1819 run-down1832 tumblyc1855 raggedy1921 shot through1926 shot to hell or pieces1926 raddled1949 1590 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Maitland) 408 All quho have dilapidat benefices..to the preiudice of the Kirk. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 114 It was taken An. 1622, and by them delapidat and depopulated. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 29 The keep, even in Leland's time..somewhat dilapidate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). dilapidatev. 1. transitive. To bring (a building) into a state of decay or of partial ruin. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > dilapidate wastec1450 dilapidate1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Div/1 To Dilapidate, dilapidare. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 216 A ruined Chappell..built by the Spaniard, and delapidated by the Dutch. 1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands I. 116 It has been sadly dilapidated of late, to obtain stones to build a house. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 14 The whole side was dilapidated, and seemed like the wing of a house shut up. 1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 208 His whole figure suddenly dilapidates itself, assuming a tremble of professional weakness. 2. figurative. To waste, squander (a benefice or estate). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 1590 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Maitland) 408 All quho have dilapidat benefices..to the preiudice of the Kirk. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 168 Those who by overbuilding their houses have dilapidated their lands. a1711 T. Ken Serm. preached at Whitehall in Prose Wks. (1838) 160 Nothing..more certainly dilapidates their estates..than the surfeits of intemperance. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. vi. 255 Having dilapidated the revenues. 3. intransitive. To become dilapidated; to fall into ruin, decay, or disrepair. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > be dilapidated or ruined > fall into ruins to-reosea900 fallOE tumblea1400 ruinate1562 lapse1620 dilapidate1712 fail1776 1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 25 [Charged] with the supervisal..of..the..House, to see that [it] be [not] permitted to dilapidate and fall into decay. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 47 The church of Elgin..was..shamefully suffered to dilapidate by deliberate robbery and frigid indifference. 1848 T. De Quincey Wks. A. Pope in N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 318 To find one's fortune dilapidating by changes so rapid. Derivatives diˈlapidating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > becoming dilapidated or ruinous ruinatinga1661 ruining1685 dilapidating1781 wrecking1903 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > causing dilapidation dilapidating1781 1781 S. Johnson Dyer in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 6 In the neighbourhood of dilapidating Edifices. 1805 T. D. Whitaker Hist. Craven 500 How..are our dilapidating churches to be rebuilt? 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 220 Thirty years..[have] exerted their dilapidating effects on [the obelisks]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1590v.1570 |
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