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单词 drawn-out
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drawn-outadj.

Brit. /ˌdrɔːnˈaʊt/, U.S. /ˌdrɔnˈaʊt/, /ˌdrɑnˈaʊt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drawn adj., out adv.
Etymology: < drawn adj. + out adv., after to draw out at draw v. Phrasal verbs 1. With sense 3 compare earlier long-drawn-out adj.
1. That is or has been drawn or pulled out; extracted.
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1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 105/2 When the thinning in the seed-bed is made, the drawn-out plants may be given away.
1857 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Dec. 1021/2 The whole of the drawn out iris was cut off.
1898 B. Banner Househ. Sewing i. 22 Patterns derived purely from hem stitching and drawn-out threads.
1934 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 56/2 The drawn-out matter was completely torn off from our sun and floated in space.
1995 W. H. Gass in D. Halpern Who's writing This? 64 He sat suddenly back in his drawn-out chair.
2.
a. Of a glass tube or cylindrical object: that has been stretched into a thinner, elongated form while molten.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > other types of glass
blownc1425
Bohemian1682
grounded1698
soft1758
unsilvered1772
navelledc1817
drawn-out1822
muffled1847
ambitty1856
muffed1868
roughcast1868
Sandwich1881
fumé1883
hand-blown1885
peach-blow1886
opaque1907
mould-blown1925
offhand1941
1822 Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit., & Arts Apr. 157 The drawn-out tube, G H, descends perpendicularly into a bottle.
1870 Nature 14 July 227/2 The drawn-out necks of the flasks were hermetically sealed in the blow-pipe flame.
1912 Public Health Rep. 15 Mar. 396 The removal of fluid from the peritoneum, with a view to examination, is made at the same point by means of a drawn-out glass pipette.
1977 Biol. Bull. 153 509 Mineral oil was sucked up into a finely drawn-out glass capillary.
2000 S. O. Farrell & L. E. Taylor Exper. in Biochem. (2005) v. 139 Using drawn-out capillary tubes, spot one application of the amino acids.
b. Of great length; elongated; unusually or undesirably long and thin, attenuated.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > increasing in length > increased in length
extendedc1450
deduit1485
prolonged1557
produced1578
protensed1578
extent1641
prolated1715
lengthened1744
elongated1751
protracted1785
drawn-out1834
1834 Leigh Hunt's London Jrnl. 9 Apr. 12/2 The unpleasantly drawn-out features of the host.
1841 London Interiors I. iv. 178 He may admire the ‘drawn-out’ vistas of aisles and naves.
1881 E. Step Plant Life ii. 26 The cells assume a long, narrow, drawn-out form.
1915 Gardening Mar. 180/1 Safeguard them against..developing into spindly, drawn out plants.
1951 J. Kerouac On the Road: Orig. Scroll (2007) 142 A fine kind man..in his seventies, old and feeble, thin and drawn-out.
1999 New York 29 Mar. 44/3 He had a long simian jaw, drawn-out arms, a narrow waist.
3. Of considerable or prolonged duration; unduly long, protracted. Cf. long-drawn-out adj.
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the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > protracting or drawing out > extended in duration
tracting1535
prolonged1557
long-drawn1592
spaciousa1593
lengthened1597
protracted1598
stretched1609
producted1628
continuated1632
extended1737
long-drawn-out1752
drawn-out1824
spun1869
1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. xvi. 311 Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst; and the mishap is the more calamitous, in a drawn-out, detailed, and written one.
1851 Morning Post 19 May 4/1 Tedious and drawn-out debates upon the question.
1861 W. W. Hall Sleep xiii. 158 Life becomes a drawn-out torture.
1923 E. A. T. Dutton Basuto of Basutoland vii. 67 The reply is a drawn-out ‘Eh!’
1971 N.Y. Times 8 May 17/2 Bartók's score..sounds rather drawn out and tiresome in spots.
2005 Times 25 Nov. (Bricks & Mortar section) 14/1 It was going to be a complicated and drawn-out process to buy the property.
4. Drawn or set down on paper, esp. in a full and clear form. Usually with modifying adverb.
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society > communication > writing > [adjective]
graphical1643
pennish1646
scriptorian1656
scriptorya1682
graphic1778
scriptorial1781
scriptural1827
drawn-out1847
1847 Justice of Peace 9 Jan. 29/2 A proper drawn out plan showing the ground inclosed and the roads.
1879 K. Moody-Stuart Brownlow North ii. 40 We have before us three long and carefully drawn out lists of tracts which he ordered from London.
1935 Trans. & Proc. Japan Soc. 32 17 Every coachman..was given a clearly drawn out map of the route.
2016 M. Scott Mirror Image 329 He'd even compiled a list and a carefully drawn out plan of the surrounding buildings.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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