单词 | anchored |
释义 | anchoredadj. 1. Shaped like, or having parts that resemble, an anchor, esp. in having two spreading points resembling the flukes of an anchor; (Heraldry and Numismatics) (of a cross) provided with anchor-like points at the end of the limbs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [adjective] > other types of cross anchored1525 urdee1562 resarcelée1586 resarcelled1586 quarterly pierced1662 patriarchal1682 anserated1688 aquilated1688 globical1688 recercelée1688 quadrate1780 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxvii. f. cclxxviiv/2 A penon of his armes, of syluer a crosse sable ancored [Fr. vne noire croix ancree], called in armure, the yron of a mylstone. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 54 An ancred crosse of sables. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F5 With scornfull hisse, shooting her anchor'd tongue. 1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια xi. 381 They wear on their cloaks an anchored Cross, embroydered with white Sattin. 1745 Woolhouse's Treat. Cataract & Glaucoma iv. 27 This is quite another sort of creature,..with an anchored or forked tail. ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. X4/2 It is called a cross anchored because its extremities turn back like the flukes of an anchor. 1954 Athenian Agora 2 75 Andronicus with cross/Cross anchored. 2006 R. Abdy & G. Williams in B. Cook & G. Williams Coinage & Hist. North Sea World 20 Rev. [C]ISELEHOMON anchored cross. 2. a. Of a vessel: secured by an anchor; that has its anchor lowered to the seabed. Of a balloon or airship: secured to the ground by an anchor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [adjective] > anchoring or anchored anchored1576 anchoring1598 grippled1606 1576 in R. Edwards Paradyse Daynty Deuises sig. Eiiii Dost thou delight, the unkindled cole to blowe? Or childelike louest, in anckred bote to rowe? a1687 E. Waller Maid's Trag. Alter'd (1690) 42 Like a well-twisted cable, holding fast The anchor'd vessel. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad ii. 81 The painted barges swept the flood, Where, proudly gay, the anchored navy rode. 1835 W. R. Wilson Rec. Route France & Italy xi. 147 A painter can do do more than place us in an anchored bark, and show us the bay from that fixed point of view. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 7 A tall ship lying anchored in the moonlight. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby i. 10 An enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. 2002 Times 5 Apr. 22/4 Rooms in private homes will be available, officials say, plus cabins in anchored cruise ships. b. Physically held or fixed in place; securely fastened or attached.Also (and in earliest use) in well-anchored. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] fastOE sickera1400 branded1535 holdfast1567 firm1600 defixed1652 tight1687 anchored1789 well-reeved1812 hardfast1878 hand-tight1881 1789 E. Hewgill tr. J. G. Tielke Field Engineer I. ii. ix. 245 They [sc. defensive earthworks] ought to have a good and well-anchored revetement of fascines. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden I. i. 121 The anchor'd Pinna, and his Cancer-friend. 1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 239/2 They [sc. an oyster and a mussel] were securely anchored to stones. 1866 Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 30 Aug. 5/5 The building is so well anchored and tied that we consider it perfectly safe. 1887 Amer. Architect & Building News 2 July 8/1 Use the height of story (that is, height between anchored beams in feet). 1915 Standard Cycl. Hort. III. 1379/1 Tighten the wire by turning the patent stretcher on the anchored posts. 1973 Scouting May 84/3 Stitch the anchored badge. 2012 J. Johung Replacing Home ii. 50 Northridge chose an unseen square lot..large enough only for an anchored pole. 3. figurative. Rooted or entrenched in a particular place or situation; having a firm basis or foundation; safe, secure. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or secure sickerc897 safec1325 surec1330 safea1393 sover1396 traistya1400 exempta1420 undangeredc1460 surec1475 cocksurea1529 sound1535 jeopardless1549 dangerless?1555 secure1572 secure1576 defensible1581 unobnoxious?1609 unendangereda1658 rug1705 anchored1878 1601 Song of Mary Mother of Christ 16 They learne to haue a fast beliefe, And anchored hope. 1671 E. Howard Womens Conquest i. ii. 28 True love is soon confirm'd; but in that Brest Suspicion storms, it ne're can anchor'd rest. 1742 Epis. W. Pultney 2 Can no reversing Surge, no adverse Wind O'erset the Ballast of thy anchor'd Mind? a1788 R. Colvill Epithalamium i, in Poet. Wks. (1789) i. 64 Long may your noble race In Albion's isle preside,..our anchor'd hope, In peace, in war, their country's stable prop. 1833 Sc. Pulpit 14 Dec. 115/2 They pass through the world without any fixed or determinate course..trusting to an anchored state they never reach. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 30 Stein wore the look of one anchored and secure. 1921 R. Macaulay Dangerous Ages iv. 80 The door closed after Nan, shutting in the friends and their friendship and their anchored peace. 2011 Church Times 28 Jan. 18/4 The Gilbertine houses..remained anchored within the Church rather than the monastic orders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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