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单词 half-baken
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half-bakenadj.

Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈbeɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈbeɪkən/
Forms: see half adv. and baken adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., baken adj.
Etymology: < half adv. + baken adj. Compare later half-baked adj.
Now regional and nonstandard.
Baked only halfway to completion; partially baked; not fully baked. Also figurative: not fully formed or developed. Cf. half-baked adj.
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half-bakena1500
half-baked1562
a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 43 The cherl..drewe the brede out of the fuyre half baken and ete it.
1597 Bk. Cookerie f. 22v Season your calues feet..and put them in your paste,..so close it vp, and set it into the Ouen till they be halfe baken.
1603 R. Rogers Seuen Treat. ii. ii. 76 Their goodnes is as the morning dew, soone vanishing and blowne away; or as a cake halfe baken.
1814 Western Gleaner July 105 Their pastry, called pumpkin-pie, is nothing but half baken greasy dough.
1966 Yearbk. Amer. Public Wks. Assoc. 136 The way to begin..is not to..go running off in all directions with half-baken remedies that can be only half-enforced.
2012 @JobJetson 11 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 26 Mar. 2020) Out the oven too early...half-baken.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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