单词 | handmade |
释义 | handmadeadj. 1. a. Man-made as opposed to natural; artificial. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > contrived, artificial, or put together positivec1385 artificial?c1425 craftlya1492 wroughta1500 preparated1569 made1580 elaborate1583 elaborate1592 elaborated1596 handmade1603 arted1606 factitiousa1624 made-up1677 fictitious1686 man-madea1718 got-up1793 gotten-up1796 canned1878 artefact1909 prefabricated1935 1603 J. Davies Extasie in Microcosmos 249 Singing like Syrens, playing Lyres vpon Beheav'ning so this hand-made Helicon! 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 511 A hand-made strait of Sea water. 1858 W. Barnes Notes Anc. Brit. & Britons 70 The Britons chose eminences for their..bard courts, which were usually holden on a handmade mound. 1883 I. H. Harrison tr. I. A. Krylov Orig. Fables 107 Some handmade flowers, with living ones together, Stood on their wiry stems. 1904 W. T. Hornaday Amer. Nat. Hist. v. xlv. 387/1 Its rule of life is to bite at everything that is offered at the end of a line..either natural or hand-made. b. Made by hand, as opposed to by machine. Cf. machine-made adj. at machine n. Compounds 1c(c). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [adjective] > done by hand manufact1539 handmade1809 hand-worked1818 handcrafted1905 1809 Philos. Mag. 33 236 A parcel of hand-made crucibles..were set aside for the experiments. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 209/2 Hand-made paper is now commonly marked with the name of the maker, and the date of the year when it was made. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. v. 156 Hand-made pottery is abundant. 1913 Sat. Evening Post 16 Aug. 4/2 Of course it wasn't to be expected that you could get a fine handmade lace at that price. 1968 Canad. Antiques Collector June 6/2 This stage is called ‘rolling up’ and is accomplished with a hand-made leather covered roller. 2008 Daily Tel. 23 Apr. 24/1 Balls of wool, spools of thread and pretty, hand-made pin cushions are strewn across the wooden table. 2. figurative and in extended use. a. Individually prepared or constituted to suit a particular purpose; customized, tailor-made.In quot. 1883: specifically trained. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [adjective] > custom-made or bespoke bespoken1607 bespoke1755 custom1757 custom-made1819 handmade1883 custom-built1908 customized1927 1883 Illinois School Jrnl. May 5/1 Miss Elvira Stone, the hand-made disciple of Froebel and the St. Louis Kindergarten system. 1916 E. S. Dorrance & J. F. Dorrance His Robe of Honor 57 One of his handmade creatures of the bench must step forward and save his brother. 1958 Listener 9 Oct. 549/2 By the very terms of his [sc. de Gaulle's] own newly adopted hand-made constitution, the President must not be anything but an arbitrator. 1986 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 25 July a6 The dictator's handmade Constitution calls for the four-member military junta to decide upon a presidential candidate in 1988. b. Produced with care, thought, and individuality. ΚΠ 1890 B. W. Woodward Old Wine in New Bottles 270 What he was referring to was good ‘hand-made’ poetry... It usually is of a very clever sort, indeed. 1902 Bk. Buyer May 325/2 The greatest of the many merits of Mr. Cyrus Townsend Brady's Hohenzollern is that it has all the appearance of being hand-made. 1936 Punch 7 Oct. 418/2 (heading) The hand-made short story. 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 8 Aug. w4 Their movie, which instead of a homogenized, mass-produced polish, boasts funky, handmade brio. c. Plain and simple; unrefined; uncomplicated. ΚΠ 1984 Artist Sept. 17/2 People were left alone to be themselves and life had a hand-made quality. 1997 J. Cameron in S. Choquette Your Heart's Desire Foreword p.xi Many of us long for a life that is more handmade,..more satisfying than the life we seem to be leading by default. 2009 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 19 Sept. d7/1 The whole idea was to give this Spanish house more of a handmade feeling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603 |
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