单词 | ill-contrived |
释义 | > as lemmasill-contrived b. With qualification, as ill-contrived. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > well or badly well-deviseda1425 well-laid1533 well-calculated1593 well-laid1595 well-designed1624 best-laida1626 ill-contrived1632 well-planned1728 well-schemed1728 set piece1947 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) iv. 135 A loathsom contrived place. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 160 In Mansion prudently contriv'd. 1713 Acct. South-west Barbary 2 The Houses are large, but very ill contriv'd. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. vii. xii. 130 Most of the houses are of stone, well contrived. ill-contrived ill-contrived adj. Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈtrʌɪvd/ , U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈtraɪvd/ Π 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 188 Homes..small and ill-contrived. < as lemmas |
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