单词 | interpret |
释义 | † interpretn. Obsolete. rare. An interpreter. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter latimerc1275 dragoman13.. meanera1387 interpretator?a1475 truchman1485 spokesman1519 interpreter1531 interpret1584 decipherer1587 trenchman1632 linguistera1649 terjiman1682 renderera1691 dubash1698 reader1763 exegesist1831 hermeneutist1836 exegetes1846 elicitor1848 beach-man1867 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. E The heauenly Poets..Dame Naturs trunchmen, heauens interprets trewe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). interpretv. 1. a. transitive. To expound the meaning of (something abstruse or mysterious); to render (words, writings, an author, etc.) clear or explicit; to elucidate; to explain. †Formerly, also, To translate (now only contextually, as included in the general sense). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)] arecchec885 unloukOE overrunOE sutelec1000 trahtnec1000 unfolda1050 belayc1175 openc1175 onopena1200 accountc1300 undo?a1366 remenea1382 interpret1382 unwrap1387 exploitc1390 enlumine1393 declarec1400 expoundc1400 unplait?c1400 enperc1420 planea1425 clearc1440 exponec1440 to lay outc1440 to give (also carry) lightc1449 unwind1482 expose1483 reducea1500 manifest1530 explicate1531 explaina1535 unlock?1536 dilucidate1538 elucidate1538 illustrate1538 rechec1540 explicate1543 illucidate1545 enucleate1548 unsnarl1555 commonstrate1563 to lay forth1577 straighten1577 unbroid1577 untwist1577 decipherc1586 illuminate1586 enlighten1587 resolvec1592 cipher1594 eliquidate1596 to take (a person) with one1599 rivelc1600 ravel1604 unbowel1606 unmist1611 extricate1614 unbolta1616 untanglea1616 enode1623 unperplexa1631 perspicuate1634 explata1637 unravel1637 esclarea1639 clarify1642 unweave1642 detenebrate1646 dismystery1652 undecipher1654 unfork1654 unparadox1654 reflect1655 enodate1656 unmysterya1661 liquidatea1670 recognize1676 to clear upa1691 to throw sidelight on1726 to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731 eclaircise1754 irradiate1864 unbraid1880 predigest1905 to get (something) straight1920 disambiguate1960 demystify1963 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)] setc888 wendeOE turnc1175 writec1275 drawa1325 translatea1375 expound1377 takea1382 interpret1382 transpose1390 remue?a1400 renderc1400 put?a1425 to draw outa1450 reducec1450 compile1483 redige?1517 make1529 traducea1533 traduct1534 converta1538 do1561 to set out1597 transcribe1639 throw1652 metaphrase1868 versionize1874 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Dan. v. 16 I herde of thee, that thou mayst interprete derke thingis, and vnbynde bounden thingis. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. i. 23 His name shal be clepid Emanuel, that is interpretid, or expounid, God with us. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 295 b/1 Leuy is interpred assumpte or applyed or putte to. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ix. Prol. 74 My lewitnes..Schup to enterprit..Thys maist renovnit prince of poetry. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 81 Quhilk words ye kirk hes so diligentlie interpret. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 242 We returned againe to him, with our Muccaro to interpret our words. 1734 W. Whiston Six Diss. i. 57 According to his usual Way of interpreting Authors, not to the Words but to the Sense. a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) ii. 76 Be it enough for the geologist rightly to interpret the record of creation. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. i. 119 The law interprets..his wishes with regard to the disposal of his property. b. To make out the meaning of, explain to oneself. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (transitive)] unloukOE areadOE spele?c1225 inredec1315 expounda1340 construe1399 interpretate1517 explain1538 scan1562 disentraverse1610 unspherea1616 explicate1628 spell1635 disenvelop1741 extract1775 interpret1795 clarify1823 read1847 to read between the lines1866 1795 W. Cowper Pairing Time 6 The child who knows no better, Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 27 That her knowledge of the youth of nineteen might help her little in interpreting the man of thirty-four. 1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life 294 It is a final fact of our nature that we must interpret the phenomena of human life. c. To bring out the meaning of (a dramatic or musical composition, a landscape, etc.) by artistic representation or performance; to give one's own interpretation of; to render. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (transitive)] > express or represent catch1658 sport1693 interpret1880 capture1901 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [verb (transitive)] > play with specific types of expression slur1746 staccato1814 attack1818 phrase1866 interpret1880 1880 Athenæum 25 Dec. 876/1 The two female characters..were interpreted with striking success. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. ii. xii. 346 She was playing Wagner, Brahms, and Rubinstein, interpreting all those passionate voices of the subtlest moderns. d. To obtain significant information from (a photograph), used esp. of aerial photographs taken for military purposes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > viewing of photographs > view photographs [verb (transitive)] > interpret aerial photographs interpret1950 1950 A. Lee Soviet Air Force vii. 154 Photographs, developed in mobile front-line vans, were interpreted and the main points signalled..to army and corps headquarters. 1958 C. B. Smith Evidence in Camera i. 21 Although the art of interpreting air photographs had been developed quite a long way in the First World War, in the summer of 1939 there was precisely one experienced interpreter. 2. a. To give a particular explanation of; to expound or take in a specified manner. Also, To construe (motives, actions, etc.) favourably or adversely. (In quot. 1710, To attribute to.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > interpret in particular way [verb (transitive)] understandc1000 interpretc1380 construea1400 construec1465 to make (a) construction1528 expound1533 confera1555 reada1556 decipher1569 resemble1592 intellect1599 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 206 As princes of prestis, and Phariseis joyned wiþ hem, wolen interprete Goddis lawe, aff hem shal it be taken. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ivv To make false relacion, ne to interprete euyl my worde. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 14 Interpreit my intentione fauorablye. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 89 King of Moab, who being besieged..sacrificed his eldest sonne: which yet some interprete of the eldest sonne of the King of Idumæa. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 291 As thou wouldest be well interpreted by others, interpret others well. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiii. 124 No Commission that can be given them, can be interpreted for a Declaration [etc.]. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 164 The difficulty of Access was often interpreted to what she was not at all guilty of, Pride. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 457 Commonly interpreted of those of Alexandria. 1758 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. (1800) II. 227 This transaction was interpreted into a bribe. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 393 Each of them perhaps interpreted their engagements by their own wishes or interests. ΚΠ 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 13 No person..being a common Baker, Brewer..shall be interpreted or expounded handicrafts men. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence iii. 80 Friga is also interpreted for Venus. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus 29 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. All the sorts of their Mala, which we interpret Apples. 3. absol. or intransitive. To make an explanation; to give an exposition; spec. to act as an interpreter or dragoman. †Formerly, also, in general sense, To translate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (intransitive)] translatea1387 interpret1576 translate1812 word1935 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > interpret [verb (intransitive)] interpret1588 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xii. 30 Wher alle speken with langages? wher alle interpreten [gloss or expownen]? 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 253 To interprete out of the Greeke tongue into the Latine. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 285 Euery one wil construe and interpret thereon at his pleasure. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 38 Pe-unes..ready..to serve you, either to interpret, to runne, go arrands or the like. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 33 Unskilful with what words to pray, let mee Interpret for him. View more context for this quotation 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. vii. 82 Each must interpret for himself. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > mean [verb (intransitive)] bea1200 understand?c1425 sense1564 interpret1614 magnify1712 to speak for itself1779 to add up to1873 mean1926 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 107 Sophi by all likelyhood was giuen him with regard to his reformd profession, as the word interprets. Derivatives inˈterpreted adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] > explained explicated1615 expounded1642 explicate1647 interpreted1659 clarified1663 disambiguated1970 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 313 An interpreted and an intended unction of our Saviour. inˈterpreting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] remeninga1382 translatinga1382 translationa1382 interpretation1382 interpretingc1384 reducing?a1425 traductiona1533 conversion1586 reddition1609 renderinga1653 rendition1653 transposition1653 transfusion1700 gloss1756 reduction1826 transc1877 machine-aided translation1966 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] explanativea1500 expositive1535 resolutory1567 interpretative1569 expounding1571 illustrating1589 explanatory1600 explicative1602 explicatory1606 expository1628 clarifying1630 illustrative1643 luciferous1648 omnilucent1651 explaining?1683 illustratorya1734 elucidatory1774 elucidative1822 irradiativea1834 expositional1845 resolvent1856 enucleating1862 expositionary1882 luminant1891 interpreting1892 clarificatory1945 FYI1973 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xii. 10 Interpretynge [gloss or expownyng] of wordis. c1500 Melusine (1895) 64 Aftir the interpretyng made by you of her owne name. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Mar. 2/3 He [Freeman] was an interpreting historian. Draft additions 1993 e. Computing. To subject (a program, instruction, etc.) to the operation of an interpreter (interpreter n. 5b); to execute (a program) using an interpreter. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > load system [verb (transitive)] > interpret interpret1965 1965 Computer Jrnl. 8 127/2 At any time CONTROL contains the address of the next 6-bit or 12-bit instruction that the Interpreter is going to interpret. 1977 Gloss. Terms Data Processing (B.S.I.) vii. 4/1 Interpret, to translate and to execute each source language statement of a computer program before translating and executing the next statement. 1978 J. McNeil Consultant xxi. 188 I bet you've never had to interpret a dump of a totally unfamiliar program! 1983 R. Fielder in D. E. Dravnieks IBM Personal Computer Handbk. iv. 48/2 When a program is interpreted, each statement is translated and executed before the next statement is processed. 1991 Unix World Aug. 137/1 If you're interpreting the script with the Korn shell and specify the -w option, the new script will report whether the specified command is a reserved word, an alias, an exported alias, [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1584v.c1380 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。