单词 | ko |
释义 | kon.1 New Zealand. A digging-stick. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > digging tool pikeeOE digger1686 mamoty1782 ko1843 changkol1848 yam-stick1863 digging-stick1865 1843 E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. iii. 367 Ko—a tool with which the natives plant their sweet potatoes. 1868 W. Colenso in Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1868 (1869) 1 Essay 15 A ko, a rude kind of narrow and pointed spade with a very long handle, to which, at about 18 inches or more from the point, they [sc. Maoris] fitted a small crooked bit of carved wood, as a rest for the foot. 1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 2 Plantations of kumara..which the Maori with his primitive ko (native wooden spade) had brought under tillage with much labour. 1941 G. T. Alley & D. O. W. Hall Farmer in N.Z. i. 3 His [sc. the Maori's] instant casting aside of his poor crude ko and timo (or grubbing stick) in favour of European spades and hoes. 1955 W. J. Phillipps Maori Carving Illustr. 16 Designs carved on the upper ends of ko or digging sticks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). Kon.2 Ceramics. In full, Ko iú or yao [Chinese, = ware] , Ko ware. A crackled Sung ware closely related to Southern Kuan; also, a name for other crackled porcelains. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > Chinese porcelain powdered blue1701 nankeen1761 famille verte1876 Ko1882 powder blue1882 Yuan1888 famille rose1893 Dingyao1894 famille noire1898 Yung Chêng1902 K'ang-Hsi1906 ying ch'ing1922 famille jaune1923 Tê-hua1923 Swatow1925 Song1937 1882 China Rev. 10 No. 5. 310/1 Speaking of porcelain ware.., it is absolutely necessary to distinguish the kinds called Chʽái porcelain.., Ü porcelain.., Government porcelain.., Ko porcelain. 1882 China Rev. 11 No. 3. 176/2 Ko-iú (Ko porcelain) has, on its ground, hidden lines like spawn. 1904 E. Dillon Porcelain v. 63 The word Ko yao is used as a general name for many kinds of [Sung] crackle ware... In a more restricted sense it includes only the early pieces with a greyish white glaze and well-marked crackles. 1954 G. Savage Porcelain i. i. 67 Ko yao was, by tradition, made by the elder of two brothers Chang... The type has a very dark stoneware body. 1972 Collector's Guide June 95/3 Traditionally there is Northern Kuan, Southern Kuan, Altar Kuan and the related Ko ware. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). kon.3 Chinese History. A weapon that can be used as both a dagger and an axe; a halberd. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > halberd > [noun] weyc1275 poleaxe1294 billc1300 glaivec1450 langue de boeuf1450 halberd1497 budgea1522 brown-bill1589 ox-tongue1611 partisan1611 Lochaber axe1618 feather-staff1622 halberd staff1687 battle-axe1709 ko1923 1923 Bull. Geol. Surv. China v. 8 A favourite weapon in the Chinese Bronze age..is called ko..in Chinese, and ordinary dictionaries define it as being a kind of spear. 1929 W. P. Yetts George Eumorfopoulos Coll. Catal. I. 66 Andersson's conclusion that the ko is a hache-poignard or dagger-axe, comparable with a weapon used in the early Bronze Age of Europe, leaves more to be said. 1940 J. C. Ferguson Survey Chinese Art i. 8 Military implements..made of bronze..in ancient China..may be roughly divided into a few general classes: (a) those used for striking, such as the ko, chi, fu and tsih..(b) those used for thrusting [etc.]. 1978 New Archaeol. Finds in China II. 29 The 60 or so burial objects in the tomb included..the weapons mao (spear), ko (dagger-axe) and fu (axe). 1978 Nagel's Encycl.-guide: China (ed. 3) 107 The characteristic weapon was the ge, a sort of hook mounted on a handle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmasK.O. K.O. n. (also k.o.) knock(ed) out (cf. kayo v. and n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [adjective] > specific type of blow round1790 flush1812 sidewinding1848 knock-out1898 roundhouse1907 K.O.1922 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > knock down or out to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821 to send to dorse1822 dorse1825 to knock out1883 to put out1895 stop1895 K.O.1922 kayo1923 starch1930 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist > knock-out knock-out1887 outer1898 Sunday punch1915 K.O.1922 kayo1933 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist > incapacitate by to knock outa1616 to knock (also beat, etc.) a person stupid1811 to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821 out1896 K.O.1922 kayo1923 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > knock-out or technical knockout > knock-out blow tie-up1818 knock-out1887 K.O.1922 kayo1933 1922 T. Burke London Spy 209 As a youth the ring attracted him... A few k.o.'s put an end to that. 1923 H. Cox Dogs & I xxii. 209 The Field Spaniel has received the ‘K.O.’ and taken the count! 1927 Observer 25 Dec. 12/6 His record..includes a k.o. victory over Paul Berlenbach. 1927 Observer 25 Dec. 12/6 Knut Hansen, who k.o. Phil Scott in the first round. 1928 Daily Express 25 June 17/7 Young Stanley..was then k.o. by a right swing to the jaw. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids viii. 142 Coker an' another chap was giving them the k.o. as they tripped. 1971 Weekend World (Johannesburg) 9 May 1/2 Morodi said he was not upset by the defeat—the first k.o. he has suffered in 70 fights. < n.11843n.21882n.31923 as lemmas |
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