单词 | leafed |
释义 | leafedadj. 1. Bearing leaves or foliage, esp. of a specified kind; = leaved adj. 1. Chiefly in parasynthetic formations, as broad-leafed, thick-leafed (cf. broad-leaved adj., thick-leaved adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] in (full) leafOE leavedc1300 leavy?1440 leafya1522 leavish1530 leafed1552 fronded1640 folious1658 foliaceous1676 frondent1677 furnished1712 foliose1727 leaf-strewn1730 foliaged1816 foliiferous1828 frondous1828 frondiparous1866 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Braunched or leafed, frondatus. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 236 The fielde is of the Moone, a Therebinthe tree, Saturne, floured and leafed Veneris. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 257 Some say it is leafed after the maner of Squilla or sea-onion. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 177 Bamboos..sending from every Joint sprouts of the same form, leafed like long Five-fingered Grass. 1791 Viner's Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity (ed. 2) VIII. 352 The heir..should have been excluded from all the land leafed, and not leafed. 1875 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants Under Domestication I. x. 385 This is to a certain extent the case..with three varieties of the elm, namely, the broad-leafed, lime-leafed, and twisted elm. 1915 Pop. Sci. Jan. 33 On the branches of the juniper and Dodonaea [and] of the thick-leafed Vaccinium..many species of leafy or cactus-like mistletoes are thickly scattered. 1977 H. O'Hagan Woman who got on at Jasper Station & Other Stories Ito Fujika, Trapper 82 Before the willows were leafed, he set out the bear-trap above the cabin. 2007 Independent 21 July (Mag.) 51/1 It's a leaner, not a clinger and its arms are lightly leafed. 2. Of an object, as a door, a table, a bridge: having hinged leaves (leaf n.1 7). Chiefly in compounds specifying the number of leaves, as single-leafed, two-leafed, etc. (cf. two-leaved adj. a). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > consisting of parts > specific leafed1598 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 87 All the windowes were double leafed a peece. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Valve, a foulding, or two-leafed doore, or window. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. R3 A two leafed brasen gate. 1626 D. Featley Parallel A ij A two leafed Tablet. 1755 J. A. Rouquet Present State Arts in Eng. xxiv. 98 A single leafed door..is the principal entrance to the house. 1770 Information A. Sinclair against J. Macfarlane & J. Cargill 13 Macfarlane went to the pursuer's kitchen-window, which is a two-leafed window, and with one or both of his hands pushed the same open. 1834 R. Ráz Archit. Hindús 50 In temples, and houses of Brahmans and others, two-leafed doors may be used. 1862 Sandyford Murder Case 37 There was a mahogany square one-leafed table, about four or five feet broad, in the centre of the room. 1901 Lady's Realm 10 277 The beautiful three-leafed screen shown by the Lady Jane, embroidered by herself. 1996 R. Pevear tr. N. V. Gogol Dead Souls 381 The single-leafed door of his unclean closet opened and in walked an official person. 2005 H. McKnight Cruising French Waterways (ed. 4) vii. 243 About 2.5km outside Arles, the famous double leafed bascule bridge of Van Gogh's paintings spans a former (now level) lock. 3. Of a hat: having a brim of a specified size, as broad-leafed, narrow-leafed. Cf. wide-leafed adj. (b) at wide adj. Compounds 2, leaf n.1 14. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > having a brim leafed1820 brimmed1884 1820 Kaleidoscope 13 June 192/3 A Dandy displays but a simple ribbon and broad-leafed hat. 1824 M. J. Quin Visit to Spain (ed. 2) iii. 41 A wide-leafed hat turned up full at the sides. 1844 New Sporting Mag. Aug. 93 His size was made still less by a lowish crowned narrow-leafed hat. 1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 176 A broad-leafed low-crowned hat of Flemish beaver. 1905 G. M. Giles Climate & Health 171 In India and elsewhere in the Tropics, a broad-leafed felt of this sort is very useful and comfortable. 1937 Weekly Irish Times 14 Aug. 9/3 Women visitors came in graceful summer frocks..and wide leafed hats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552 |
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