单词 | levelled |
释义 | levelledadj. Made level; placed in a level position; aimed, directed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > given direction towards a mark levelled1567 pointed1578 directed1855 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [adjective] > made flat or level levelled1567 complanate1848 the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adjective] > placed in a horizontal position levelled1667 1567 T. Drant in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie To Rdr. sig. *vj A smothe, and plat leuyled poesye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 47 No leuell'd malice Infects one comma in the course I hold. View more context for this quotation c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 1099 The infection Of thy high leveld thoughts. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 376 Opposite in leveld West was set His mirror. View more context for this quotation 1772 W. Jones Poems 28 I..fix'd my level'd telescope on man. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 11/2 They poured in one well-levelled fire, and then a second. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII xxxiv. 128 Who kept their..levelled weapons still against the glacis. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour iii. 43 The points of six levelled pikes. 1892 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Photogr. 228 [It] is placed upon the..levelled glass plate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1567 |
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