单词 | masterly |
释义 | masterlyadj.ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [adjective] > able or qualified to command masterfulc1440 ordinanta1460 masterlya1544 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > domineering or overbearing masterfulc1390 pontificalc1440 overmasterfula1450 headya1513 imperious1529 supercilious1536 masterlya1544 termagant1546 law-like1556 masterlike1580 dictator-like1582 peremptory1590 domineering1598 burly1605 high-handed1606 pontificial1613 lording1629 overlordingc1629 pontifician1629 peremptor1630 dictatory1639 predominant1642 dictatorial1692 pontific1716 overbearing1718 dictativea1774 knock-me-down1848 imponenta1882 bossy1882 heavy-handed1883 seigneurial1970 a1544 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1329/1 The Galathians..were in a quiete trade vnder the dominion of masterlye Curates. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. Pref. sig. A.vv They stablished..so many canons, so many maisterly [Fr. magistrales] determinations without any woord of God. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 492 A house..may be diuided..into these foure parts: into Matrimoniall, Parentall, Lordly or Maisterlie, and Possessorie part. a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 43 It was a proud and maisterly speech of the Duke. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 33 It gives place to maisterly power, for the Maister might take away from an Hebrew servant the wife which hee gave him. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης v. 42 He told them with a maisterly Brow, that by this act he had oblig'd them. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all iv. 36 You are a sawcy masterly Companion, and so I leave you. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Tim. ii. 11 Let them [sc. women]..not be over-talkative and masterly. 1766 J. Entick New Hist. London I. 277 If he had been apprized of his masterly behaviour. 2. Resembling, characteristic of, or worthy of a master or skilled worker; skilfully exercised or performed.(wise and) masterly inactivity: see inactivity n. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > masterly > characteristic of a master masterful?c1425 masterlike1580 mastering1596 masterous1642 magisterial1643 masterlya1648 a1648 W. Percy Faery Pastorall iii. ii, in Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) 137 Since you commend my Archery so high Loe you another shott as Masterlye. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 96 Perform'd in single and masterly stroaks, without decussations and cross hatchings. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 2 We must expect nothing from Him, but what is masterly and great. 1713 J. Gay in Guardian 1 Sept. 1/1 You may see the Masterly Hand of a Painter in three or four swift Strokes of the Pencil. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 149 I do not wish your knowledge to be exact and masterly. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 174 The small, but masterly work of Le Dran on Gun-shot Wounds. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 139 (note) She has blended truth with fiction in a masterly way. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vii. 292 The thought is masculine and the expression masterly. 1925 J. M. Murry Keats & Shakespeare i. 8 Time and again he marshals the evidence, in his masterly fashion, so that the conclusion..appears inevitable. 1988 A. Robertson Atkinson Grimshaw iv. 75 Dickens presents a masterly description of London grime in the first chapter of Bleak House. Compounds masterly lode n. Mining (now rare) a main lode (cf. master lode n. at master n.1 and adj. Compounds 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > principal master-vein1670 master lode1671 mother-lode1863 masterly lode1868 1868 T. F. Cronise Nat. Wealth Calif. 271 On the surface it is composed of four parallel veins, all of which, from their proximity and angle of pitch, it is thought will finally unite in one masterly lode. 1895 B. Scott in Westm. Gaz. 18 Nov. 4/1 A shaft has been sunk..on a strong masterly lode, many feet in thickness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). masterlyadv. Now rare. In a masterly manner; skilfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with masterly skill masterlyc1425 virtuouslya1500 masterfullya1603 masterlike1637 mistressly1786 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > domineeringly or overbearingly masterfully1395 masterlyc1425 masterlikec1450 superciliously1528 imperiously1536 dictator-like1581 magistrallya1603 lordlily1611 Nestoriously1620 magisterially1625 magistratically1650 magisteriously1673 domineeringly1684 dictatorially1731 dictatorily1788 overbearingly1824 high-handedly1867 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1035 (MED) Þis ymage..Was..From hed to foot so maisterly entayled. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 2396 And synge songes of plesaunce, Maisterly revel and Daunce. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 23 I might enamell and hatch ouer this deuice more artificially and masterly. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 65 'Masterly done: The very Life seemes warme vpon her Lippe. View more context for this quotation 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 62 They are masterly wrought. 1887 J. J. Hissey Holiday on Road 382 Its wooden gables..showed how masterly they had been carved of old. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1544adv.c1425 |
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。