单词 | matériel |
释义 | matérieln. 1. a. The mechanical or formal part of an art; technique. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > technical methods or qualities technicality1776 technica1782 technic1797 matériel1814 technique1817 technology1829 technics1850 technicity1933 1814 Edinb. Rev. Nov. 162 Mr. Hogg..is excellently well appointed as to what may be entitled the materiel of poetry. There is too much mere embellishment, and too little stuff or substance in his writings. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 156 Both [forms] should be admitted on equal terms as portions of our general matériel. b. That which is worked on or made use of in the course of any undertaking; stock-in-trade (literal and figurative). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking ornament?c1225 i-wendea1250 atil1297 tacklea1325 apparel1330 conreyc1330 farec1330 tirec1330 apparementc1340 apparelmentc1374 graithc1375 appurtenancec1386 geara1400 warnementa1400 stuff1406 parelling?a1440 farrements1440 stuffurec1440 skippeson1444 harnessa1450 parela1450 implements1454 reparel1466 ordinance1475 habiliments1483 ornation1483 muniments1485 outred1489 trinketc1525 garnishing1530 garniture1532 accoutrementsc1550 furniments1553 tackling1558 instrument1563 ordinara1578 appointment?1578 outreiking1584 supellectile1584 appoint1592 dighting1598 outreik1598 materialsa1600 apparate?c1600 attirail1611 coutrement1621 apparatusa1628 outrig1639 equipage1648 thing1662 equipment1717 paraphernalia1736 fixture1767 tack1777 outfit1787 fittinga1817 fixing1820 matériel1821 set-out1831 rigging1837 parapherna1876 clobber1890 1821 W. T. Moncrieff Spectre Bridegroom p. v This subject was pointed out to me as affording excellent materiel for a Melo-Drama. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 41 The quantity of esculent matériel..was little more than a roll, or a few biscuits. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. App. vii. 212 If this be so, the question as to the materiel of education, becomes singularly simplified. 1946 Harper's Mag. Dec. 487/2 The multifarious matériel of ranching, farming, mining, lumbering, and engineering which it is busily distributing. 2. Originally and chiefly Military. The equipment, supplies, etc., used by an army, navy, or other organization, as distinguished from the personnel or body of people employed. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > supplies stuffc1440 supply1510 supply1512 bastiment1594 material1815 matériel1819 subsistence stores1819 society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] tacklea1325 enginea1393 geara1400 workhorse1463 graith1513 trinketc1525 implementsa1552 furniture1577 store1605 tew1616 thing1662 stock-in-trade1775 tack1777 apparatus1796 work thing1812 gearinga1854 matériel1856 plant1867 hardware1947 workhorse1949 1819 W. T. W. Tone Ess. improving National Forces App. i. 97 Every thing relative to the personnel and materiel of the artillery. 1827 Lincoln & Lincolnshire Cabinet 29 A more easy method of transporting the materiel for their army. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xv. 149 The late Mr. Walter was printer of the ‘Times,’ and had gradually arranged the whole materiel of it in perfect system. 1881 Spectator 15 Jan. 75 The Turkish army in Epirus is in desperate straits for matériel and money. 1943 L. Adamic My Native Land (ed. 3) 68 A common division of captured enemy matériel according to the necessities of the front. 1973 Black World May 82 Countries like Zaire are usually never given so much military materiel that they can..defend themselves against Imperialism. 1986 New Yorker 20 Jan. 46/2 He..went on to do logistics for the engineering side of the project teams—logistics comprising everything from crew changes and matériel to planning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1814 |
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