单词 | midred |
释义 | † midredn. Obsolete. In later use English regional (northern) and Scottish. The diaphragm; (also) the greater omentum. Also (occasionally) in plural: the front of a person's body between the ribcage and the waist. Cf. midriff n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > internal organs > diaphragm > [noun] midredeOE midriffeOE diaphragm1398 midgena1400 middleriff1598 traverse1601 riff1631 phren1706 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 64/2 Ilia, mid hridir, nioðan weard, hype. OE Brussels Gloss. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 293 Omentum, midhriðre. a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 76 Miderede, E pluis parfunt si gist rate [glossed mide-rede v.r. midrede]. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 2388 With half þe mydrid of a swyne. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 80v A Mydryde,..omentum. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 678/5 Hec diafragma, a mydrede. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ki/2 Ye Midridde, diaphragma. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 432 Livar and lungis, modereid and melt. 1661 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 296 The mother..put ane litle butter and black wooll about the chylds midrayes. 1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. IV: Pt. ii. 409 Neers and mitherits..6 [lib.]. 1834 C. Sharp Bishoprick Garland 51 It will drive his heart out—then where will his midred be. 1837 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches in Wks. Ettrick Shepherd (1866) II. 263 Teil tat it birst te white middrit o' him. 1858 Dark Night 212 It's a fine sobblin', saftenin' thing the sugarallie, mem; it seeps oure a' their breasty tae their very mitherets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE |
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。