单词 | ovation |
释义 | ovationn.1 1. Roman History. A processional entrance into Rome less lavish and impressive than a triumph. Also figurative.An ovation was given to a military commander who had either not defeated enough enemies to qualify for a triumph, or who had not achieved a complete victory, and included the award of a myrtle rather than a laurel crown, and a less spectacular procession. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > victorious procession > lesser ovation1533 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 367 The triumphe wes denyit to him; yit becaus he put away the schame and dishonoure that fell afore be necligence of Sempronius, he gat the loving of ovacioun. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 343 At the seconde triumphe called the Ouation, he onely sacrificed a mutton, which the Romaines call in their tongue Ouem, and therefore was it called Ouation [Fr. Ouation, Gk. ὄβα]. a1627 W. Fowler tr. Petrarch Triumphs in Wks. (1914) I. 17 To whome..more fitlye can be offred these triumphs then to a triumphing ladye..who hes ellis passed her ovations and fixed trophees in all vertew? a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 3 Rest not in an Ovation but a Triumph over thy Passions. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 348/1 When a general, without fighting, gained his point by treaty and the force of persuasion, the law decreed him this honour, called ovation, which had..more of the appearance of a festival than of war. 1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. iii. iv. 258 His was the unpretending ovation of success, not the ostentatious triumph of ambition. 1842 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1846) III. xlvi. 322 He entered Rome with the ceremony of an ovation, walking on foot according to the rule, instead of being drawn in a chariot in kingly state, as in the proper triumph. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad liii. 571 He is aware that his entry into the city produced a stirring sensation, and that his reception was a kind of ovation. 1934 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 24 21 Willrich..supposed that Gaius did not return to Rome from the north until 31 August, a.d. 40, the date of his ovation. 1990 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 120 326 Tacitus manages to devise a link between the awarding of an ovation to Germanicus for his successes in Armenia and Tiberius' handling of the rebellious client king Rhescuporis. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] mirthOE gladdingc1000 man-dreamOE gleea1200 joyingc1300 rejoyingc1350 gloryingc1384 joya1400 mirthinga1400 rejoicingc1400 exultationc1425 rejoice1445 joyousitiea1450 solation1483 festivitya1500 rejoicement1523 jubilee1526 joyance1590 insolence1595 exiliency1618 exilience1626 exultancy1632 ovation1649 exultance1650 exulting1744 jubilance1864 jubilancy1894 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 122 When his fair Murdresse shall not gain one groan, And He expire ev'n in Ovation. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xc. Paraphr.) 453 We may have some matter of ovation and rejoycing. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 117 It operates primarily..upon the Stomach..raising up the Spirits into a kind of Ovation. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor xii. 306 And bounds in wild ovation down the vale. 1887 S. A. Curzon Laura Secord & Other Poems 166 It rises, swells, grows strong; prevailing o'er All the ovation of the joyful spheres. 3. An enthusiastic reception by an audience, crowd, or other group of people; esp. a sustained burst of applause.standing ovation: see standing adj. and n.2 Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > an act or burst of plaudite1573 plaudiat1584 plaudit1600 applaudit1606 salvoa1734 ovation1785 round1794 Kentish fire1834 rounder1881 bualadh bos1908 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Pref. p. vi The abolition of the triumph or ovation of Holborn-hill, with the introduction of the present mode of execution at Newgate. 1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 44 299 Gale Jones the veteran seditionist, whom Sir Francis Burdett so unkindly disappointed of an ovation in the year 1812. 1847 Illustr. London News 10 July 27/1 The ovations to the artists..were highly complimentary. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 87 He [sc. Pole] still clung to his conviction that..he had but himself to set his foot upon the shore to be received with an ovation. 1885 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 27 June 132 Dr. Stainer received the ovation that was his due. 1934 R. Lynd Both Sides of Road xxv. 163 There must also have been some Somersetshire people present, for there was an unexpected ovation when the name and address of a Somersetshire man were read out. 1960 B. Liddell My Soccer Story viii. 53 He got a tremendous ovation from the generous Koppites at the finish. 1987 E. Feinstein Captive Lion x. 218 Pasternak received a prolonged ovation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † ovationn.2 Obsolete. rare. The process of laying eggs. Also: the time during which hens lay eggs; a clutch of eggs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young > laying an egg cast1646 ovation1656 partion1656 oviposition1815 ovipositing1887 egging1905 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > clutch of eggs ovation1656 sitting1833 seat1892 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > egg(s) > laying eggs blow?1611 exclusion1646 ovation1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ovation, the season when hens lay eggs, or a laying of eggs. 1825 Lancet 26 Nov. 319/2 She [sc. an ichneumon wasp]..repeats the process of ovation and supply till she has exhausted herself of her entire stock of eggs. She immediately closes the hole and dies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). ovationv. colloquial. rare. transitive. To give (a person) an ovation or enthusiastic reception. Also intransitive. Cf. ovate v.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (transitive)] applause1596 applaud1598 plaud1598 acclaim1626 plaudit1640 ovation1894 eat up1911 1894 Punch 26 May 245/1 Druriolanus, watching the proceedings from a stall,..was of course recognised, and ovationed. 1935 Punch 18 Sept. 325/3 The Queen Ovationed. 1999 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 4 Apr. Do you really want to be the only person sitting in a room full of standing, ovationing people? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11533n.21656v.1894 |
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