单词 | pastured |
释义 | pasturedadj. Chiefly poetic. 1. Of livestock: grazing or fed on pasture. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > fattened > put out to graze pastured1552 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Pastured, pastus. 1612 H. Ainsworth Bk. Psalmes Englished with Annot. xxxvii. 101 The Hebrue Carim, elswhere used for feilds or pastures,..is here fat pastured ramms or muttons. 1751 E. Stephens Poem on Violent Storm 4 The pastur'd Herds, and ever-bleating Sheep..Seek Shelter from each other. a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad (1835–7) xiii. 22 Them follow'd all Their people as the pastured flock the ram To water. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 33 None..their pastured oxen did lead,..to drink of the cold clear rivulet. 2002 Poughkeepsie Jrnl. (Nexis) 18 Nov. (Your Money section) 5 b Locally, free-range, pastured, and organic turkeys are gaining in popularity. 2. Of a country or landscape: provided with pasture, having a lot of pasture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture pastured1598 pastoragious1632 grazed1649 pastoral1794 torey1893 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 94 The shepe-cote first hath bene her nursery Where she hath worne her ydle infancy, And in hy startups walk't the pastur'd plaines. 1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Tragedies 28 Thy woes, beneath the sacred shade Of Asia's pastur'd forests. 1903 E. Fitzgerald Downfall & Death of King Oedipus i. 398 For him the craggy height, Him the pastured dales delight. 1929 F. Frost Skeptic in Hemlock Wall 24 Which brought..star-moss out of pastured stone. 2003 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) (Nexis) 29 May (Sports section) 6 c The morning was calm and quiet as we walked through tall grass..before making our way up a pastured valley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552 |
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