| 单词 | perfectly proportioned |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperfectly proportioned b. As the second element of compounds, as ill-proportioned, perfectly proportioned, etc. (see also well-proportioned adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > that is in due proportion or proportionate > adjusted in due proportion proportionedc1395 modulatec1530 proportionated1612 modulateda1806 the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > not shapely or deformed unshapelyc1200 forcrookedc1305 deform1382 froward shapena1400 misshapena1400 deformedc1400 misshape1440 deformablec1450 disformatea1492 misshapeda1500 deformate?a1505 fashionless1581 unfashionable1597 shapeless1598 ill-proportioned1602 disformed1665 untrained1871 c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 192 Greet was the prees..To gauren on this hors..For it so heigh was and so brood and long, So wel proporcioned for to ben strong. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 103 (MED) Pigmens..er men of litill stature, for þai er bot iii span lang; bot þai er riȝt faire and wele proporciound of þaire mykill. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 9 Sche that hed ane veil proportionet body hed euil proportionet feit. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D2 My fortunes [are] as ill proportioned as your legs. 1659 T. Jordan in J. Gamble 2nd Bk. Ayres & Dialogues sig. A2v Where Piramids to Piramids relate, And the whole Fabrick doth Configurate In perfectly proportion'd Creatures. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 3 May (1974) VIII. 198 The Duke of York's chamber..as it is now fretted at the top..is one of the noblest and best-proportioned rooms. 1725 E. F. Haywood Masqueraders 7 The Delicacy of her Complexion exceeded all comparison—her Neck, her Breasts, her fine-proportion'd Hands and Arms. 1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 62 It shall teach me not to think too highly of well-proportioned clay. 1800 J. Austen Let. 8 Nov. (1995) 56 I thought it very pleasant to sit in idleness over a good fire in a well-proportioned room. 1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. ii. 113 Supported by low, gracefully proportioned..arches. 1931 J. S. Huxley What dare I Think? ii. 62 The Peter Pan type of semi~dwarf who, though perfectly proportioned, never grows up fully. 1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators ii. 51 The hall with its gracefully proportioned oak staircase. < as lemmas |
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