单词 | pitfalled |
释义 | pitfalledadj. Set with a pitfall or pitfalls; full of pitfalls. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > full of hidden dangers pitfalled1876 trappy1882 mantrappingc1953 c1475 (c1420) J. Page Siege of Rouen (Egerton) (1876) 4 (MED) The bottom of the diche with yn Was pyttefallyd ij fote evyr bytwyn And every pyttefalle a spere hyghthe. 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 666/2 The snow deep, wreathed, and pit-falled. 1876 S. Lanier Poems (1884) 124 How I crushed Cat-lived rebellions, pitfalled treasons. 1907 R. W. Service Spell of Yukon 97 Alas! the road to Anywhere is pitfalled with disaster. 1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 17 Dec. 14/2 Sunken and rubble-littered uneven pavements, pitfalled with miniature craters. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 44 It was a pitfalled Eden; it was forbidden fruit; we drank too much and lost our faith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1475 |
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