单词 | plated |
释义 | platedadj. 1. a. Covered, protected, or strengthened by a plate or plates of metal; (of armour) made of metal plates or plate mail; (of a ship, train, etc.) protected by armour plate. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [adjective] plated1451 shod1565 metallized1651 society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour > clad in plate-armour barded1535 bard1581 plated1671 1451 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 56 (MED) I will yat Steven Chambyrlayn..haf Al the stuf yt es in my place at london except plate or harnas platyd. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 97 Playted, squamatus. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. K8 Like plated cote of steele, so couched neare, That nought mote perce. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Escaille A plated Corselet made scale-fashion. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 140 Old Warriors turn'd Thir plated backs under his heel. View more context for this quotation 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) V. xvii. 243 They laid his Remains in a plated Coffin. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vii. 109 The very long plated or mailed shirt..was superseded by a defensive tunic. 1870 Standard 19 Dec. A plated locomotive went along the railway as far as that place to-day. 1990 S. Maitland Three Times Table (BNC) In the end they come out and fight like men, until you can plunge your spear into the soft white spot where their plated armour is thin. b. Of (a part of) an animal: having a protective covering of scales or bony plates. Formerly also: †(of a part of a plant) covered in scales (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having scales scaleda1400 scaly1528 plateda1560 squamy1592 squamigerous1656 squamose1661 shielded1662 squamous1668 squamated1752 scutated1802 loricate1826 scutate1826 squamate1826 scutulate1827 loricated1871 scutulated1885 a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) viii. sig. Bbiij Wt serpent skales beset, & fyne wt gold Were dragons drawen in wrethes, and poolisht pure in plated fold. 1719 tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Compl. Herbal I. 351/2 The single plated Heads of this Plant are composed of the Conjunction of many small Leaves lying upon one another like Plates or Scales by reason of their Nearness. 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. 219 The Ten Spined S[tickle] Back... The sides are smooth, not plated like those of the preceding. 1919 Sci. Monthly Jan. 87 Sometimes in the creeks we caught the beautiful little plated nematognaths. These rare creatures are unique among cat-fishes in possessing two rows of scales on each side of the body. 1991 R. A. Fortey Fossils (BNC) (ed. 2) 78 Some of the most interesting echinoderms are also some of the rarest—peculiar, plated animals that do not fit comfortably into the array of living forms. c. Surgery. Of a fracture or bone: that has been treated by having a metal plate fixed. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > [adjective] > relating to treatment of fractures > plated plated1916 1916 E. W. H. Groves Mod. Methods Treating Fractures vi. 198 In so many plated fractures removal of the plates and screws is required. 1959 A. G. Apley Syst. Orthopaedics & Fractures xxi. 256 If..a patient walks with a recently plated tibia unprotected by plaster, the plate will break. 2003 Amer. Jrnl. Orthopedics 32 29 The average femoral neck-shaft angle on the plated femur was 133° (range, 125°–145°), as compared with an average of 134° (range, 124°–145°) on the uninjured femur. 2. a. Covered with a thin coating of gold, silver, or other metal. Chiefly with distinguishing word.electro-, nickel-, silver-plated, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [adjective] > with precious metal silvered1480 plated1599 washed1772 1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon sig. B7 Saults of pure beaten gould, Whose siluer plated edge of rarest mould, Mou'd admiration in my searching eie, To see the goldsmiths ritch artificie. 1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses of Homer xviii, in Whole Wks. Homer 284 Twelue massy plated Buttons, all of Gold, Enricht the substance, made to fairly hold The Robe together. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vi. 213 Monetaries have melted old Coins, and taking a slight Proportion of Silver, cover'd the Copper, and new stamp'd it; these among Medalists are called Plated, or Furr'd Medals. 1761 N.Y. Mercury 26 Oct. (advt.) To be Sold, by Joseph Pinto, Silver-Smith..silver and plated spurs. 1789 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) viii. 182 The plated candlesticks will also be very useful to us. 1846 Mechanics' Mag. 45 260/2 Silversmiths remove silver from copper by immersing the plated article in stripping liquid. 1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 65 Plated work will never stand the tear and wear of life like the genuine metal. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xi. 174 People still give plated biscuit-barrels! 1967 Engineering 24 Feb. 306/3 Plated plastics parts can replace metal components in many domestic, industrial and automobile applications. 1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 70 105 Plated objects were often further decorated with niello and gilding. b. Of a fabric or garment, esp. a hat: having an outer surface or nap of finer material than the body. Also: (Knitting) produced by plating (plating n. 10). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > with pile or nap > other flocked1607 thick-set1709 plated1832 terry1835 lofty1909 1832 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce 579 Plated hats are only slightly covered with fur, and sometimes with silk. 1837 C. Newton in N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 294 When the outer batt is considerably finer than the inner one, the retailer terms it a ‘plated hat’. 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. iii. iv. 763 Plated hats..Stuff ditto..Silk ditto..Wool felts. 1882 S. W. Beck Draper's Dict. (at cited word) A plated hat was one in which the body was of lamb's-wool, and the plate, or nap, of musquash or neutria; and plated hosiery stockings had an outside face of silk upon a ground of cotton. 1926 J. Chamberlain Hosiery, Yarns & Fabrics vi. 131 Innumerable colour designs are produced on a plated principle on plain and rib fabrics. 1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. iii. 152 Using cotton and wool yarns it can be arranged that the front of the fabric appears to be made of cotton with the back made of wool. Such fabrics are known as plated fabrics. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 245 A knitted fabric which has a different kind of yarn as the face and back, is said to be plated. a. Formed into thin plates, esp. by beating or rolling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > flattened or rolled rolled1593 plated1634 milled1677 planished1683 1634 in C. Rogers Earl of Stirling's Reg. Royal Lett. (1885) II. 729 That yow provyd yourselff sufficientlie of copper, plated and prepared [for coining]. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Lady Contemplation i. i. i, in Playes Written 183 He sent a Chariot which was made of the thinnest plated gold, because it should be light in the Carriage, but the body of the Chariot was enameled and set with precious stones. a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) v. 101 A great Chain of plated gold about his Neck. 1704 I. Newton Opticks ii. iii. 55 If a thin'd or plated Body..should be..broken into fragments, of the same thickness with the plate. 1791 Philos. Trans. 1790 (Royal Soc.) 80 367 Cutting out the rolled plated metal into pieces of the required forms and sizes. b. Mineralogy & Geology. Formed in plates or layers; consisting of plates. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1728 J. Woodward Fossils All Kinds 55 The White semi-diaphanous Lead-Ore, generally fibrous, but sometimes flaky or plated. 1757 E. M. da Costa Nat. Hist. Fossils 64 This is a marle..of a loose shattery plated texture. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 19 Fragments [sc. Slaty Alum] Trapezoidal, or plated. 4. Of gold, silver, etc.: applied as a thin coating on another material. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > [adjective] > applied as a thin coating plated1925 1925 Rep. Progr. Appl. Chem. X. 301 Piersol finds plated chromium superior to any other metal for reflectors. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) IV. 533/1 The thickness of a plated coating is the most important factor in its protective value. 1992 Chem. in Brit. (BNC) 28 25 Frank Page of Loughborough University won first prize in the materials science category of the tenth annual Polaroid international photomicrography competition, for his micrograph..depicting ultra high velocity jet plated gold. 5. Of the maximum permitted gross weight of a goods vehicle: registered with transport authorities and displayed on a plate (see plate v. 12). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [adjective] > having regulation plate plated1960 1960 Times 23 Sept. 6/4 The idea of ‘plated weight’—a weight exhibited prominently on every goods vehicle clearly showing the limited gross weight—was first mooted in 1939. 1980 Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 2 (advt.) It's a big truck all right. But its plated weight is only 7·38 tons GVW. 1998 Transport News Aug. 46/1 For much of the time it will be running close to its 80 tonnes STGO Cat II plated weight as it shifts crane ballast blocks. 6. Of food, a meal, etc.: served on a plate. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [adjective] > served in specific way à la Française1823 à la Russe1855 family-style1857 on the half-shell1860 plated1970 1970 Drive Spring 43/1 Plated service means that your meal arrives complete, on the plate. Semi-plated service is when the principal component of the meal arrives on the plate; vegetables are served from silver dishes. 1976 Liverpool Echo 23 Nov. 10/6 Some patients at Clatterbridge Hospital enjoy a plated meals service which gives them advance choice of menu and portion size. 1977 Lancet 16 July 130/1 Plated meals were packed in charcoal heated containers and dispatched at 11 a.m. 1992 Nauset (Mass.) Cal. Aug. 4/2 Plated tea with live chamber music overlooking Rock Harbor. Compounds plated wire n. a wire of a non-magnetic metal such as copper having a thin coating of a magnetic alloy, used as an element in some computer memories. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > wire > types of silver wire14.. white wire1463 virginal wire1662 pin-wire1674 binding wire1767 pinion wire1767 electric wire1819 music wire1823 gutta-percha-wire1876 No. eight1876 picture wire1876 number eight1952 microwire1953 plated wire1960 nanowire1990 1960 T. R. Long in Jrnl. Appl. Physics 31 Suppl. 124S/2 After rinsing the plated wire, it is passed through a mercury ground contact and then through small testing coils. These coils..allow a continuous monitor of the nondestructive readout signal. 1976 M. Wells Computing Syst. Hardware ii. 49 Plated wire stores are substantially faster than ferrite core stores of the same capacity. 1982 F. J. Galland Dict. Computing 211/2 Plated wire memory, a memory system in which bits are held as the magnetisation direction of a magnetisable coating placed onto intersecting wires. 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