单词 | plore |
释义 | ploren. An exhibit in a science museum which the visitor is encouraged to handle or otherwise explore; a hands-on exhibit. Cf. exploratory n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > exhibit > hands on exhibit plore1984 1984 Heritage Interpretation Spring 7 The Exploratory team have coined the word ‘plore’, meaning something one explores, for one of these experiments. 1989 New Scientist 23 Dec. 79/2 The slogan ‘Science you can handle’ says it all. The ‘plores’, as the experiments are called, spread over two floors. 1999 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 2 Sept. (News section) 3 We have only had assurances that around 20 of the 250 plores will be kept. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † plorev. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To shed tears; to wail. Also transitive: to lament. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] greetc725 weepc900 tearc950 plore1373 beweepc1374 to put one's finger in one's eye1447 waterc1450 lachryme1490 cryc1532 lerma1533 tricklec1540 to water one's plants1542 to show tears1553 shower1597 issuea1616 lachrymate1623 sheda1632 pipe1671 to take a pipe1671 to pipe one's eye (also eyes)?1789 twine1805 to let fall1816 whinnya1825 blub1866 slobber1875 blart1896 skrike1904 water-cart1914 1373 in M. A. Devlin Sermons of Thomas Brinton (1954) I. 113 (MED) Flatrie flourith, treuthe plourith. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 405 Plowryn or wepyn, ploro, fleo. a1617 J. Phillips Pacient Grissill sig. F.i Helpe spoused Dames help Grissill now, hir fate wt teares to plore Gushe forth your Brinie streames let tricklinge teares abound The earth and Fyrmament aboue, fyll with your mornfull sownd. DerivativesΚΠ Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 405 Plowrynge or wepynge, ploratus, fletus, lacrimacio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1984v.1373 |
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