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单词 pocked
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pockedadj.

Brit. /pɒkt/, U.S. /pɑkt/, Scottish English /pɔkt/
Forms: see pock n.1 and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pock n.1, -ed suffix2; pock v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < pock n.1 + -ed suffix2. In later use perhaps partly also < pock v. + -ed suffix1.
Originally Scottish.
Marked with pocks, small pits, or holes; pockmarked; pitted. In later use frequently with modifying word.
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1675 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1915) II. 414 All [sheep] except the forsaid pocket hoge.
1685 in W. Hector Judicial Rec. Renfrewshire (1878) II. 140 Calling of me..ane pocked Glasgow whoor & rounden notorious thief.
1806 R. Polwhele Sir Allan v, in Poems II. 142 On her pock'd cheek her transport cast a gleam.
1877 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 9 82 It is a small beveled octahedron, and ‘pocked’ or pitted, giving it a frosted appearance.
1916 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 29 Sept. 1/4 Men, sweating, fighting their way forward over shell-pocked roads in terrible shell fire.
1952 R. C. Hutchinson Recoll. of Journey xiii. 269 A face so pocked and scarred that it was scarcely recognizable as human.
2000 N. Jans Tracks of Unseen 143 On the edge of the bare, puddle-pocked baseball diamond..the head of a brown bear protrudes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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