单词 | pocked |
释义 | pockedadj. Originally Scottish. Marked with pocks, small pits, or holes; pockmarked; pitted. In later use frequently with modifying word. ΚΠ 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). < adj.1675 |
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