单词 | pumped |
释义 | pumpedadj.1 Now rare. Wearing pumps; having pumps on. Also with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing shoes > other well-shod1509 pattened1519 pumped1600 soleated1623 high-shoed1649 red-heeled1716 sandalled1802 brogue-shod1812 high-shod1856 high-shoed1868 snow-shoed1896 plimsolled1955 sneakered1961 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 325 Some dames are pumpt, because they liue in pompe, That with Herodias they might nimbly daunce, Some in their pantophels too stately stompe. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 48 Splay feet [of a sailor] pumped and festooned on the instep with a bunch of ribbon. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 81 As if we were duly dress-coated and pumped, and had just been announced at the drawing-room door. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xv. 76 Silk-stockinged and pumped in full-dress Jawleyford livery. 1996 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 25 Dec. e1 From the pouf of her blonde coif to the tip of her Chanel-pumped feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pumpedadj.2 1. Also pumped-out. a. Emptied or drained by pumping. rare.In quot. 1656 in figurative context. ΚΠ 1656 E. Elys Alphabe of Elegiack Groans xv. 10 Pumpt Helicon runs muddy; and that strain Must needs be jarring, that's wrung out'oth' brain Distracted with true sorrows. 1888 Ann. Rep. U.S. Life-saving Service 1887 144 The surf boat..ran lines from the pumped-out vessel to two steam tugs. 1996 Evening Standard (Nexis) 17 May 1 I took a whole cocktail of pills... I woke up to a pumped stomach. b. colloquial. Exhausted or out of breath with exertion, winded. Cf. pump v. 14. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > out of breath windlessa1400 breathlessa1425 pantingc1425 breathed1599 outbreathed1600 blown1674 unbreathed1692 puffed1813 pumped-out1854 winded1883 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > affected with windlessa1400 breathlessa1425 short-breathed1470 andless1487 short-windeda1500 short-ended1595 breathed1599 outbreathed1600 strait-winded1601 anhelous1617 anheled1656 anhelant1657 suspirious1657 anhelose1661 blown1674 short-lunged1687 unbreathed1692 puffy1799 puffed1813 scant-of-wind1823 pumped-out1854 winded1883 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross xxx. 232 I fancies myself on a pumped-out 'oss, a'eavin' and sobbin' i' the heavy. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma liii The first thing that attracted his attention was his own pumped-out steed. 1870 D. J. Kirwan University Race in L. H. Bagg Yale & Harvard Boat Racing (1871) 4 Away they dashed with tremendous long strokes, Harvard still pulling, but very faintly; the men a good deal broken and pumped. 1932 F. Pitt Scotty 162 It would have been a good jump for a fresh horse, for pumped ones out of plough it was a formidable obstacle. 1951 J. Kerouac Let. 10 Jan. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 300 I was completely bushed and pumped out. 1995 Muzik July 64/3 Yantra are cool to unwind to when we're really pumped out, but we actually feel more comfortable making aggressive music. 2. a. Obtained by or as if by pumping; (chiefly figurative) raised by persistent effort, artificially worked up; showing increased energy or activity, excited or animated. Frequently in pumped-up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome > accomplished with much labour busy1448 laboured1566 elaborate1592 pumped1731 labour-intensive1928 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > pumped pumped1731 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome > accomplished with much labour > artificially worked up pumped1731 1731 T. Dale tr. N. Regnault Philos. Conversat. I. iii. 29 The pumped Matter issues out impetuously. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 209 Lover-like phrases of pumped up passion. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xii. 217 A basin of fresh pumped water. 1896 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 148/2 The hollow resonance and pumped-up emotion of what he regards as his serious style. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. 6/2 The mob orator, with his sham indignation and pumped-up enthusiasm. 1932 Ess. & Stud. 17 85 There is nothing factitious about him now, nothing pumped-up, like Wilde. 1984 Austral. Micro Computer Mag. Jan. 65/2 [This year] is an election year. The market should mirror a politically pumped-up economy, which will help all stocks. 1990 Sports Illustr. 19 Nov. 41/3 The gentle ballad failed to pacify the pumped-up Longhorns. 2006 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 5 Mar. d1 She is ‘totally pumped’ about preparing for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. b. Of breast milk: obtained by means of a pump. Cf. breast pump n. at breast n. Compounds 1c. ΚΠ 1909 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 July 332 He is convinced that the loss in weight after birth is the result of insufficient food, and that it is possible to prevent it by giving pumped mother's milk. 1936 R. M. Smith & D. A. Thom Health Physical Mental & Emotional v. 44 Wet-nurses are no longer employed, because it is possible to buy pumped breast milk... This pumped milk is perfectly satisfactory to use for babies who require breast milk and are unable to obtain it from their own mothers. 1985 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 85 550/ 2 Often, families need supportive home visits and phone calls for weeks, especially while the infant is making the transition from pumped breast milk in a bottle to the breast. 2012 P. Druckerman Bringing up Bébé vi. 109 They're not thrilled with my short-lived plan to drop off pumped breast milk before lunch each day. 3. Originally U.S. Of a muscle: enlarged as a result of weight training or blood flow; (of a person) having or characterized by such muscles. Also with up. ΚΠ 1978 Washington Post 8 Dec. (Weekend section) 38/1 When, on cue, this pumped bicep explodes into a 16-inch pose, the crowded auditorium roars its gratitude and approval. 1987 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 19 Nov. 11/2 All that concerns producers is that these pumped-up heroes will attract the big bucks. 1995 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 12 Mar. 12 Broox checked his forearms, which were engorged with blood. ‘My arms are pumped..,’ he said. 2002 TV Quick 23 Mar. 43/3 Moore squeezes her pumped physique into a Puritan frock in this glossy period drama. Compounds pumped storage n. Civil Engineering the storage of water that has been pumped to a higher level when demand for electricity is low so that its return to the lower level can be used to generate hydroelectricity when demand is high; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > hydroelectric power > storage at higher level pumped storage1927 1927 F. Johnstone-Taylor Water-power Pract. x. 163 A total of 450 h.p. being required, pumped storage was resorted to. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 12 June 5/1 In this ancient valley of the New River, American Electric Power Co...wants to build an $845 million pumped-storage project..that would trap 42,100 acres of water behind two dams. 2005 Jrnl. Environmental Law 17 363 In two cases..pumped storage systems are used, whereby water flows out of an upper reservoir to generate electricity and is pumped back from a lower reservoir making use of cheap off-peak power to replenish the supply. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11600adj.21656 |
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