单词 | rafted |
释义 | raftedadj.1ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed > in specific manner > specific coupledc1384 thatched1467 stone-heled1578 slate-hung1648 slate-roofed1648 raftered1670 rafted1739 stob-thatched1792 reeded1819 hip-roofed1821 wagon-vaulted1835 span-roofed1842 saddle-backed1853 thatchy1864 tortoise-roofed1886 mansarded1890 monopitch1961 skillion-roofed1967 1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa iii. viii. 41 Ev'n amid the Wilds of Life you lead them, Lift their low rafted Cottage to the Clouds. 2. Chiefly North American. a. Of floating ice: piled up as a result of one floe having been driven on top of another. Cf. raft v.1 5. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [adjective] > piled up (of floating ice) rafted1846 rafting1883 1846 Jrnl. Gen. Assembly Newfoundland App. 223 To erect bridges..sufficient to stand against the rafted ice floating down these streams at certain seasons, a sum of at least One Thousand Pounds would be required. 1897 J. W. Tyrrell Across Sub-Arctics of Canada vii. 92 Toward the north end of the lake we passed great piles of rafted ice on the shore. 1924 R. J. Flaherty My Eskimo Friends iii. ii. 93 On the tenth of April we came face to face with a gigantic pile of rafted ice. 1960 G. Blanchet Search in North viii. 109 Sunlight created strange effects from rafted ice. 1992 B. Morgan Random Passage ii. 39 They clamour over the rafted ice pans, trying to find a perch from which they can see the seals. b. Of waterfowl: gathered into a dense flock on water. Cf. raft n.1 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [adjective] > aquatic or swimming > of flock of rafted1949 1949 Amer. Midland Naturalist 41 57 At Nulki Lake,..20 [redheads] formed part of a rafted association of ducks on Middle Bay. 1962 R. Haig-Brown Whale People x. 89 They covered the canoe with brush and allowed it to drift in on the rafted ducks. 1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake 844 With a gentle..push he launched the skiff toward the rafted geese. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). raftedadj.2 rare (originally English regional (southern)). That has been rafted; disturbed, unsettled. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > unsteady or unquiet unsettled1794 untranquil1850 rafted1920 1920 T. Hardy Coll. Poems 377 My rafted spirit would not rest. 1987 M. Green Squanicook Eclogues 42 Past fields of rye, of barley, his rafted spirit sailed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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