单词 | riveted |
释义 | rivetedadj. 1. Fastened with rivets. Also with modifying word, as close-, double-, single-riveted, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with rivet riveted1550 pop-riveted1992 1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 34 And thus these argumentes of the Papistes, retourne (lyke riueted nayles) vppon their owne heades. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. iv. 22 A thousand Sir, early though't be, haue on their Riueted trim. View more context for this quotation 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 18 Casements treble riveted, to keep out Wind and Rain. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Shoe A shoe for all [equine] feet, is one that is cut at the toe into two equal parts, which are joined by a riveted nail. 1867 Engin. Facts & Figures 1866 i. 26 A 7/ 16in. boiler, double riveted, is stronger than a ½in. boiler single riveted. 1898 Daily News 8 Sept. 4/7 The old artillery with riveted wheels and huge wooden axles. 1917 G. F. Gebhardt Steam Power Plant Engin. (ed. 5) xix. 905 The steel pipe shall be close riveted and thoroughly calked so as to be air and water tight. 1992 Mech. Products & Tools July–Oct. 1388/2 Manufactured from pressed steel frames, rivetted lap joints and precision ground jaws. 2006 C. Gravett & D. Nicolle Normans 90 Surviving medieval mail usually consists of wholly riveted rings. 2. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting > settled or established rootfastlOE stablec1290 institutec1325 sad1340 firmc1374 rooteda1393 stabledc1400 substantialc1449 well-foundeda1450 surec1475 standing1549 afloat1551 well-established1559 steadyc1571 naturalized1590 erected1603 established1642 instituted1647 settled1649 riveted1652 radicate1656 inrooted1660 institute1668 statuminated1674 planted1685 stablished1709 deep-seated1741 founded1771 set-up1856 1652 T. Elsliot True Mariner 21 The Warden of the Fleets well-rivetted Deputy (anciently one of the subtillest knaves in England) and his men. 1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 72 Some menstruums may dissolve..the close rivetted parts of some..bodies. 1706 E. Baynard Hot & Cold Baths in J. Floyer Hist. Cold Bathing (ed. 2) ii. 113 To persevere in..Drunkenness, until a riveted Disease entails his Folly..on his Blood. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xl. 158 I have a riveted hatred to him. a1817 T. Dwight Theol. explained & Defended (1819) IV. cxx. 253 There is..a riveted prejudice against the introduction of this subject into the Desk. 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xx. 167 A fierceness of emphasis that betrayed apprehension and alarm, while it at the same time denoted a rivetted determination to persevere. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 3/2 Few works..have destroyed more riveted and deeply-rooted errors. b. Of a look, expression, etc.: fixed, unwavering; intent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > staring > fixed or steady steadfasta1300 straightc1540 fixed1552 riveted1807 steadya1822 1807 S. Frances Nun of Miserecordia III. xi. 178 Ever pained and confused by his rivetted gaze at herself, Adelaide now could not endure the earnest penetrating manner in which he regarded her. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. vii. 165 Casts a pensive, rivetted look downwards to the modest flowers. 1850 R. Cobbold Freston Tower III. v. 56 Her cold, dark eye, wide open, and fixed upon Ellen, told, by its intensely rivetted stare, that it saw..more than it could bear. 1899 R. Boucher Kingdom of Fife 42 All the time he regarded him with rivetted eyes as he would some venomous reptile. 1957 Times 2 July 11/1 The actor comes to rest under the riveted gaze of all eyes. 1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 293 This expression of riveted horror was not a response to..American book reviewing. 2001 E. Young Promising Man ii. 49 I put on my best intelligently riveted look, which was a bit difficult while I was having a wriggly mini-fantasy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1550 |
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