单词 | roped |
释义 | ropedadj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids > forming or containing thread-like parts roping1440 ropy1467 roped?1489 long1569 stringy1694 thready1733 thongy1847 ?1489 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. 322 We shall dewly and trewly serche and assay a[ll maner] of ale..[and] that þat is ill [we shall] not able, as and if it be raw, red or long ropyd. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse sig. I8 He..voided a great aboundance of roped phleume. 1766 Inoculation made Easy 8 It scours away those roped viscid Humors which are apt to breed them in the Bowels. 1791 H. Glasse Art of Cookery (ed. 20) 339 The best thing for roped beer. b. Twisted, shaped, or marked like a rope. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally woundenOE thwarlc1400 wreathenc1400 writhenc1475 thrown1534 crinkled1558 contort1570 torqued1577 writhed1578 rivelled1594 wrested1609 twound1610 twirled1611 contorted1622 tortile1658 torcular1661 roped1681 wended?1690 twisted1725 entwisteda1800 torquated1851 barley sugar1868 spirated1871 wrangled1876 rangled1924 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. §v. ii. 250 The Roped Sea-Bladder..is also wrought with fibrous Veins, as the former. 1880 Archaeologia Cantiana 13 115 An oval-shaped Sign, containing, within a roped wreath, the figure of Sir John Schorne. 1901 Illustr. London News 22 June 912 The helmet, with slightly roped comb, opens down the centre of the chin-piece. 1979 Afr. Arts 12 42/3 A roped pot in bronze that is similar to clay vessels. 2. a. Equipped with a rope; girdled with a rope; tied or fastened with a rope. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > of rope roped1592 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a belt or girdle surcingled1598 succinct1604 roped1834 society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with rope, cord, line, or cable strung1695 cabled1757 roped1876 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 11v With what Cranes, winding beames, Trocles, round pullies.., and roped tryces, therein being vnskilfull, I slip it ouer with silence. a1714 E. Freke Remembrances (2001) 210 I leftt in the church..three bells, new roped; and one funtt for xings. 1763 E. Clarke Lett. conc. Spanish Nation ix. 173 The mules, which: as the two last only are reined, or rather roped, run on with the coach. 1834 J. L. Motley Diary 12 June in Corr. (1889) I. iii. 37 These are your true monks—none of your bare-footed, rosaried and roped friars. 1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland iv, in Poems (1967) 52 I steady as a water in a well, to a poise, to a pane, But roped with, always, all the way down from the tall Fells or flanks of the voel, a vein Of the gospel proffer. 1894 G. M. L. Bell Safar Nameh: Persian Pictures 17 Their donkeys laden with roped bundles of grass. 1990 D. Walcott Omeros xiv. 82 The roped body was rising from the water in iron resurrection, inch by squeaking inch from the rusty hawser. 2007 Climb Mag. May (Alpine Rock Suppl.) 18/1 While moving, the roped team finds the terrain easy underfoot, non glaciated and requiring limited use of the hands. b. Enclosed or marked off by a rope. Frequently with off. ΚΠ 1805 Morning Post 9 July 3/3 The fight..commenced in a 20-feet roped ring. 1881 Daily News 13 Apr. 2/8 The heats were decided in a roped ring of about 18 feet. 1893 Z. Colvile Round Black Man's Garden iv. 176 He then backed into the roped-off enclosure and deposited his burden. 1927 P. G. Wodehouse Meet Mr. Mulliner iii. 70 He seemed to be always on the point of introducing into debates on parish matters the methods which had made him so successful in the roped ring. 1932 W. H. Auden Orators iii. 109 To stand with the wine-dark conquerors in the roped-off pews. 2008 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 121/3 All that remains is a roped-off cellar hole. c. Performed by means of roping. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [adjective] > type of ascent Alpine1879 roped1893 1893 Athenæum 30 Sept. 460/1 Our roped ascent..was probably the first ever made. 1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 431/2 No one should ever attempt a roped climb without at least one experienced mountaineer in the party. 1984 Times 28 Dec. 2/7 A shortage of deep hard snow in the gullies made for difficult roped climbing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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