单词 | rough-hewed |
释义 | rough-hewedadj. = rough-hewn adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped > by or as by cutting > roughly rough-hewn1530 rough-hewed1563 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > crude or undeveloped > rough or rude > roughly formed or made rude1488 rough-hewn1530 rough1561 rough-hewed1563 roughcast1588 rough-wrought?1665 rough and tumble1855 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. E iiijv Rusticke or Rughe hewed stone. 1591 Speeches & Entertainm. giuen to Queenes Maiestie at Cowdrey 5 I mette I know not with what rough-hewed Ruffian. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 50 Now grim Reprofe, swel in my rough-heu'd rime. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Graces Hee is a harsh, vnpleasant, rough-hewed, currish, or churlish, fellow. 1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum Prolegomena sig. B4 Ancient Rough-hew'd Expressions. 1768 tr. L. Chambaud Fables Choisies lxii. 72 My brother the Bear is but a rough piece of work (rough hewed). 1793 T. Nicols Meth. proposed decreasing Consumption Timber 30 All Oak Timber intended for ship-building should be sent to the building-yards, rough hewed only. 1847 S. Gregory Hist. Mexico vii. 87/2 The axletree is a rough-hewed log, rounded at the ends. 1896 P. King Christine's Career v. 50 The procession moved up the hill through the churchyard, with its rough-hewed crosses, into the little Norman church. 1910 H. A. Bruce Daniel Boone & Wilderness Road (1916) xiii. 237 A tiny infant slumbering in a rough-hewed cradle. 1971 Greece & Rome 2nd Ser. 18 174 Euripides' monster..even has a rough-hewed sense of humour. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 May 29/2 Between 1,300 and 2,100 metric tons of weapons-grade uranium exists—at the low end, enough for 26,0 rough-hewed bombs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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