单词 | rumbled |
释义 | rumbledadj. 1. Characterized by rumbling; emitted as a rumbling sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > rolling or rumbling (of sound) > making rolling or rumbling sound rumbling1566 rolling1575 rumbelow1582 rumbled1582 lumbering1678 rumbly1829 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 60 But neere ioynctlye brayeth with rufflerye rumboled Ætna. 1832 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 616/1 The muffled noise and rumbled sound, made by a troop of miners some twenty fathoms under the earth. 1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being 75 Try now to..find a meaning in the rumbled signals from the bridge. 1905 U. L. Silberrad Wedding of Lady Lovell 37 It [sc. a coffin] slipped and with a rumbled noise came pouring down upon him. 1950 G. Barker Dead Seagull ii. 89 I heard..the rumbled tick-tocking and then the appalling cacophony all around as the approaching train swept up and past us. 2002 J. Rollins Amazonia (2003) xvii. 459 He scratched that special spot behind both ears, earning a rumbled purr of satisfaction. 2. a. Scottish and English regional (northern). Of potatoes: mashed, puréed. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > mashed mashed1727 rumbled1837 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > liquidized or puréed rumbled1900 puréed1922 liquidized1966 1837 C. Shaw Personal Mem. & Corr. I. xvii. 163 My appetite was excited at seeing a sturdy monk making what was in Scotland a favourite dish with boys, I mean a pot of rumbled potatoes. 1879 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Suppl. Rummel't 'taties, boiled potatoes mashed and mixed with milk and butter. 1882 Argyllshire Herald 3 June I champit them up amangst the rummilt bitatoes. 1900 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister's Wooing 318 ‘Rummelt tawties’, i.e., a sort of puree of potatoes, made in the pot in which they have been boiled, with sweet milk, butter, and sometimes a little flavouring of cheese. b. Of eggs: scrambled, mumbled. Cf. rumble-tumble n. 3. ΚΠ 1850 Spirit of Times 1 June 177/1 It's something between rumbled eggs and omelette, and is a compound fit for the gods. 1856 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs 565 The snug back parlour of this well-kept hostelry, where rumbled eggs and whisky toddy were to be had in perfection. 1879 Birmingham Weekly Post 24 May 1/4 Rumbled eggs we had particularly nice. 1900 A. J. Butler Three Friends viii. 83 Over a dish of rumbled eggs, [he] told them stories about different ways of cooking eggs taught him by his grandmother. 1960 Los Angeles Time 12 June (Home Mag.) 20 Rumbled eggs—Scramble any style eggs over bubbling water in chafing dish. 1995 Denver Westword (Nexis) 28 June The rumbled eggs with pork scrapple..is a real eye-opener. c. poetic. Mixed, mangled. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] fawa700 medleyc1350 freckledc1380 motleyc1380 pied1382 specked1382 vary1382 partyc1385 parted1393 peckleda1400 polymitec1425 sere-colouredc1425 vairc1425 discoloured?1440 motleyed1447 varying1488 sheld1507 fleckered1508 piet1508 mellay1515 particoloured1530 pickled1552 varied1578 mingled1580 partly coloured1582 chequered1592 medley-coloured1593 mingle-coloured1593 piebald1594 feathered1610 changeable1612 particolour1612 enamelled1613 variousa1618 pie-coloured1619 jaspered1620 gangean1623 versicolour1628 patchwork1634 damasked1648 variously-coloureda1660 variegateda1661 agated1665 varicoloured1665 damaska1674 various-coloureda1711 pieted1721 versicoloured1721 diversicoloured1756 mosaic1776 harlequin1779 spanged1788 calico1807 piety1811 varied-coloured1811 discolorate1826 heterochromous1842 jaspé1851 discolor1859 discolorous1860 jasperoid1876 damascened1879 heterochromatic1895 variotinted1903 batik1914 varihued1921 rumbled1930 damasky1931 pepper-and-salt1940 partihued1959 1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 67 Nature..Admits no vegetable green... But with snarled gold and rumbled blue Must disinfect the sight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1582 |
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