单词 | satiated |
释义 | satiatedadj. That is or has been satiated; indulged or gratified to the full by the satisfaction of an appetite or desire; (also) indulged or gratified to the point of surfeit or excess. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > satisfied fulleOE satiate1440 filled1574 satiated1626 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > need as motivation > [adjective] > fulfilled satiated1626 1626 G. Perrot tr. B. Cambi Seaven Trumpets 56 Doe yee not perceaue, that ambition is a cisterne, that containeth not the water of a satiated desire [L. exsatiatae cupiditatis], for the ambitious man is continuallie wracked? 1658 G. Swinhoe Trag. Unhappy Fair Irene 4 Sleighted as much As she that hangs upon her satiated Lovers neck, Who loathing would be gone. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic II. xiv. 437 The Passion of Fear, which was so natural to him, balanced in his Soul the Charms cf a satiated Ambition. 1797 R. Clayton tr. N. Tenhove Mem. House Medici vi. 406 When the morning dawned, the satiated and cruel lover became again the Barbarian. 1821 Examiner 20 May 305/1 A production less disclosive as to unknown matter of fact..was never offered to a satiated public. 1894 Trans. Illinois Soc. Child-study 1 App. p. xi In general, the hungry infant is restless and cries, while the satiated one is quiet and still. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. ii. 57 He tried hard to look at Princeton through the satiated eyes of Oscar Wilde and Swinburne. 1969 J. D. Davis et al. in Jrnl. Compar. & Physiol. Psychol. 67 407 Intake of milk by fasted rats was reduced 50% below normal after their blood had been transfused with that of satiated rats. 2009 Tri-State Defender (Memphis, Tennessee) 26 Mar. 12 Three tamales cost a dollar. And for two dollars, I was a very happy and satiated child. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1626 |
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