| 单词 | sealed orders |
| 释义 | > as lemmassealed orders a. Fastened with a seal; closed in such a manner that access (to the contents) is impossible without breaking the fastening. sealed orders: written directions given to the commander of a vessel concerning the destination of a voyage, which are not to be opened until the vessel has left port. sealed verdict: a verdict delivered in a sealed packet in the absence of a judge. Also of a railway train or carriage: closed to entry or exit, or admitting restricted movement, during its journey (with allusion to Lenin's passage from Finland to Russia in 1917 in a train ‘sealed’ to prevent contact with German citizens). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > securely > sealed sealeda1400 society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > sailing orders > sealed sealed orders1872 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > decision of jury > types of ignoramus1583 privy verdict1628 non liquet1656 ignoring1682 open verdict1769 sealed verdict1891 majority verdict1905 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [adjective] > type of train carriaged1776 steam-hauled1835 steam-operated1835 jerkwater1852 articulated1884 vestibuled1890 multiple-unit1902 air-braked1905 collision-proof1906 pull-and-push1914 push-and-pull1927 sealed1949 drive-on1954 a1400–50 Alexander 5100 Þan sendis scho to him sandismen with selid lettris. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 2 And eke ye seled welle [Song Sol. iv. 12]..and Balaam sterre. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 4 That person mentioned by Esay, to whom when a sealed booke was deliuered [etc.]. 1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 89 He thought that Capt. Speck would be content to let hym carry our sealed letters. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) 176 Berthelot found that by exposing the alcohol and the acid in sealed tubes for some hours [etc.]. 1872 J. R. Lowell Dante in Wks. (1890) IV. 237 Most men make the voyage of life as if they carried sealed orders which they were not to open till they were fairly in mid-ocean. 1891 S. Fiske Holiday Stories (Boston ed.) vii. 171 Judge Gedney says that you can bring in a sealed verdict without waiting for him. 1949 Radio Times 15 July 3/1 We took a sealed train to Avonmouth, a crowded troopship out into the Atlantic. 1975 M. Pearson Sealed Train vi. 90 The sealed carriage and its baggage wagon were..drawn backward toward Switzerland. 1975 M. Pearson Sealed Train vi. 94 As the Sealed Train steamed north, the Kaiser's troops were striving..to check the new Allied offensive. 1979 O. Sela Petrograd Consignment 159 Zinoviev..has suggested that they travel through Germany in a sealed carriage, without stops. < as lemmas |
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