单词 | smoothed |
释义 | smoothedadj. 1. Rendered specious or plausible. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners fairOE honeyed1435 glozed1509 fair-tongued1541 fine1568 smoothed1568 smoothinga1592 sugary1591 slicked1594 rose water1598 rose-watered1599 candied1604 soft1609 courtlya1616 smooth-faced1626 oileda1640 blandished1671 sugar1687 fair-spoken1704 smooth-tongued1761 silky1778 pill-gilded1822 blarneyfied1830 greasy1848 blarneyed1861 soothering1866 soothing-syrupy1902 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 42 Nor he that files his smoothed speeche. 1575 G. Gascoigne Weedes in Wks. (1587) 152 Their smoothed toongues are lined all with guile. 2. a. Made smooth, even, placid; unruffled, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > made smooth well-filed1525 smoothed1611 smoothened1818 stroked1890 the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > made calm pleaseda1382 ycesed1387 pacified1530 appeased1532 reduced1642 pacate1645 becalmed1667 smoothed1713 pacated1727 lulled1787 sobered1797 soothed1820 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Perpins Stones made iust as thicke as a wall, & shewing their smoothed ends on either side thereof. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. i. 127 The Duke Hath banisht moodie discontented fury, As by his smoothed Browes it doth appeare. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 772 They..on the smoothed Plank..expatiate. View more context for this quotation 1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day ii. 46 How the smooth'd Spirit into Goodness glides! 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. i. 284 With cheerfully smoothed countenances. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 168 Masses of smoothed rock rise up out of the whirling water. b. Of graphs, statistical fluctuations, etc. Cf. smooth v. 1e, Phrasal verbs 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [adjective] > of a graph reconcilable1873 smoothed1888 linear1910 J-shaped1911 nomographic1915 smooth1929 complete1935 spanning1956 reachable1959 embeddable1961 the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [adjective] > adjusted or standardized smoothed1888 studentized1935 1888 Proc. Royal Soc. 45 140 These smoothed values were obtained by plotting the observed values, after transmuting them as..described into their respective Q units. 1903 Science 17 July 91/2 Smoothed rainfall curve for the British Isles. 1933 Econometrica 1 240 The points of inflection should be marked in the smoothed curve, to serve as guides to the desired smoothing line. 1962 D. F. Shaw Introd. Electronics x. 204 The advantage of this circuit is that the smoothed d.c. output voltage has a high value and the residual ripple voltage may be reduced to a fraction of 1%. 1964 K. G. Lockyer Introd. Crit. Path Anal. viii. 78 Clearly it is desirable to try to shift some of the earlier over-load into the later under-load. If this could be completely done, then the load would be said to be ‘smoothed’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] delicatea1393 deliciousa1393 voluptuous?a1475 pampereda1529 volupteousa1535 wealy1545 lascivious1589 smoothed1600 luxurious1606 luxuriose1727 high life1733 Vie Parisienne1890 decadent1967 the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [adjective] > indulging or pampering > pampered or petted pomped1509 pampereda1529 cockereda1586 smoothed1600 dauted1636 fondled1680 petted1724 coaxed1829 1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. D2 Such smoothed Godsons shew in Wisdomes schoole, A Milk-soppe Babie is more halfe a Foole. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > qualities of speech sounds strength1550 smoothedness1574 clearness1665 apertion1668 nasality1774 accentuation1806 percussiveness1863 nasalism1876 compactness1930 over-articulation1935 orality1949 1574 A. Golding in J. Baret Aluearie To Rdr. sig. **.1 The natiue propertie Of brode North speech and Sowthren smoothednesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1568 |
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