单词 | sparsed |
释义 | sparsedadj.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > scattered about in disorder sparkleda1547 besprent1567 bescattered1574 sparsed1585 scattered1667 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > driven away in all directions scattereda1425 forscattered1430 sparpled1432 skailed1488 dispersed1526 disparkled1529 severed1581 flittered1582 sparsed1585 discattered1595 disjected1647 squandered1647 dissipateda1711 dissipate1715 1585 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 410 One..whose nether parts are in a cloud of fire, with his haire sparsed, his arms naked. 1590 H. Barrow in Greenwood Coll. Art. D ij b I haue..bene..accused, by sparsed articles, printed priuiledged books. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. xlvi. 222 There the blustring winds adde strength and might, And gather close the sparsed flames about. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 359 Then flittes hee ouer all the maine, Where flotes the sparsed Nauies traine. 2. Botany. = sparse adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > sparse or occurring singly sparsed1697 sparse1753 loose1776 lax1796 scattered1796 solitary1796 one-one1832 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 685 Towards the ripening of the Seed, the Burs in which they are included grow more spars'd, or at greater distance. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Umbel A sparsed or thin Umbel is, when they [sc. flowers] stand at a distance from one another, yet all of an equal Height. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxxi. 150 Teucrium, with sparsed Leaves. 1853 G. Macdonald & J. Allan Botanist's Word-bk. Sparsed,..numerous, but without fixed order. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1585 |
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