spacedadj.

Brit.

/speɪst/, U.S.

/speɪst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: space v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < space v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare French espacé (1417 in Middle French as espassé).

1. Frequently with modifying adverb.

a. Set at intervals or distances; (also figurative) measured, regulated.Recorded earliest in well-spaced adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > set at certain intervals

spaced1756

spaced1883

1756 tr. M.-A. Laugier Ess. Archit. i. 62 If the spaces between the columns are well spaced [Fr. bien espacés]..there will never be any thing to fear.

1775 T. Malton Compleat Treat. Perspective iii. viii. 190 So many Parallelopipeds, of equal magnitude and equally spaced.

1829 J. Billington Archit. Director 101 The insulated and equally-spaced columns fill their office of supports with admirable effect.

1873 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. xxii. §12 Uniformly spaced central holes serve to move the paper on at a constant speed.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 1 Apr. 2/1 Between strangers.., a spaced, even a distant, courtesy is essential to develop lasting friendship.

1910 A. W. Grabau in A. W. Grabau & W. H. Sherzer Monroe Formation S. Michigan iv. 93 A rope suspended loosely from a series of equally spaced poles.

1949 G. A. Briggs Sound Reprod. iii. 35 Sound is picked up by 3 spaced microphones, recorded on separate channels, and played back through 3 spaced speakers.

2003 N.Y. Mag. 1 Dec. 119 (advt.) Patients fly in from all over the world to turn their crooked, chipped, spaced or discolored teeth into ‘extreme smile makeovers’.

b. With out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > set at certain intervals

spaced1756

spaced1883

1883 Times 6 Nov. 8/1 The capriciously spaced-out flagstones rest on the bed of slimy mud.

1915 Geogr. Jrnl. 46 288 The numerous spaced-out names might perhaps be shown to more advantage as an index diagram.

1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ix. 200 Where the ring of defenders was thinnest and daylight showed Between their spaced-out bodies.

1999 R. Cramariuc et al. in I. I. Inculet et al. Mod. Probl. Electrostatics 392 Applying the weed killers to both the dense crops and those in spaced out rows.

c. spec. Of children: conceived or born at intervals.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > spaced

spaced1939

1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives iv. 71 She is 32 and has three children, very well spaced and is ‘expecting again’.

1965 M. Stewart Airs above Ground i. 10 She acquired a wealthy London banker..the kind of man..safely ensconced in the Jaguar belt with three carefully spaced children away at carefully chosen schools.

2006 Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Driving) 4 He has three closely spaced children, which means three rows of seats unless you want to add half an hour to every journey to mop up the blood.

2. Of printed or typed matter: having the words or lines separated by (a specified manner of) spacing.double-, letter-, single-spaced, etc.: see the first element.

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society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > spacing of words or letters

spaced1808

thick-spaced1824

letter-spaced1901

1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. vi. 160 Not in a greater degree than a middling and thin space to a thick spaced line.

1892 A. Oldfield Pract. Man. Typogr. ii. 20 Thin spaces..are very useful in a close-spaced line.

1931 Speculum 6 484 Typographically the volume is pleasing enough with its clear type and well spaced lines.

1996 J. G. Nagle Handbk. Preparing Engin. Documents vi. 148 Proportionately spaced type varies the widths of the letters.

3. slang (originally U.S.). Out of touch with reality; disoriented, esp. by or as if by narcotic stimulus; in a state of drug-induced euphoria, ‘high’. Frequently with out. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective] > in state of euphoria

hepped1903

hopped1924

up1942

spaced1967

spacy1969

1967 Time Mag. 7 July 20 Hippies, introspective, mystical and ‘spaced’ (out of communication).

1969 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 4 i. 15 Spaced out, mentally deficient; strange; absent-minded.

1969 Negro Digest Sept. 10 Spaced poems say that our ancestors are in the air and will communicate with us.

1969 Time 26 Sept. 41 The culture has its own in-group argot:..‘straights’ (everyone else), ‘heat’ (the police)..and being ‘spaced out’ (in a drug daze).

1974 A. Lurie War between Tates vi. 131 ‘You look exhausted.’ ‘I am sorta spaced out.’

1975 New Yorker 5 May 6/1 Vibraharpist Mike Mainieri and pianist Warren Bernhardt play some heavily lyrical and spaced-out duets.

1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xx. 47/1 She just sort of stood there, feeling totally spaced, because the whole number was nothing short of unreal.

2002 B July 56/1 During one particular speed week I wasn't at all with it: I felt very spaced out and was incredibly light-headed.

Compounds

† spaced braid n. Obsolete braid woven or worked in spaces or divisions.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > braid

spaced braid1882

rickrack1911

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 454/1 Spaced Braid... The spaces or divisions into which the two patterns are severally woven are alternately thick, or close and narrow, and comparatively wide and open.

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 454/1 Spaced Braid Work, a variety of Modern Point Lace, but made without fancy stitches and with braids outlined with cord.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spaced
释义	spacedadj. Brit. /speɪst/, U.S. /speɪst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: space v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < space v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare French espacé (1417 in Middle French as espassé). 1. Frequently with modifying adverb. a. Set at intervals or distances; (also figurative) measured, regulated.Recorded earliest in well-spaced adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > set at certain intervals spaced1756 spaced1883 1756 tr. M.-A. Laugier Ess. Archit. i. 62 If the spaces between the columns are well spaced [Fr. bien espacés]..there will never be any thing to fear. 1775 T. Malton Compleat Treat. Perspective iii. viii. 190 So many Parallelopipeds, of equal magnitude and equally spaced. 1829 J. Billington Archit. Director 101 The insulated and equally-spaced columns fill their office of supports with admirable effect. 1873 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. xxii. §12 Uniformly spaced central holes serve to move the paper on at a constant speed. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 1 Apr. 2/1 Between strangers.., a spaced, even a distant, courtesy is essential to develop lasting friendship. 1910 A. W. Grabau in A. W. Grabau & W. H. Sherzer Monroe Formation S. Michigan iv. 93 A rope suspended loosely from a series of equally spaced poles. 1949 G. A. Briggs Sound Reprod. iii. 35 Sound is picked up by 3 spaced microphones, recorded on separate channels, and played back through 3 spaced speakers. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 1 Dec. 119 (advt.) Patients fly in from all over the world to turn their crooked, chipped, spaced or discolored teeth into ‘extreme smile makeovers’. b. With out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > set at certain intervals spaced1756 spaced1883 1883 Times 6 Nov. 8/1 The capriciously spaced-out flagstones rest on the bed of slimy mud. 1915 Geogr. Jrnl. 46 288 The numerous spaced-out names might perhaps be shown to more advantage as an index diagram. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ix. 200 Where the ring of defenders was thinnest and daylight showed Between their spaced-out bodies. 1999 R. Cramariuc et al. in I. I. Inculet et al. Mod. Probl. Electrostatics 392 Applying the weed killers to both the dense crops and those in spaced out rows. c. spec. Of children: conceived or born at intervals. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > spaced spaced1939 1939 M. Spring Rice Working-class Wives iv. 71 She is 32 and has three children, very well spaced and is ‘expecting again’. 1965 M. Stewart Airs above Ground i. 10 She acquired a wealthy London banker..the kind of man..safely ensconced in the Jaguar belt with three carefully spaced children away at carefully chosen schools. 2006 Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Driving) 4 He has three closely spaced children, which means three rows of seats unless you want to add half an hour to every journey to mop up the blood. 2. Of printed or typed matter: having the words or lines separated by (a specified manner of) spacing.double-, letter-, single-spaced, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > spacing of words or letters spaced1808 thick-spaced1824 letter-spaced1901 1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. vi. 160 Not in a greater degree than a middling and thin space to a thick spaced line. 1892 A. Oldfield Pract. Man. Typogr. ii. 20 Thin spaces..are very useful in a close-spaced line. 1931 Speculum 6 484 Typographically the volume is pleasing enough with its clear type and well spaced lines. 1996 J. G. Nagle Handbk. Preparing Engin. Documents vi. 148 Proportionately spaced type varies the widths of the letters. 3. slang (originally U.S.). Out of touch with reality; disoriented, esp. by or as if by narcotic stimulus; in a state of drug-induced euphoria, ‘high’. Frequently with out. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective] > in state of euphoria hepped1903 hopped1924 up1942 spaced1967 spacy1969 1967 Time Mag. 7 July 20 Hippies, introspective, mystical and ‘spaced’ (out of communication). 1969 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 4 i. 15 Spaced out, mentally deficient; strange; absent-minded. 1969 Negro Digest Sept. 10 Spaced poems say that our ancestors are in the air and will communicate with us. 1969 Time 26 Sept. 41 The culture has its own in-group argot:..‘straights’ (everyone else), ‘heat’ (the police)..and being ‘spaced out’ (in a drug daze). 1974 A. Lurie War between Tates vi. 131 ‘You look exhausted.’ ‘I am sorta spaced out.’ 1975 New Yorker 5 May 6/1 Vibraharpist Mike Mainieri and pianist Warren Bernhardt play some heavily lyrical and spaced-out duets. 1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xx. 47/1 She just sort of stood there, feeling totally spaced, because the whole number was nothing short of unreal. 2002 B July 56/1 During one particular speed week I wasn't at all with it: I felt very spaced out and was incredibly light-headed. Compounds † spaced braid n. Obsolete braid woven or worked in spaces or divisions. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > braid spaced braid1882 rickrack1911 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 454/1 Spaced Braid... The spaces or divisions into which the two patterns are severally woven are alternately thick, or close and narrow, and comparatively wide and open. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 454/1 Spaced Braid Work, a variety of Modern Point Lace, but made without fancy stitches and with braids outlined with cord. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1756
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