单词 | started |
释义 | † startedadj.1 Obsolete. Having a stalk, handle, etc. (see start n.1); esp. (of fruit; with preceding adjective) having a stalk of a specified length. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adjective] > suddenly set in motion started1468 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > bringing into action > brought into action or set in operation started1468 started1519 raiseda1616 actuated1628 derepressed1960 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [adjective] > handle or stock > provided with earedOE handled1341 haftedc1440 started1468 staved1481 lugged1489 stocked1497 long-stealed1530 shafteda1598 ansated1736 1468 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 137 Unam ollam enniam sterttydd. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xii. 56 To eate one or two short started apples. 1649 C. Hoole Easie Entrance Lat. Tongue 180 A long-started-pear, Dolobellianum. 1716 H. Stevenson Young Gard'ner's Director 78 Choosing those [Fruit] that are best plac'd, such as are well truss'd with a thick short tail; long started ones seldom proving good. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2021). startedadj.2 1. That has started or been started (in various senses of the verb); esp. (of an animal) driven from its lair or place of refuge; that has been begun, set in motion, got going, or established; sticking out, projecting. Frequently with preceding modifying adverb. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > bringing into action > brought into action or set in operation started1468 started1519 raiseda1616 actuated1628 derepressed1960 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xii. f. 137 He was boxed out of the place: as he had ben a started hare. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 43 Why blusht the day? Why ran the started aire trembling away? 1679 W. Longueville Let. 11 Mar. in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 181 This new started question about their Speaker. 1722 D. Turner Art of Surg. II. ix. 293 You will sometimes find it no very difficult Matter..to direct the started Bone to its former proper Situation. 1845 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 20 19 Some omnibuses belonging to a newly-started company. 1850 Merchants' Mag. Sept. 322 Like a started locomotive, a new impulse is perceptible with every arrival of Pacific steamers. 1900 T. J. Hains Mr. Trunnell xiv. 198 Nothing could be made out on the smooth green surface that showed like a started plank end. 1921 W. P. White Heart of Range xxviii. 283 The slither of a started rock behind him made him turn his head with a jerk. 1966 Guardian 10 Sept. 14/1 A recently started town-centre housing scheme. 2001 S. Rowbotham Promise of Dream 76 The recently started journal New Society. 2011 E. C. Smith Veg. Gardener's Container Bible xii. 224 For the price of a packet of seeds, you can buy a started plant in the local greenhouse. 2. In started-up, in senses corresponding to those of to start up at start v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > newly come into existence youngeOE new-sprungc1485 recent1513 new-risen1555 upstart1565 new-fallena1618 started-up1764 1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iv. 166 Whoever weds Isabella, it shall not be Father Falconara's started up son. They start up, said the Friar, who are suddenly beheld in the seat of lawful Princes. 1792 A. Geddes tr. Bible I. Deut. xxxii. 17 They sacrificed..to newly-started up gods, whom their fathers had never revered! 1896 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 28 Nov. 977/2 Denims, after ruling firm and showing for a little while a hardening tendency, have weakened under sales by some newly started up mills. 1952 Wood-worker Dec. 43/2 He found the stock..ready to be put through the started-up planer. 1996 in A. C. Palmisano & M. A. Barlaz Microbiology of Solid Waste 96 Acids formed during startup may be removed via leachate to a started-up combined-phase or methane-phase digester for conversion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11468adj.21519 |
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