单词 | bolted |
释义 | boltedboultedadj.1 Sifted; figurative carefully selected, choice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > fine boltedc1175 ranged1538 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > selected > with care or well well-chosena1450 well-selected1607 bolteda1616 choicea1616 choice-drawna1616 hand-waled1671 well-packed1715 well-waled1718 pick1790 hand-picked1910 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 992 Recles smec. & bulltedd bræd, Þatt bakenn wass inn ofne. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 55 Bu[l]tyd, taratan-tarizatus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 324 He..is ill-school'd In boulted Language. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). boltedadj.2 1. Closed and fastened with a bolt; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > bolted, barred, or locked lockfast1453 locked1488 locked-up1579 barred1597 bolted1651 padlocked1731 locked-down1882 1651 T. L. To Church of Rome in Πολύπενϑεος Θρηνωδία 19 Those bar'd and bolted hearts of yours. 1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision viii. 35 Id'e Storm those Bolted Ears. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 304 The bolted shutter. 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe's Helena in Foreign Rev. 1 462 It is not meet that bolted towers should encircle her. 2. Formed into or like bolts. ΚΠ 1747 T. Gibbons Elegy vi His shafted Lightnings, and his bolted Storms. 1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 79 Bolted lightnings flash. 3. Fastened together with bolts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > bolted, barred, or locked > fastened together with bolts bolted1797 1797 Encycl. Brit. at Ship They..have the beams, knees, and fore-hooks bolted into them. 1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 75 Blocks..squared and bolted together in the form of piers and jetties. 4. bolted arrows n. (apparently) arrows with blunt heads, bird-bolts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > bird-bolt bird bolt1440 quarrela1852 bolted arrows1864 1864 Reader 24 Dec. 792/3 Shooting, with bolted arrows, partridge or pigeon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1c1175adj.21651 |
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