stymen.

Brit.

/stʌɪm/, U.S.

/staɪm/, Scottish English

/stʌim/

Forms: Middle English, 1600s– stime, Middle English– styme, (1800s steyme, stim).

Etymology: Of obscure origin. The Icelandic skíma (‘Fra dagmálum til nóns sá ekki skímu úti heldr en menn vǽru blindir,’ Isl. Ann. 254, c1685) coincides in use with the English word.

Chiefly Scottish and northern.

1. In the phrase not to see a styme: to be unable to see at all.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > of vision: become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > become blind > be blind

not to see a stymea1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19652 Noþer he ete þaa thre dais time, Ne he iwiss moght se a stime.

a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice l. 605 in Poems (1981) 152 To kene the self a styme it [sc. the spirit] may nocht se, For stammeris on eftir effectioun.

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxxiii. 23 Thow [Cupid] markis quhair nevir styme thow seis, Bot hittis be gaiss.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. iv. 36 If a man cannot see (as we say) a stime, but with one eye, we account it no solecisme to say, hee hath lost the other.

1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 8 My Neen..are seay Gummy and Furr'd up sometime. I can nut leauke at 'th Leet, nor see a stime.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 115 I've seen me daez't upon a time, I scarce could wink or see a styme.

1808 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 142 Deil a wink cud I sleep, nay nor yet see a steyme.

1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley cvii The night was murthering dark; you could not see a stim.

1901 J. Mollison Poems 94 They feared that never again War their e'en tae see a stime.

2. A glimpse or glance; the least bit or quantity (of anything); a glimmer (of light); a moment (of time).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun]

looka1200

sight?c1225

visc1340

visea1450

respection?a1475

viewa1500

prospection?1530

kenningc1540

conspect1548

ken1594

spectacle1625

styme1776

perception1817

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > glimpse

sightc1275

gliff1570

glemish1576

glent?1577

glimpse1580

interview1610

catch1775

styme1776

vizy1785

peep1793

snatch1816

waff1818

glint1838

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > the smallest amount

tokenworth1631

a nail (also nail's) breadth1637

least1656

styme1776

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker

blenka1400

blushc1400

gleamc1440

glance?a1513

glinta1542

glish1570

glimpse1603

glimmera1616

glimble1658

blink1717

glent1728

shimmer1821

glisk1824

flicker1849

glist1864

styme1888

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant

hand-whileOE

prinkOE

start-while?c1225

twinkling1303

rese?c1335

prick1340

momenta1382

pointa1382

minutea1393

instant1398

braida1400

siquarea1400

twink14..

whip?c1450

movement1490

punct1513

pissing whilea1556

trice1579

turning of a hand1579

wink1585

twinklec1592

semiquaver1602

punto1616

punctilio of time1620

punctum1620

breathing1625

instance1631

tantillation1651

rapc1700

crack1725

turning of a straw1755

pig's whisper1780

jiffy1785

less than no time1788

jiff1797

blinka1813

gliffy1820

handclap1822

glimpsea1824

eyewink1836

thought1836

eye-blink1838

semibreve1845

pop1847

two shakes of a lamb's taila1855

pig's whistle1859

time point1867

New York minute1870

tick1879

mo?1896

second1897

styme1897

split-second1912

split minute1931

no-time1942

sec.1956

1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 150 And ne'er a blyth styme wad he blink, Until his wame was fou.

1794 Har'st Rig xxiii. 11 To cut their fur, and take their share O' their nane rig. But ony mair? The fient ae stime!

a1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leisure Hours (1809) 108 Else you may..wiss ye had ne'er seen a styme O' Louse nor Bonnet.

1888 J. M. Barrie Auld Licht Idylls vii. 151 Even with three wicks it [the lamp] gave but a stime of light.

1895 J. Barlow Strangers at Lisconnel vi. 120 You've ne'er a stim of light to be workin' in, sittin' there in the corner.

1897 E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches ix. 102 There's never a styme to choose betwixt him and James Hepburn.

Derivatives

styme v. (intransitive) (see quot. 1808).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > peer

toot?c1225

porec1300

pirea1393

peer1580

pink1587

under-peer1589

blink1600

to look wormsc1600

squinny1608

pee1673

pore1706

pinker1754

styme1808

speer1866

squint1891

quiz1906

skeeze1922

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To styme, to open the eyes partially, to look as one does whose vision is indistinct.

1886 J. J. H. Burgess Shetland Sketches 66 I lookit an' stimed inta da black dark aroond me, but I could see naethin'.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	styme
释义	stymen. Brit. /stʌɪm/, U.S. /staɪm/, Scottish English /stʌim/ Forms: Middle English, 1600s– stime, Middle English– styme, (1800s steyme, stim). Etymology: Of obscure origin. The Icelandic skíma (‘Fra dagmálum til nóns sá ekki skímu úti heldr en menn vǽru blindir,’ Isl. Ann. 254, c1685) coincides in use with the English word. Chiefly Scottish and northern. 1. In the phrase not to see a styme: to be unable to see at all. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > of vision: become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > become blind > be blind not to see a stymea1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19652 Noþer he ete þaa thre dais time, Ne he iwiss moght se a stime. a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice l. 605 in Poems (1981) 152 To kene the self a styme it [sc. the spirit] may nocht se, For stammeris on eftir effectioun. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxxiii. 23 Thow [Cupid] markis quhair nevir styme thow seis, Bot hittis be gaiss. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God viii. iv. 36 If a man cannot see (as we say) a stime, but with one eye, we account it no solecisme to say, hee hath lost the other. 1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 8 My Neen..are seay Gummy and Furr'd up sometime. I can nut leauke at 'th Leet, nor see a stime. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 115 I've seen me daez't upon a time, I scarce could wink or see a styme. 1808 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 142 Deil a wink cud I sleep, nay nor yet see a steyme. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley cvii The night was murthering dark; you could not see a stim. 1901 J. Mollison Poems 94 They feared that never again War their e'en tae see a stime. 2. A glimpse or glance; the least bit or quantity (of anything); a glimmer (of light); a moment (of time). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] looka1200 sight?c1225 visc1340 visea1450 respection?a1475 viewa1500 prospection?1530 kenningc1540 conspect1548 ken1594 spectacle1625 styme1776 perception1817 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > glimpse sightc1275 gliff1570 glemish1576 glent?1577 glimpse1580 interview1610 catch1775 styme1776 vizy1785 peep1793 snatch1816 waff1818 glint1838 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > the smallest amount tokenworth1631 a nail (also nail's) breadth1637 least1656 styme1776 the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker blenka1400 blushc1400 gleamc1440 glance?a1513 glinta1542 glish1570 glimpse1603 glimmera1616 glimble1658 blink1717 glent1728 shimmer1821 glisk1824 flicker1849 glist1864 styme1888 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 150 And ne'er a blyth styme wad he blink, Until his wame was fou. 1794 Har'st Rig xxiii. 11 To cut their fur, and take their share O' their nane rig. But ony mair? The fient ae stime! a1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leisure Hours (1809) 108 Else you may..wiss ye had ne'er seen a styme O' Louse nor Bonnet. 1888 J. M. Barrie Auld Licht Idylls vii. 151 Even with three wicks it [the lamp] gave but a stime of light. 1895 J. Barlow Strangers at Lisconnel vi. 120 You've ne'er a stim of light to be workin' in, sittin' there in the corner. 1897 E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches ix. 102 There's never a styme to choose betwixt him and James Hepburn. Derivatives styme v. (intransitive) (see quot. 1808). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > peer toot?c1225 porec1300 pirea1393 peer1580 pink1587 under-peer1589 blink1600 to look wormsc1600 squinny1608 pee1673 pore1706 pinker1754 styme1808 speer1866 squint1891 quiz1906 skeeze1922 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To styme, to open the eyes partially, to look as one does whose vision is indistinct. 1886 J. J. H. Burgess Shetland Sketches 66 I lookit an' stimed inta da black dark aroond me, but I could see naethin'. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
随便看	stupid-looking stupid-minded stupid-seeming stupid-sounding stupidass stupidassed stupider stupidest stupidfaced stupidhead stupidheaded stupidious stupidiously stupidish stupiditarian stupidities stupidity stupidity of the teeth stupidlier stupidliest stupidlooking stupidly stupidminded stupidness stupidnesses