单词 | supported |
释义 | supportedadj.n. A. adj. That has or have been supported, in various senses of the verb; having physical, financial, psychological, etc., support.computer-, government-, pile-, rate-supported, etc.: see the first element. See also self-supported adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported bolstered1566 supported1613 horsed1745 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [adjective] > supported underpight1377 backed1589 supported1613 underlaid1618 stayed1845 buttressed1860 1613 J. Stephens Cinthia's Revenge i. iii. sig. B3v Hee, with a crabbed countenance, cleane auers'd, Goes on like some dull statue; neuer stoopes, Nor smiles, but with a frowning arrogance, Iust like a moulded picture, like the frame Of a supported Image. 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year xxv. 328 The thanksgiving songs of relieved Widows, of supported Orphans. 1710 R. Harley Secr. Hist. Arlus & Odolphus 25 Insulting her Crown with the Supported Claim of an Abjur'd Competitor. 1768 B. Cuthbertson Syst. Compl. Managem. Battalion of Infantry xi. 224 The Relief of Centries ought always to be marched, by the quick Step, in the greatest Order, and with supported arms. 1790 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 3 181 The fluid reacts and presses the supported body with the same force. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) A well supported fire from the batteries; a well supported fire of musquetry. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. i. 29 The men fall in with supported arms, in single rank. 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 52 The hammering necessary to tighten the wedges is often a cause of fractures in the supported wall. 1957 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet 220 A male dancer whose sole function is to lift the ballerina in supported leaps and similar movements. 1984 M. R. Fremont-Smith & R. E. Konitz in R. L. Brenneman & S. M. Bates Land-saving Action ii. 30/1 There are three ways in which a land trust can qualify for maximum donor deductions: as a publicly supported charity, as a private operating foundation, or as a supporting organization. 2010 A. Edwards Being Expert Professional Practitioner v. 92 Tracey had reflected on her own identity shifts, felt pride in her capacity to make them and recognised how they were supported in relationships in which she was variously the supporter and the supported. B. n. With the. A person, body, etc., that is supported (usually correlative to supporter). ΚΠ 1764 J. Hoole tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered I. ix. 213 Full on his arm the Pagan drove the steel; Down the supported and supporter fell. 1823 Stranger's Grave (1824) iv. 52 The ropes at length arrived, and were thrown to the supporter and the supported. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxiii. 59 To appear as the supported and not the supporter. 1913 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Law-bringers vii. 157 She was the supporter, not the supported; the mother and nurse, not the wife. 1999 R. Ennals & B. Gustavsen Work Organization & Europe as Devel. Coalition v. 62 A major mismatch emerges between the supporter and the supported. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1613 |
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