单词 | bottomed |
释义 | bottomedadj. 1. Of a thing: fitted with or having a bottom. Chiefly with modifying word: having a bottom of the specified material or form, as foul-bottomed, gravel-bottomed, heavy-bottomed, sharp-bottomed, etc. Also of a person, with modifying word: having a bottom or buttocks of a specified kind, as bare-bottomed, big-bottomed, fat-bottomed, etc.Recorded earliest in flat-bottomed adj.copper-bottomed, full-bottomed, round-bottomed, sandy-bottomed: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > relating to or forming a base > having a (specific) base footedOE standing1412 well-couchedc1475 bottomed1582 baseda1616 foundeda1616 well-bottomeda1628 well-founded1671 clawed1768 claw-feet1823 substructured1952 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xiii. 33 b They haue no quiell, but are flat bottomed. ?1600 H. Plat Delightes for Ladies sig. C12v You must haue a deep bottomed bason of fine cleane brasse. 1696 Inventory 22 May in D. P. Dymond & A. Betterton Lavenham: 700 Years of Textile Making (1982) 88 Thre Rush botumd Chaiers. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xxxvi. 139 We came into a chamber 18 foot long..the Roof being sharp bottom'd. 1743 R. Blair Grave 19 Nor Margin of the Gravel-bottom'd Brook. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) II. 218 Let it have..a bottom of pierced tin to every other division... The seed is to be put..into the bottomed divisions. 1785 H. Polesworth Fragm. Hist. John Bull, Esq. ix. 61 Young Hopeful..taught his bare bottomed compatriots, greek and latin, at 2s. Scotch, per Quarter. 1819 Weekly Entertainer 4 Jan. 6 I lamed one of my horses..and was laughed at by a bare-bottomed scoundrel. 1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana xvi. 192 Leather-bottomed chairs. 1908 M. Dorset Some Common Disinfectants (Farmers' Bull. 345, U.S. Dept. of Agric.) 7 Place the required amount of permanganate in a wide-bottomed vessel..and pour the formalin on quickly. 1924 Amer. Mercury Apr. 439/1 The sailor lad in his wide-bottomed trousers swaggering along the deck of his dreadnaught. 1984 T. C. Boyle Budding Prospects (1985) ii. iv. 85 Phil turned to me, rain in our faces, cans of beets, niblet corn and garden-fresh peas at our feet, the sorry scraps of superstrength, double-bottomed bags in our hands. 2004 Bee Culture Mar. 42/2 I have watched yellow jackets working the bottomed hides while avoiding the bottomless. 2007 L. Beardslee Not Far Away xxi. 143 Wide-bottomed men in shiny brown polyester suits. 2013 National Trust Mag. Autumn 64/3 Slowly melt butter in heavy-bottomed saucepan over very low heat. 2013 A. C. Saguy What's Wrong with Fat? ii. 54 The English rock band Queen praises ‘fat bottomed girls’ in their 1978 hit song ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’. 2. Founded, based, grounded. Chiefly figurative. Chiefly (and earliest) in well-bottomed adj. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [adjective] > based or founded foundeda1616 bottomeda1628 a1628 J. Preston Remedy against Covetousnes 3 in Three Godly Treat. (1632) To thinke, that if I am well, if I am strong in friends, have a well bottomed estate that my mountaine is strong on every side, I shall not be removed, this is sinfull and vaine. 1635 W. Jemmat in T. Taylor Princ. Christian Pract. Ep. Ded. sig. A4 This is the disposition, and these the behaviours of a Christian well principled and bottomed. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 197 'Twas far from being any opinion..bottom'd upon weak grounds. 1828 C. Lamb Capt. Jackson in Elia 2nd Ser. 193 Our literary talk..was bottomed well; had good grounds to go upon. 1991 N.Y. Suppl. (Lexis) 2nd Ser. 583 118/2 The decision is solidly bottomed on the fact that the debtor's lease had been terminated before the bankruptcy filing. Derivatives ˈbottomedness n. rare the quality of resting upon a secure or stable foundation, or of having a foundation of a specified kind. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding > quality of being established bottomedness1642 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 19 The freedome, bottomednesse, and unchangeablenesse of the promise. 1986 N.Y. Mag. 6 Jan. 50/2 For that is what the play [sc. Benefactors] is ultimately about: the ironies of existence, the multiple-bottomedness of life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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