单词 | told |
释义 | toldadj. 1. Related, narrated, recounted, declared; counted, reckoned; †valued (obsolete). Cf. tell v. Chiefly with preceding modifying adverb, as oft-told, well-told, etc.; for more established compounds see the first element. †by old told tales: as has long been said, as the saying goes (cf. by all accounts at account n. Phrases 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [adjective] > esteemed toldc1275 alosed1448 esteemed1549 regarded1561 expectablec1565 circumspect1579 valued1602 considered1665 well-considered1826 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] faireOE wortheOE worthlyeOE worthfulOE menskful?c1225 toldc1275 digne1297 of price?a1300 worshiply1340 worthya1350 menska1375 thriftyc1374 worshipfula1375 worthilya1375 honesta1382 honourablec1384 unshamedc1384 sada1387 of reputationc1390 well-nameda1393 reverent1398 worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400 celebrable?c1400 honouredc1400 worshipablec1425 substantialc1449 undefameda1450 unreviled?1457 honorousa1500 reputed?1532 well-thought-ona1533 well-spoken1539 credible1543 undespised?1548 imitable1550 famous1555 undistained1565 undefame1578 untarred1579 well-reputed1583 unsoiledc1592 dishonourless1595 well-deemed1595 nameworthy1598 regardful1600 indisgraced1606 credenta1616 undishonoureda1616 unscandalized1618 unscandalous1618 unslandered1622 untainted1627 dignousa1636 undisparaged1636 considerable1641 unbranded1641 glorifiable1651 reputable1671 unsullied1743 unstigmatized1778 undisgraced1812 unstained1863 well-thought-of1865 uncompromised1882 scandal-proof1904 cred1987 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] > by all accounts by old told tales1546 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12273 Þer weoren a þusen[d] cnihtes bald wunder wel i-talde. a1350 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Harl.) l. 119 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 292 Ȝef þou art riche & wel ytold, Ne be þou noht þarefore to bold. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 68 In þe now seid to me toold poynt he liede not. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. viii. f. li I let passe his cold and vnsauery tolde tale of cheryte denyed, and iustyce delayed. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Civv All is not golde that glistreth by olde tolde tales. 1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying iii. 373 Christ told downe a definite and certaine Ransome, as a told summe of money, every penny reckoned and layed. 1695 G. Hickes Some Disc. upon Dr. Burnet & Dr. Tillotson 31 This fine told Story, which so dishonours the Memory of Sir H. Wootton.., is a pure Fiction. a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) III. 87 Place me, where I, no more, his wrongs shall hear, Nor his told sorrows reach my shelter'd ear. 1785 Crit. Rev. Oct. 263 It is now time to examine, instead of repeating without attention, or relating the ten-times told story without variety. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Charles Blackford vi. 41 I will place five hundred dollars in your hands to-morrow morning, in told gold. 1881 D. G. Rossetti in Athenæum 3 Sept. 305/3 Alas for all The loves that from his hand proud Youth lets fall, Even as the beads of a told rosary! 1882 W. B. Weeden Social Law Labor 94 Capital is told wealth. 1922 A. Meynell Second Person Singular 122 The told story was not at first used for the purposes of pity, terror, and purification, but mainly for fun. 1948 D. West Living is Easy (1982) xi. 110 [Her] hands nightly counted paper money that had neither the feel nor the yield of told beads. 1989 Kenyon Rev. 11 105 Memory is a told thing... We find ourselves dipping into the Great Story that everyone is telling. 2012 M. Hamilton Kentucky Folktales 102 When I reflect on how ‘Sody Sallaraytus’ became part of my telling repertoire, I recall that I first encountered it as a told story, not a written story. 2. colloquial. told out: utterly exhausted; no longer capable of taking part in a race or other contest. Cf. to tell out 3 at tell v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] wearyc825 asadc1306 ateyntc1325 attaintc1325 recrayed1340 methefula1350 for-wearya1375 matea1375 taintc1380 heavy1382 fortireda1400 methefula1400 afoundered?a1425 tewedc1440 travailedc1440 wearisomec1460 fatigate1471 defatigatec1487 tired1488 recreant1490 yolden?1507 fulyeit?a1513 traiked?a1513 tavert1535 wearied1538 fatigated1552 awearya1555 forwearied1562 overtired1567 spenta1568 done1575 awearied1577 stank1579 languishinga1586 bankrupt?1589 fordone1590 spent1591 overwearied1592 overworn1592 outworn1597 half-dead1601 back-broken1603 tiry1611 defatigated1612 dog-wearya1616 overweary1617 exhaust1621 worn-out1639 embossed1651 outspent1652 exhausted1667 beaten1681 bejaded1687 harassed1693 jaded1693 lassate1694 defeata1732 beat out1758 fagged1764 dog-tired1770 fessive1773 done-up1784 forjeskit1786 ramfeezled1786 done-over1789 fatigued1791 forfoughten1794 worn-up1812 dead1813 out-burnta1821 prostrate1820 dead beat1822 told out1822 bone-tireda1825 traiky1825 overfatigued1834 outwearied1837 done like (a) dinner1838 magged1839 used up1839 tuckered outc1840 drained1855 floored1857 weariful1862 wappered1868 bushed1870 bezzled1875 dead-beaten1875 down1885 tucked up1891 ready (or fit) to drop1892 buggered-up1893 ground-down1897 played1897 veal-bled1899 stove-up1901 trachled1910 ragged1912 beat up1914 done in1917 whacked1919 washy1922 pooped1928 shattered1930 punchy1932 shagged1932 shot1939 whipped1940 buggered1942 flaked (out)1942 fucked1949 sold-out1958 wiped1958 burnt out1959 wrung out1962 juiced1965 hanging1971 zonked1972 maxed1978 raddled1978 zoned1980 cream crackered1983 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 461 He is slow as a top, and has a habit of fainting... Tom is told out. 1825 Bell's Life in London 27 Feb. 71/1 The Coal-whipper was whipped off by his friends, being completely told out. 1881 Bell's Life in London 19 Mar. 4/4 There was a pull up at my place for a snack of bread and cheese, &c, horses looking pretty well told out. 1907 L. Portman Progr. Hugh Rendal xii. 115 The B—— men are rolling, bucketing, floundering through their work, with frantic effort but little result, utterly told out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1275 |
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