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单词 travelled
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travelledtraveledadj.

Brit. /ˈtravld/, U.S. /ˈtræv(ə)ld/
Forms: see travel v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: travel v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < travel v. + -ed suffix1.
1. That has travelled, esp. to distant or foreign places; experienced in travel. Often with preceding modifying adverb. Also in extended use.Recorded earliest in well-travelled adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > much travelled
travelledc1450
well-travelledc1450
journeyed1553
traced1632
c1450 Mandeville's Trav. (Coventry) (1973) l. 24 (MED) A worþi sowdioure forsothe was he And wel trauailid biyonde the see In many a dyuers kinges londe.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxiii. f. lxxxjv Auncyen, trauayled men that ben experte in dedes of armes.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. iii. 19 The reformation of our trauel'd Gallants. View more context for this quotation
1780 Mirror No. 97. ⁋18 Nothing can be more grotesque than her travelled language.
1866 Anthropol. Rev. 4 117 Ignoring not only the conclusions of the man of science, but the practical experiences of all widely-travelled persons.
1966 Listener 11 Aug. 210/1 Synge, already a travelled man when Yeats suggested to him that he'd find the Aran Islands more to his liking than Paris was a foreigner in his own country.
2017 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 23 July He was a very travelled coach, he liked to discover new ideas and go across to Holland and Germany to watch football.
2. Of a road, route, etc.: that has been travelled; used or frequented by travellers. Often with preceding modifying adverb.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through
travelled1625
trafficked1834
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > frequented by travellers or traffic
trafficked1834
travelled1882
1625 J. Saris in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. 372 The Roade is exceedingly trauelled, full of people, euer and anon you meet with Farmes and Countrey houses, with Villages, and often with great Townes.
1786 Mrs. Johnson Juliana II. x. 32 It was his opinion that the fugitives would take the earliest opportunity of quitting the beaten, and usually travelled road, to seek in bye ways and a less frequented country a security against pursuit.
1845 J. C. Frémont Rep. Exploring Exped. Rocky Mts. 163 [To Fort Hall] along the travelled road from the town of Westport..is 1,323 miles.
1882 B. Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 106 It came with..voices in the traveled roads and trails.
2018 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 11 Aug. b2 To take advantage of the agency's recent commitment to paving the more heavily traveled roads in the county.
3.
a. Scottish. Of earth or soil: that has been deliberately transported to its current location, typically for the purposes of building or landscaping.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > artificial
travelled1794
the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > conveyed or transported (of earth)
transported1693
travelled1794
1794 Traveller's Compan. Edinb. 68 As it stands at present, 435,250 cubical yards of travelled earth, three carts of which allowed to a cubic yard, it will be found 1,305,750 loads in all.
1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. I. 16 The whole ground..is formed, not of natural, but of what builders term travelled earth.
1913 Garden 22 Feb. 14/3 Deep cultivation is essential to success... Where this is not available, the depth must be made up by the addition of ‘travelled’ soil.
1995 A. Cameron Bank of Scotl. 1695–1995 vii. 89 Because the new building was to be sited on the junction between the basalt rock of Edinburgh High Street and the travelled earth of the Mound (essentially the excavated spoil from New Town foundations), the footings were substantial.
b. Geology. Of rocks, soil, etc.: transported to a new location by natural means (such as the movement of wind, water, or ice); spec. designating a rock moved by glacial action.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [adjective] > movement by ice
travelled1795
ice-bornea1813
1795 J. Hutton Theory Earth (new ed.) II. v. 172 It is the finding the travelled materials of Mont Blanc, or fragments detached from the summit and centre of the Alps, in such places as give reason to conclude that they had passed through certain openings between the mountains of the Jura.
1795 J. Hutton Theory Earth (new ed.) II. xiv. 562 The soil..is gradually travelled by the moving water... This travelled soil is at last deposited upon the coast, where it forms most fertile countries.
1833 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (1874) xi. 146 The multitude of ‘travelled’ blocks and striated rocks.
1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life vii. 106 The phenomenon of travelled or perched blocks is also a common one in all glacier countries.
1955 F. J. North Evol. Bristol Channel (ed. 2) Pl. X (caption) Porthkerry cliffs, Glam.: A beach of travelled pebbles.
1994 J. Hogarth tr. P. H. Baumgarten et al. Baedeker U.S.A. (Automobile Assoc.) (Eng. ed. 1) 381 Moraines, travelled granite blocks from Canada, corries, corrie lakes and U-shape valleys give evidence of strong local glaciation.

Compounds

travelled blood n. rare blood which has spurted out of an open artery.Apparently only in the works of ‘John le Carré’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > bleeding or flow of blood > shed blood
gore1563
travelled blood1962
1962 ‘J. le Carré’ Murder of Quality iii. 41 There's a lot of what we call travelled blood..that's to say, blood spurted from an open artery.
2013 ‘J. le Carré’ Delicate Truth v. 226 The blood was never logical. There was splashes all over the rear bumper. They said it was travelled blood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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