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单词 built
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builtn.

Etymology: < build v.; mode of formation uncertain; compare gilt , < gild ; also build n. and builth n.
Obsolete.
1. Style of construction (of a ship, etc.), build.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > style of creation or construction
shaft888
suitc1330
generationa1382
makinga1398
frame?1520
workmanship1578
imagerya1592
model1597
fabricaturec1600
builtc1615
fabric1644
module1649
get-up1857
fashioning1870
c1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses xi. 146 A sail Of foreign built.
1658 in Hist. Glasgow (1881) 243 Excelling the model and usual built of townhalls.
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lx. 16 And as the built, so different is the fight.
1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §20 The sailor sees the burthen, the built, and the distance of a ship at sea.
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 84. 671 Friendship and love require..a peculiar built of mind.
2. Action of building.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun]
bigginga1325
rearinga1325
buildingc1394
edifying1432
upbringing1484
rising?a1500
upmaking1513
upbigging1525
edification1549
erecting1553
structure1604
erection1614
compilementa1639
architecture1646
exstruction1652
built1654
edifice1663
fabric1730
upbuilding1732
builth1805
1654 G. Goddard in T. Burton Diary (1828) (modernized text) I. Introd. p. lxxxviii A constant and continual built of ships.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

builtadj.

Brit. /bɪlt/, U.S. /bɪlt/
Forms: see build v. (Forms 3γ. ).
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: built , build v.
Etymology: < built, past participle of build v. (compare Forms 3γ. at that entry). Compare earlier builded adj.
1.
a. Of a building or other architectural structure: that has been constructed or erected.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective] > built
ybuldc1380
upbiggedc1425
biggit1513
upwroughtc1540
upframeda1560
builded1563
built1570
erected1603
exstructed1642
upbuilded1859
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 8383 Al bilt thing in that plas felle doun & mich peple shent.
1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 40 His built Banquetting House.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. viii. 88 The built and tower-like shaft.
1939 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 3) xii. 206 A porthole stone often enhances the resemblance of a built tomb's doorway to the entry into a natural or artificial cave.
2008 Idaho Bus. Rev. (Nexis) 12 Nov. Most of the built homes are intended for residents, though a couple are spec homes.
b. Esp. of a tool, piece of equipment, etc.: constructed from separate parts or sections; = built-up adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [adjective] > manufactured or produced > constructed of parts prepared separately
built1860
?1812 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) V. 512/2 This built beam of three pieces may, in some cases, be much stronger than an entire one.
1860 All Year Round 15 Sept. 549 The Armstrong gun..is a built gun.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Mar. 8/3 Three-bladed propellers of the ‘built’ type.
2022 Legal Monitor Worldwide (Nexis) 7 Jan. The gun was a built gun, for which he had ordered the parts from a website.
2. With modifier. Constructed or formed in a specified manner or place, or with a specified quality, as in Clyde-built, strange-built, wooden-built, etc.See also American-built adj., custom-built adj., frigate-built adj., hand-built adj., ill-built adj., new-built adj., purpose-built adj. well built adj., etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built of wood
wooden-built1860
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > made or constructed of wood
treenc1000
stockya1400
treea1400
timberedc1412
timber?1530
wooden1538
woodya1540
ligneal1599
ligneous1812
carpentered1837
betimbered1847
wooden-built1860
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built in specific place
Clyde-built1582
English-built1622
homebuilt1676
British-built1707
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 1 A long buylt citty theare stood, Carthago so named.
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. H4v The goodliest & most glorious strange-built wonder, Which that great Architect hath made, is heauen.
1769 D'Alenzon tr. ‘Hoamchi-Vam’ Bonze I. 83 There uprose gaily grand an elegant throne, flower-built, sweetly festooned with roses.
1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 245 She [sc. a ship] is wooden built.
1955 A. MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses ii. 42 Stern dug in like a hydroplane, vibrating in every Clyde-built rivet.
2015 N. Carr Glass Cage (2016) viii. 183 You recently bought your first autonomous car—a Google-programmed, Mercedes-built eSmart electric sedan—and the software is at the wheel.
3. colloquial (originally U.S.). Of a person: having an attractive figure or physique; (now spec.) having an impressively muscular physique.See also build v. 5b.
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1933 V. F. Nelson Prison Days & Nights ix. 205 One of these platinum blondes with blue eyes. And is she built!
1964 M. Kosloff Dial ‘P’ for Pleasure v. 76 The bell captain stared openly at Bruce. ‘Say, you're really built.’
1996 L. Alberts Price of Land in Shelby (1997) 98 The guy's built like Schwarzenegger. Busting out of his shirts, he's so built.
2016 J. R. Brown Georgia Peaches & Other Forbidden Fruit xii. 124 She squeezes my arm. ‘You're the best.’ She squeezes again. ‘And kind of built. How'd you get those arms?’

Phrases

Originally U.S. Followed by an infinitive or to and a noun, forming adjectival phrases designating or relating to something (esp. a building, vehicle, equipment, etc.) made or constructed in accordance with that which is specified by the verb or noun, as in built-to-last, built-to-order, built-to-purpose, built-to-sell, etc. Cf. build v. Phrases 3.
Π
1893 Illustr. Amer. 4 Mar. 285/1 Few enough men and scarcely any women can tell the difference between the good custom made and the built to order brougham [carriage].
1911 Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chron. 11 June 9/2 Do you want to buy it [sc. this home] as cheaply and on as easy terms as you can buy a new, ‘built to sell’ house?
1960 Courier-Post (Camden, N.J.) 9 Aug. 18/5 (advt.) Drive in today..and drive out with a built-to-last, gas-saving 1960 Rambler.
1971 Los Angeles Times 28 Jan. (Orange County ed.) 28/1 Two homes nearing completion will serve to preview the many built-to-specification homes that Thorman's company will be producing.
1996 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 22 May b1 Pureland was building buildings on a built-to-suit..basis as the market demanded.
2020 Ghana News Agency (Nexis) 26 June This [sc. the construction of toilets] is to ensure that the pupils have access to a convenient and built-to-purpose facility.

Compounds

C1.
built environment n. the human-made structures, features, and facilities created and maintained to support people's life, work, and health, considered collectively as a distinct environment.Sometimes contrasted with natural environment.In quot. 1942 probably not a fixed collocation.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > town- or city-scape
cityscape1856
townscape1867
built environment1942
urbanscape1958
1942 H. Leipziger City, Housing & Community Plan 38 ‘The perception of a spatial order’ such as presented, for example, in ‘built’ environment or architecture.
1964 Times 20 Feb. 13/3 The built environment is now acknowledged to be as clearly identifiable a subject of national concern as medicine and agriculture.
1990 Lifestyle Summer 103/2 Acid rain wears down both the natural and built environments.
2000 Building Design 11 Feb. 13/1 Developers, property owners..and local authorities have visions of regenerating our capital city and of beautifying our built environment.
C2.
built-over adj. that has been constructed on; that has been crowded or covered with buildings.
ΘΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > covered over > with buildings
built-over1863
1863 Lady's Newspaper 14 Mar. 346/2 In this half-built-over desert there are two oases.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. i. 88 A smoky built-over hill.
2018 Keighley News (Nexis) 8 June He fears that water run-off from the built-over fields will have nowhere else to go but the beck.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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