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单词 warped
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warpedadj.

Brit. /wɔːpt/, U.S. /wɔrpt/
Etymology: < warp v. + -ed suffix1.
1.
a. Bent, contorted, or twisted out of shape.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > perverse in judgement
warpedc1460
wrong-headed1732
wronghead1737
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted > twisted and bent
warpedc1460
skellowed1607
c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) 517/1 Warpyd, or auylonge.
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aivv The god that they by sea had brought In warped keles [L. curvis carinis].
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet B iiij Ile make his braines so hot, that they shall..rattle in his warpt skull, like pepper in a dride bladder.
1604 J. Marston Malcontent v. iii. sig. H2v Hauing a red beard and a paire of warpt legges.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 72 A warp'd Piece of Plank.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 45 The planks look warp'd.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. 75 Now to the oak's warped roots he clings.
1876 R. Broughton Joan II. i. xxx. 254 Under the warped door..comes the iced blast.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 153 Warped cut, woodcuts twisted through dampness, generally caused by improper cleansing or storing.
figurative.1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. I4 Were thy warpt soule, put in a new molde, Ide weare thee as a Iewell set in golde.1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 217 A good sort of a man, though most ridiculously warped in his political principles.1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. iv. 48 The warped suggestions of the writer are perpetually supplying the absence of all real knowledge.1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 245 He has resorted to..dishonesty and falsehood, and become warped and distorted.
b. Mining. (See quot. 1886.)
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [adjective] > types of deposit
veined1785
nodular1794
vein1822
wandering1886
warped1886
hypothermal1906
supergene1914
mesothermal1922
podiform1928
xenothermal1935
1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 70 Warped, irregularly bedded, or plicated.
2. That has cast its young prematurely.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [adjective] > pregnant or near to giving birth > giving birth > that gave birth prematurely
warpeda1722
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 283 The warped cows.
3. Enriched with alluvial warp.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [adjective]
silty1694
alluvious1731
alluvial1771
alluvian1794
warped1799
alluviated1810
sedimentous1869
silted1890
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 284 At Reeveness warped land has sold for £100 an acre.
1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 1229/1 Warped lands are found capable of growing most kinds of crops in great plenty.
1878 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. xxxiii. 577 The broad warped meadows.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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