单词 | warped |
释义 | warpedadj. 1. a. Bent, contorted, or twisted out of shape. ΘΚΠ 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. b. Mining. (See quot. 1886.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.c1460 |
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