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单词 weathered
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weatheredadj.

Brit. /ˈwɛðəd/, U.S. /ˈwɛðərd/
Etymology: < weather v. + -ed suffix1.
1. Worn, stained, or seasoned by the weather or by atmospheric influences. Also weathered out. Chiefly Geology. (See weather v. 2a, 2b.)
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > by action of weather
weather-beatena1547
overweathered1600
weather-worn?1609
weather-beat?1615
weather-bita1616
weathered1789
withered1794
weather-scarred1876
weather-roughened1897
1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 420 This weathered or dissolved copper is found in many places in the state of an ochre or of a loose powder.
1820 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 3 185 The weathered surface of several specimens of calcareous sandstone.
1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. W. von Goethe Wilhelm Meister's Trav. in German Romance IV. 212 The weathered aspect of the towers.
1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 3) I. 103 I have never yet seen any restoration or cleaned portion of a building whose effect was not inferior to the weathered parts.
1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xi. 254 The weathered surface of each block was black.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vii. 54 The weathered ice of the surface..could be cloven with great facility.
1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 230/1 Practice enables a geologist to discriminate some rocks by the feel of their weathered or fresh surfaces.
1906 Cornish Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 235 A collection of weathered-out crystals of felspar.
1914 Moir in Man XIV. 180 What we have regarded as deep striæ caused by immense pressure are in all probability simply weathered out shattered scratches.
2. Of a crop of grain or hay: Deteriorated by too long exposure to the elements.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adjective] > killed
winterkilled1817
weathered1875
laid1886
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 185 Weathered barley has a dull and often a dirty appearance.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Weathered, damaged, but not spoilt, by too long exposure to weather—wet and bad harvesting weather: said of hay or corn.
1892 Daily Chron. 6 Sept. 3/5 Barley is particularly liable to become ‘weathered’ and unfit for malting.
3. Architecture. Made sloping, so as to prevent the lodgement of water; furnished with a weathering or water-table.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [adjective] > types of wall
untiled1377
blind1603
unpanelled1632
unwainscoted1710
weathered1840
1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 2/1 Two octagonal turrets..strengthened by massive double buttresses in three stages, the lower part terminating in weathered canopies, the middle having weathered offsets.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 294/1 Copings are worked with..an inclined or ‘weathered’ upper surface.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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