单词 | well-compacted |
释义 | well-compactedadj. Very compact; densely packed; thoroughly consolidated. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > formed or constructed > well well-buildedc1330 compact1430 well-composed1485 well built?c1525 well-compacted1548 well-constituted1584 well-constructed1646 thorough-made1649 well-constructed1785 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Compactilis, that is well compacted and trussed togither, shorte and rounde. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 894/2 This Albais a litle well compacted Citie in Hungary. 1628 T. Venner Baths of Bathe 1 Bathe..is a little well~compacted Cittie. 1691 W. Sawle Impartial Relation Trans. Army of Confederates & French King 18 Little Progress will be made against so Skilful, Politick, and well compacted an Enemy. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxii. 6 Advancing o'er the Fields, Beneath one Roof of well-compacted Shields. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 253 At ev'ry portal let some matron wait, And each lock fast the well-compacted gate. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 91 The accuracy of proportion displayed in his nervous and well-compacted figure. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. v. 358 The solid and well-compacted body of Roman law. 1874 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 179 Close by the stream where well-compacted boats Were moored. 1919 N. Amer. Rev. May 713 A coherent and well-compacted narrative. 2006 Coleopterists Bull. 60 308 The cages were filled with moist, well-compacted sand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1548 |
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