单词 | well-covered |
释义 | well-coveredadj. Properly, fully, abundantly, or finely covered (in various senses). Also colloquial: covered with a substantial amount of flesh; plump, fat; cf. well-upholstered adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > thickly well-coveredc1430 thick-shelleda1657 well-spread1656 thick-fleeced1864 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump fatc893 frimOE fullOE overfatOE greatOE bald1297 roundc1300 encorsivea1340 fattishc1369 fleshyc1369 fleshlyc1374 repletea1398 largec1405 corsious1430 corpulentc1440 corsyc1440 fulsome1447 portlyc1487 corporate1509 foggy fata1529 corsive1530 foggish?1537 plump1545 fatty1552 fleshful1552 pubble1566 plum1570 pursy1576 well-fleshed1576 gross?1577 fog1582 forfatted1586 gulchy1598 bouksome1600 fat-fed1607 meatified1607 chuff1609 plumpya1616 bloat1638 blowze-like1647 obese1651 jollya1661 bloated1664 chubbed1674 pluffya1689 puffya1689 pussy1688 sappy1694 crummy1718 chubby1722 fodgel1724 well-padded1737 beefy1743 plumpish1753 pudsy1754 rotund1762 portable1770 lusty1777 roundabout1787 well-cushioned1802 plenitudinous1803 stout1804 embonpointc1806 roly-poly1808 adipose1810 roll-about1815 foggy1817 poddy1823 porky1828 hide-blown1834 tubby1835 stoutish1836 tubbish1836 superfatted1841 pottle-bodied1842 pincushiony1851 opulent1882 well-covered1884 well-upholstered1886 butterball1888 endomorphic1888 tisty-tosty1888 pachyntic1890 barrel-bodied1894 overweight1899 pussy-gutted1906 upholstered1924 c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 271 Nakyd from the brest vp to the hed Men myȝthe hyre sen..The remenaunt was wel keuerede to myn pay Rygh with a subtyl couercheif of valence. a1500 in A. Zettersten Middle Eng. Lapidary (1968) 36 Thy pot be well couered. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 6 Lett hym after thys lye hygh wyth the head, well couered, and let him fast herevpon sixe houres. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 188 Keepe him hot in some close and well couered place. 1635 N. Campbell Treat. upon Death sig. E3 O thou comely Rachel, beautifull Bethsheba, alluring Dalilah, thy pampered and well covered skinne, in the grave shall be like that of a drudge, or vile kitchin-maid ere it belong! 1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. **2 In other Writers there is often well cover'd Ignorance; in Virgil, conceal'd Learning. 1762 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 428/1 Congratulate the farmer on the noble prospect of his well-covered acres. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 80 My worthy booksellers and friends, Messieurs Dillys in the Poultry, at whose hospitable and well-covered table I have seen a greater number of literary men than at any other. 1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 121 They are then cooked without water, in a well-covered vessel. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. iv. 34 Till he had placed him, nothing loth, at the well-covered dining-table. 1884 Nonconformist & Independent 9 May 445/3 Thrusting his elbow into the well-covered ribs of Mr. W. H. Smith. 1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. xvii. 136 A mild, well~covered person, with crinkly hair and rather piggy eyes. 1991 Lang. in Society 20 478 Four well-covered areas: preverbal particles, the copula, serial verbs, and the various structures of the noun phrase. 2008 J. Andrews Peppers Cookbook 150/1 Store in a well-covered container. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1430 |
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