单词 | well-crammed |
释义 | well-crammedadj. Stuffed very full; fattened up. Also: filled by means of intensive study or effort (cf. crammed adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > stuffed or crammed well-stuffed?1483 well-crammed1567 pang1568 stuffed1598 refert1642 referted1657 charged (also crammed, primed, etc.) to the muzzle1782 packed1795 chock-a-block1822 pang-full1825 pack-full1858 ram-jam full1860 jam-packed1925 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. C.ivv They & their wiues are well crammed & clothed, & will haue of the best. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. K3v Capon... Yong: fat: well crammed. 1619 R. Brathwait New Spring sig. C2 Reducing th'Orphans teare and Widdowes curse To th' damn'd Elixie of their well-cramm'd purse. 1692 E. Ward Miracles performed by Money 5 Yet is an Ideot by Fortune blest, With a full Pocket, or a well cram'd Chest. 1743 R. Blair Grave 18 Where are thy boasted Implements of Art, And all thy well-cramm'd Magazines of Health? 1795 R. J. Thorn Christmas 12 The well cramm'd turkey, too, Who lately strutted 'mongst his feather'd friends,..No mercy finds. 1844 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 323/2 A well-crammed muff of the same material contained her hands. 1892 Pacific Educ. Jrnl. May 275 Is the applicant forced to prove whether or not he is a well-crammed knowledge-box? 1903 J. Stevenson Pat M'Carty 279 There is an untidiness which sometimes accompanies a well-crammed bag of attainments. 2007 Wales on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Apr. (North ed.) 35 My wife and I found ourselves one Friday evening in a well-crammed estate car at the Motorail terminal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1567 |
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