单词 | well-disciplined |
释义 | well-disciplinedadj. 1. Characterized by or displaying good discipline; orderly, well-controlled. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > disciplined or trained disciplinedc1384 ruleda1398 well-disciplineda1533 disciplinated1590 seasoneda1643 well-drilled1756 tight1968 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Z.viijv The armies..were as well disciplined and morigerate [= obedient], as the schooles of the philosophies. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. vi. sig. R6v A Prince of a goodly aspect..; strong of body, and so much the stronger, as he by a well disciplined exercise taught it both to do, and suffer. 1642 Earl of Cork in Earl Orrery St. Lett. (1742) 8 These seasoned and well disciplined companies. 1702 J. Dennis (title) An essay on the navy, or Englands advantage and safety, prov'd dependant on a formidable and well-disciplined navy. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 216 A well-disciplined imagination. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 528 The power of self-government which is characteristic of men trained in well disciplined camps to command and to obey. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. x. 266 All but peculiarly well-disciplined minds were apt to turn from her with annoyance. 1947 Life 28 Apr. 114/2 The government has been dogged, comparatively well disciplined, but dull. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Nov. 41/3 Schröder was a smooth..candidate, with an unusually well-disciplined Social Democratic Party behind him. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > that has been beaten chastisedc1440 scourged1543 coiled1569 lashed1611 well-disciplined1660 flogged1836 lickeda1896 tanned1905 1660 Arsy Versy (single sheet) It did now, like a Truant's well-disciplined Bum, With the Rod of affliction harder become. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1533 |
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