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单词 well-distinguished
释义

well-distinguishedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛldᵻˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/, U.S. /ˌwɛldəˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: well adv., distinguished adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + distinguished adj., originally after Middle French bien distingué (1580, in the passage translated in quot. 1594, or earlier).
Clearly defined; readily separated; distinct.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct
sunderlyeOE
sundryOE
serec1175
proper1340
serelepesa1400
sundrylepesc1400
sunderlepesa1450
peculiar1509
several1533
unconfounded1577
well-distinguished1594
articulate1603
unconfused1609
inconfused1626
separate1691
demarcated1862
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct > able to be distinguished
well-distinguished1594
designable1629
differentiable1867
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. xiii. 89 But man onely hath articulate and well distinguished soundes: vnto which, birdes of all other beastes approch neerest.
1668 H. P. Cressy Church-hist. Brittany 283/2 Baronius affirms that the principall of them were Augustin and Mellitus. Others to Mellitus adjoyn Iustus and Iohn. But they have not well distinguished times.
1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ i. 51 Lo, from afar the promis'd Day Shines with a well-distinguish'd Ray.
1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xxi. 538 Servants, all arranged in well-distinguished grades.
1965 Castanea 30 195 Hybrid swarms produced by the bringing together of previously isolated and well-distinguished species.
2007 B. Falkenburg Particle Metaphysics viii. 328 Light is not constituted by well-distinguished light atoms or quanta in the way Newton conceived of them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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