单词 | well-laid |
释义 | well-laidadj. 1. a. Firmly or skilfully laid (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > well or badly well-deviseda1425 well-laid1533 well-calculated1593 well-laid1595 well-designed1624 best-laida1626 ill-contrived1632 well-planned1728 well-schemed1728 set piece1947 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. ii. iii. f. cxvii Some such piece therof as semeth at the fyrste syghte well layed as where he sayth yt fayth so fylleth our hungry hartes..that we be satysfyed. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 30 If the Cable bee well made, we say it is well laid. 1781 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 49 The joints of a well-laid floor. 1847 R. S. Surtees Hawbuck Grange xii. 247 Our friends now got among nice, level, well-laid, well-pleached fences. 1915 House Beautiful Nov. 196/1 A concrete floor that is as resilient as a well-laid carpet. 2011 J. Reese Make Bread, buy Butter (2012) viii. 135 A smiling family, a well-laid table, a roast bird. b. With adverbs in uses corresponding to phrasal verbs at lay v.1, esp. in well-laid-out. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > ordered or systematically arranged > well-ordered or well-arranged well-disposeda1398 arrayedc1405 well-laid1577 methodical1650 well-digested1708 well-ordered1712 well-arranged1823 well-structured1837 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 37v The fodder..being well layde vp, wyll continue in goodnesse three yeeres. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. at Wale-reared It makes a ship within-booard much the roomer,..if her bearing be well laid-out. 1755 Universal Mag. Dec. 264/1 The gardens..are extremely agreeable, very extensive, and well laid out. 1778 D. Loch Tour Trading Towns Scotl. 14 Upon the whole, it is a neat well laid out town. 1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds iv. 31 A weel-laid-on whack o' the tawse. 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross (new ed.) li. 372 Jorrocks, who is well laid in on the road for a view, screeches and halloas them on. 1920 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 39 721/1 A well laid up job with mediocre brick will probably out-last a poor installation of good brick. 1953 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 6 June 14/5 A well laid down bunt by Henry Parks brought in two runs. 2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales vii. 274 The craft studio can be visited at the back of the shop, where her pottery shares the well laid-out display space with a wide and interesting range of arts and craftwork. 2. Of a plan, scheme, etc.: formulated carefully or meticulously. Cf. best-laid adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > well or badly well-deviseda1425 well-laid1533 well-calculated1593 well-laid1595 well-designed1624 best-laida1626 ill-contrived1632 well-planned1728 well-schemed1728 set piece1947 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iii. xxxix. sig. O3v Our wel-laid plot, and all I must confesse With our iust cause doth promise good successe. 1677 A. Behn Abdelazer iii. ii. 30 Now, Elvira, for a well-laid Plot, To ruine this Florella. 1761 E. Thompson Meretriciad 13 When sep'rate you enjoy'd the wining man, What could resist a well laid bedded plan? 1880 E. Lynn Linton Rebel of Family II. ix All the well-laid schemes had gone agley. 1919 M. E. Durham in Albania & Albanians (2001) 119 The assassination of the Archduke was part of a well-laid plan to achieve Slav hegemony in the Near East. 1998 World in 1998 (Economist Publ.) 125/1 Markets..have their own, well-laid plans for winning euro-related business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1533 |
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