单词 | well-lodged |
释义 | well-lodgedadj. Firmly embedded, securely fixed. Also: suitably or comfortably housed (now rare). ΚΠ 1645 D. North Forest of Varieties i. 9 A well lodged reputation, eminent in fame, vertue, generalitie of love and applause attending it. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 221 His form robust..Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well-lodg'd. 1818 Brit. Rev. Aug. 73 The comparatively well-clad, well-lodged, and well-fed peasantry of our own villages. 1853 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 29 Oct. 15/1 According to Mr. Carlyle's account of the model prisoner, he was a well-lodged, well-fed, carefully-tended gentleman. 1916 W. S. Churchill Let. 26 Jan. in R. S. Churchill & M. Gilbert W. S. Churchill (1972) III. ii. 1396 I am extremely well-lodged here. 1935 Jrnl. County Louth Archaeol. Soc. 8 248 A horseshoe structure..of well-lodged boulders. 2002 N.Y. Times 27 June a28/2 Removing a well-lodged foreign body from an organism may sometimes be more damaging than letting it stay put. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1645 |
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