well-scrubbedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈskrʌbd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈskrəbd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and scrubbed adj.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., scrubbed adj.²

Etymology: < well adv. + scrubbed adj.²

That has been thoroughly scrubbed or cleaned. Also: of highly presentable appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [adjective] > scoured or scrubbed

scouredc1450

well-scrubbed1793

scrubbed1870

1793 R. Graves Reveries of Solitude 104 Against the well-scrub'd post reclin'd the sage.

1837 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 26 June Her Welsh carpet, as she called the well scrubbed board floors, without a spot upon them.

1857 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1858) 3 i. 63 The whole of the bedsteads and the flooring looked clean and well-scrubbed.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist ii. 74 A well scrubbed kitchen.

1976 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor on Job iii. 18 A small, round, well-scrubbed looking man.

2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody xxvii. 229 She looked much too sophisticated for our preppy, well-scrubbed suburb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-scrubbed
释义	well-scrubbedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈskrʌbd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈskrəbd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and scrubbed adj.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., scrubbed adj.² Etymology: < well adv. + scrubbed adj.² That has been thoroughly scrubbed or cleaned. Also: of highly presentable appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [adjective] > scoured or scrubbed scouredc1450 well-scrubbed1793 scrubbed1870 1793 R. Graves Reveries of Solitude 104 Against the well-scrub'd post reclin'd the sage. 1837 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 26 June Her Welsh carpet, as she called the well scrubbed board floors, without a spot upon them. 1857 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1858) 3 i. 63 The whole of the bedsteads and the flooring looked clean and well-scrubbed. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist ii. 74 A well scrubbed kitchen. 1976 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor on Job iii. 18 A small, round, well-scrubbed looking man. 2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody xxvii. 229 She looked much too sophisticated for our preppy, well-scrubbed suburb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1793
随便看	rambled rambleheaded rambler rambler rose ramblers rambles ramblescramble rambling rambling club rambling day rambling excursion ramblinglier ramblingliest ramblingly ramblingness ramblings ramblock rambo rambo-like ramboard ramboesque rambogram ramboism rambolike rambooze