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单词 well-seated
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well-seatedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈsiːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈsidᵻd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and seated adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., seated adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + seated adj.
Now rare.
Having a good site, location, or place of habitation; well-situated.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position > well-situated
well-setc1330
well-seated1578
well-situated1589
well set on1594
well-sited1639
1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 30 Mayster Wolfall being well seated and setled at home in his owne Countrey, with a good and large liuing,..refused not to take in hand this paynefull voyage.
1599 H. Austell in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. 195 The 8. we passed by a very wel seated town called Curzola.
1621 in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 456 Bruxells..being a well seated and well watered towne as evr I sawe.
1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. b2 Your..well seated Palace with a Wood at its back.
1705 B. Mandeville Grumbling Hive 22 The once gay, Well-seated Houshold Gods.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 300 Mr. Knox was so well seated, and could not be supposed to leave such an Estate.
1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. lxxxi. 242 Vergennes is well seated for iron-works.
1840 Colonial Gaz. 5 Feb. 89/1 There are several well-seated islands, unoccupied, unclaimed, possessing good harbours.
1935 S. E. Morison Founding of Harvard Coll. 152 The villages were well seated and compactly laid out.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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