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单词 well-stained
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well-stainedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈsteɪnd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈsteɪnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., stained adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + stained adj.
That has been skilfully, properly, or thoroughly stained (in various senses of the verb). Also: very stained, having many stains.
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1738 London Mag. Sept. 459/2 Prime the well-stain'd cloth.
1745 E. Young Consolation 5 The well-stain'd Canvas, or the featur'd Stone?
1808 D. Hughson London V. 346 Two fine Gothic windows, representing, in well stained glass, the following subjects: [etc.].
1841 J. Bullar & H. Bullar Winter in Azores II. 260 The captain has produced a pack of well-stained cards with the corners worn into semicircles.
1883 Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 18 62 In well-stained specimens the synectic tissue is visibly tinted.
1907 W. H. Simmonds Pract. Grocer I. 73 Built of well stained and varnished pine.
1936 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Jan. 151/1 The theca externa..showed up as a well-stained and vascular area.
2008 A. Davidson Gargoyle (2009) x. 150 The hint of her perfume could make him wipe the back of his neck with his well-stained handkerchief.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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