well-windedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈwɪndᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈwɪndᵻd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and winded adj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., winded adj.¹

Etymology: < well adv. + winded adj.¹ Compare well-breathed adj.

Now somewhat rare.

Able to exercise, speak, etc., for a prolonged period without becoming out of breath; having strong or powerful lungs; not easily exhausted, untiring; (hence occasionally) healthy. Cf. well-breathed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > that breathes well

well-windeda1425

thorough-winded1740

a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv The horss hath xxv propertes... After the asse, well-mouthid, well-wyndyd.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiii. 29 A Good keeper of Houndes..ought to be both well footed and well winded.

1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iv. ix. 155 Nimble, swift, tough, and well winded horses.

a1691 R. Baxter Reliquæ Baxterianæ (1696) i. i. 121 Many well-winded People that are about the Sick..are ignorant and unprepared, and know not what to say to them.

1731 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XIV. iv. 132 He makes a good Stallion to breed running Horses out off, the Colts being well winded, fleet, and good at bottom.

1792 Ld. Monboddo Of Origin & Progress of Lang. VI. iii. i. 209 Any man who would excel in the art [sc. of speaking]..should also be, like a good horse, well winded.

1840 Irish Penny Jrnl. 19 Sept. 92/1 A short, stout, and not very well-winded man.

1856 Med. Independent May 192 Blow pipes judiciously blown by well-winded blowers.

1896 B. H. Baden-Powell Indian Village Community vii. 313 This remarkably well-winded lady..pronounced the names of 1,440 villages [in one breath].

1967 F. Hooper Greek Realities (1978) ix. 205 The empty mouthings of ignorant if well-winded men are at best exasperating.

2009 L. McMurtry Rhino Ranch i. i. 4 What I've been applying most of my thought to lately is whether a good well-winded Texas quarter horse could outrun a black rhino.

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

单词	well-winded
释义	well-windedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈwɪndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈwɪndᵻd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and winded adj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., winded adj.¹ Etymology: < well adv. + winded adj.¹ Compare well-breathed adj. Now somewhat rare. Able to exercise, speak, etc., for a prolonged period without becoming out of breath; having strong or powerful lungs; not easily exhausted, untiring; (hence occasionally) healthy. Cf. well-breathed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > that breathes well well-windeda1425 thorough-winded1740 a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv The horss hath xxv propertes... After the asse, well-mouthid, well-wyndyd. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiii. 29 A Good keeper of Houndes..ought to be both well footed and well winded. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iv. ix. 155 Nimble, swift, tough, and well winded horses. a1691 R. Baxter Reliquæ Baxterianæ (1696) i. i. 121 Many well-winded People that are about the Sick..are ignorant and unprepared, and know not what to say to them. 1731 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XIV. iv. 132 He makes a good Stallion to breed running Horses out off, the Colts being well winded, fleet, and good at bottom. 1792 Ld. Monboddo Of Origin & Progress of Lang. VI. iii. i. 209 Any man who would excel in the art [sc. of speaking]..should also be, like a good horse, well winded. 1840 Irish Penny Jrnl. 19 Sept. 92/1 A short, stout, and not very well-winded man. 1856 Med. Independent May 192 Blow pipes judiciously blown by well-winded blowers. 1896 B. H. Baden-Powell Indian Village Community vii. 313 This remarkably well-winded lady..pronounced the names of 1,440 villages [in one breath]. 1967 F. Hooper Greek Realities (1978) ix. 205 The empty mouthings of ignorant if well-winded men are at best exasperating. 2009 L. McMurtry Rhino Ranch i. i. 4 What I've been applying most of my thought to lately is whether a good well-winded Texas quarter horse could outrun a black rhino. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1425
随便看	friagem frian friand friandise friar friar frapart friar knots friar limiter friar mendicant friar minor friar minors friar predicant friar rush friar's balsam friar's cap friar's chicken friar's cowl friar's crown friar's goose friar's grey friar's lantern friar's thistle friar's-hood friar'shood friar-beggar