单词 | wired-in |
释义 | wired-inadj. 1. Surrounded or enclosed by wire, in the form of fencing or mesh. Cf. wire v. 2b, wired adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > by wire wired-in1855 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 508 A moveable house and wired-in run which..is tenanted by a pair of Bantams. 1886 Cent. Mag. July 373/2 One must either purchase breeders and keep them prisoners, with a wired-in area for exercise, or youngsters just from the nest. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. June 531/3 Droppings boards or wired-in droppings pits are coming back into use again [in hen-houses]. 1975 J. McClure Snake ix. 118 Wessels..hid behind the wired-in back of a parked truck. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 8 Feb. 24 The bunk is their living space, which they share with their father in a ‘cage-home’—a wired-in bunk in an airless room. 2. a. Incorporated into or connected to a device or system by electric wires, frequently for the purpose of performing a specific or unchangeable function. Cf. hardwired adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [adjective] > connected by wiring wired-in1950 1950 Brit. Patent 647,456 1/1 Some valves are made with flexible leads instead of the normal terminal pins; it will be some time, however, before the use of permanently wired-in valves becomes general. 1962 Communications ACM 5 159/1 (heading) On a wired-in binary-to-decimal conversion scheme. 1975 Lang. for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xv. 234 This should be fitted with sound~proof projector booth, wired-in good quality speakers, and a large permanent screen. 2003 R. Irwin Home Renovation Checklist xii. 152 Replacing a wired-in fixture is..fairly simple, and many home renovators can do that themselves. b. Designating behaviour and activity that is innate or is determined by innate and unchanging neural pathways; of or relating to such behaviour. Cf. hardwired adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > innate or natural i-cundeeOE fleshly971 kindlyOE kindc1175 naturalc1275 kindc1390 innatea1420 nativea1425 inborn1513 innative1513 habitual1526 ingenerate1531 instincta1538 innated1545 inset1545 of one's nativity1582 inbreda1592 connatural1599 prognatec1600 ingenious1601 ingenit1604 congenite1610 connativea1618 intuitive1621 infusive1630 habituous1633 veined1633 genial1646 connatea1652 relollacean1654 relollaceous1657 relolleous1662 congenial1664 complanted1668 ingrown1670 ingenerated1677 unborrowed1704 cogenite1712 born1741 naturable1771 unacquired1793 congenerous1813 congenital1848 ingrain1852 indigenousa1864 ingenital1886 wired-in1957 1957 C. E. Osgood et al. Measurem. of Meaning i. 5 Certain stimulus patterns have a ‘wired-in’ connection with certain behaviour patterns. 1975 P. Elbow Oppositions in Chaucer v. 120 His predilection for language and thought frees him..from a single, rigid, programmed, or wired-in response to a fox. 2003 S. Greenfield Tomorrow's People (2004) v. 119 Every parent with whom I have discussed this issue will avow that their sons have a different way of behaving, somehow ‘wired-in’, that is distinct from that of their daughters. 2007 K. T. Maslin Introd. Philos. Mind (ed. 2) v. 128 The ability of the bower bird to create a ‘garden’ for a possible mate is the result of a wired-in instinct that never varies and is not genuinely creative. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1855 |
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