英语词汇“well-seen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Expressing surprise, hesitation, resignation, etc, or introducing resumed narrative

(of a building, a person, a garment, etc) of strong or well-proportioned make or form

Having friends or relatives in positions of importance or in the upper social strata

well-faˈvoured or (Scot) weel-faird /wēl-fārdˈ/, weel-faur'd, weel-far'd /-fördˈ/, weel-far'tˈ or weel-faurtˈ /-förtˈ/ adjective

well-seenˈ adjective (archaic)

Experienced, skilful

well-setˈ adjective

Properly arranged, or well-placed
Properly put together
Firmly fixed
Strongly built

well-set-upˈ adjective (informal; of a person)

Well-built, shapely

well-spentˈ adjective

Spent usefully or profitably

well-spoˈken adjective

Ready, courteous, educated or refined in speech
Spoken well or fittingly

well-stackedˈ adjective (informal; of a woman)

Having large breasts (see also stack¹)

well-temˈpered adjective

Good-tempered
Having a good bodily or mental constitution (obsolete)
(of steel, mortar, etc) tempered satisfactorily
Tuned in equal temperament (music)

well-thewedˈ adjective (obsolete)

Well-mannered, of good disposition
Abounding in moral wisdom

well-thoughtˈ-of adjective

Esteemed

well-thought-outˈ adjective

Reasoned soundly and arranged with skill

well-thumbedˈ adjective

(of a book) showing marks of much handling or repeated use

well-timˈbered adjective

Strongly built of wood
Well-built
Abounding in growing timber

well-timedˈ adjective

Opportune, timely, judicious
Keeping regular time
Done at the right moment

well-to-doˈ or (Scot and Shakespeare) well-to-liveˈ adjective

Prosperous, well-off

well-travelled adjective

(of a person) having made many journeys; (of a route) much frequented

well-triedˈ adjective

Tried often before, with satisfactory results

well-troddˈen adjective

Frequently followed or walked along, much used or frequented

well-turnedˈ adjective

Accurately rounded
Shapely
Felicitously expressed

well-upholˈstered adjective (facetious; of a person)

Plump, fat

well-warrˈanted adjective

Thoroughly justified

wellˈ-willer noun

A well-wisher

wellˈ-wish noun (rare)

An expression of good wishes

wellˈ-wished adjective (Shakespeare)

Being the object of good wishes

wellˈ-wisher noun

Someone who is concerned for one's welfare

wellˈ-wishing adjective and noun

well woman noun

A woman attending, and pronounced fit at, a well-woman clinic, set up to check women for gynaecological disorders and advise them on health matters

well-wonˈ adjective

Gained honestly or by hard endeavour

well-worked-outˈ adjective

Thoroughly or logically planned or developed

well-wornˈ adjective

Much worn
Trite
Becomingly worn (rare)

all very well

An ironic phrase used to introduce an objection to what has gone before

as well

In addition
Also
Equally satisfactorily

as well as

In addition to
No less than

be as well (or just as well) to

To be sensible to (do something)

do well

To prosper
To be wise (to do something)

just as well

Fortunate, lucky

leave (or let) well alone

Not to interfere in a situation that can be tolerated as it is

mean well

To have good intentions

very well

A phrase signifying assent, sometimes ironic

well and good

A phrase signifying acceptance of facts or a situation

well and truly

Completely, thoroughly

well away

Progressing rapidly
Far away
Drunk (slang)

well done

An expression of praise to someone who has accomplished something

well enough

In a moderate but sufficient degree

well in (informal)

On good or friendly terms (with with)
Prosperous (Aust)

well met see under meet¹

well now or well then

Phrases used to preface questions, conclusions, comments, or requests for such, or other remarks

well off

In satisfactory circumstances
Moderately wealthy

well out of (informal)

Fortunate to be free of (something)

well up in (informal)

Well versed in, well-acquainted with, knowledgeable on the subject of

well, well

An expression of surprise

wish someone well

To wish someone success or good fortune
To bear someone no ill will

see¹ /sē/

transitive verb (pat saw (also non-standard or dialect see, seed and seen); pap seen)

To perceive by means of the eye
To perceive mentally
To apprehend
To recognize
To realize
To understand
To learn
To be aware by reading
To look at
To judge, to deem
(with in) to find attractive about
To refer to
To ascertain
To regard as likely, or possible
To make sure of having
To wait upon, escort
To spend time with, or meet with regularly, esp romantically
To call on
To receive as a visitor
To meet
To consult
To experience
To witness
To meet and accept (another's bet) by staking a similar sum
To spend on seeing (obsolete; with away)
(as imperative, in prefatory reference to a person or thing to be commented on) consider as an example, take, as in See my brother, he's a great worker (informal, esp Scot)

intransitive verb

To have power of vision
To see things well enough
To look or inquire
To be attentive
To understand or realize
To await further developments, to postpone any decision until more thought has been given to the matter
To consider

interjection (or imperative)

Look, behold

noun

An act of seeing, a look

ORIGIN: OE sēon; Ger sehen, Du zien

seeˈable adjective

seeˈing noun

Sight
Vision
Clear-sightedness
Atmospheric conditions for good observation (astronomy)

adjective

Having sight, or insight
Observant
Discerning

conjunction

(also seeing that) since
In view of the fact that

seer /sēˈər/ noun

A person who sees
/sēr/ a person who sees into the future

seerˈess noun

A female seer

seeing stone noun

A scrying crystal

seeˈ-through adjective

(esp of fabrics) transparent

as far as I can see

To the best of my understanding

have seen better days or one's best days

To be now on the decline

let me see

A phrase employed to express reflection

see about

To consider
To do whatever is to be done about
To attend to

see fit

To think it appropriate (to)

see in

To witness, greet, or celebrate the arrival of

see off

To accompany (someone) at their departure
To reprimand (slang)
To get rid of (informal)

see one's way clear to (informal)

To feel that one will be able to

see out

To conduct to the door
To see to the end
To outlast

see over or round

To look or be conducted all through (eg premises, property)

see red see under red¹

see someone right (informal)

To take care of someone, usu in the sense of giving them a tip or reward

see the back of

To be rid of or finished with (someone or something unpleasant, difficult, etc)

see the light

To experience a religious conversion
To come round to another's way of thinking, to come to understand and agree with someone (usu facetious)

see things see under thing

see through

To participate in to the end
To back up until difficulties end
To understand the true nature of, esp when faults or bad intentions are concealed by a good appearance

see to

To look after
To make sure about

see what one can do

To do what one can

see you (later) or be seeing you (informal)

Goodbye for now

well (or ill) seen

Well (or ill) versed

well1 /wel/

see1 /sē/

well¹ /wel/

see¹ /sē/