| 单词 |
exposed |
| 释义 |
exposed, ppl. a.|ɛkˈspəʊzd|
[f. expose v. + -ed1.]
In the senses of the vb.a. Displayed, disclosed to view. exposed card (see quot. 1870). b. Unsheltered or unprotected from the elements, or from hostile attack. c. esp. Of children: Cast out or abandoned to chance.
a.1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentl. 28 When that Sex..gives way to foments of exposed loosenesse. 1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 139 Quantity is determined two ways; one by the sense..the other by memory, that is, by comparison with some exposed quantity. 1870Hardy & Ware Mod. Hoyle, Whist 3 If a player plays a card from his hand..without waiting to know if a card under the penalty of being called for is demanded, this card..is an exposed card. 1890Pall Mall G. 20 Oct. 7/1 D..placed the detached card on the table..and the ‘detached’ card then became an ‘exposed’ card.
b.1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 197 Cover with dry Straw..your young exposed Ever-greens. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 153 A passage..too exposed to be endurable in a hot sun. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Exposed anchorage, an open and dangerous place, by reason of the elements or the enemy. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 40 Vapour is drawn up..from every exposed piece of water.
c.1662Petty Taxes 4 The maintenance of..found and exposed children. 1772Ann. Reg. 223 The hospital for the maintenance of exposed and deserted young children. |
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