| 释义 |
adventurous, a.|ædˈvɛntjʊərəs|
Forms: 4 auenterous, -turus, aunterous, -trous, -trose, -tres, awntrouse, anterous, -trus; 4–5 awnterows; 4–6 auntrus; 5 auenturouse, aventrous; 6– adventurous.
[a. OFr. aventuros, -eus, mod. aventeureux, f. aventure: see adventure n. and -ous.]
†1. Occurring or coming by chance; casual, fortuitous, accidental. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. vi. 28 Þe folie of þise happes auenterouses. c1386― Melib. 701 The dedes of batailles ben aventurous..for as lightly is on hurt with a spere as another. c1400Ywaine & Gawin 3399 He wald cum at the day, Als aventerous into the place. 1440Promp. Parv., Awnterows, or dowtefulle, Fortunalis, fortuitus.
†2. Full of risk or peril; hazardous, perilous. Obs.
c1350Will. Palerne 921 Þanne seide Alisandrine, ‘auntrose is þin euel.’ 1375Barbour Bruce viii. 495 The auenturus castell off douglas That to kepe so perelous was. 1637Milton Comus 78 To pass through this adventurous glade.
3. Prone to incur risk, venturesome, rashly daring, rash.
c1400Destr. Troy vi. 2186 Ector the eldist, and heire to my selfe, Antrus in armys. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. iii. 191 As full of perill and aduenturous Spirit, As to o're-walke a Current, roaring loude, On the vnstedfast footing of a Speare. 1614Raleigh Hist. World. i. 150 They [Griffins] grow inraged and adventurous. 1640Sanderson 21 Serm. Ad Aul. xi. 13 (1673) 155 In these doubtful cases it is safer to be too scrupulous than too adventurous. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 921 Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. 1794Sullivan View of Nat. IV. 447 This..supersedes, in my opinion, every adventurous criticism..of late thrown upon the early knowledge of the Celts. 1875Whitney Life of Lang. ix. 169 We resort to adventurous hypotheses for its explanation.
4. Given to, or having many adventures, enterprising, daring (without the idea of rashness).
c1440Morte Arthure 1624 Þe awntrouseste mene þat to his oste lengede. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xix. ix, I wyll to the toure of Chyvalry, And for your sake become adventurous. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 4 Embattel'd Squadrons and advent'rous Kings. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. X. 253 Five great bodies of that adventurous people, under different and independent commanders. 1853De Quincey Span. Nun (1862) III. 95 Lawless and gigantesque ideals of adventurous life. 1861T. Wright Ess. Archæol. II. xiii. 17 Perhaps many an adventurous monk wandered over the intervening lands. |
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