| 单词 |
pecked |
| 释义 |
▪ I. pecked, a. Obs. exc. dial.
= peaked a.
1744–50W. Ellis Mod. Husbandm. IV. i. 92 This we shoot down in our fields in a round pecked heap. Ibid. 129 (E.D.S.) A ram that is pecked-arsed. 1884Upton-on-Severn Gloss. s.v., A boat is peck-ed at both ends, and a trow is round at both ends.
▪ II. pecked, ppl. a.|pɛkt|
[f. peck v.1 + –ed1.]
Affected or damaged by pecking. spec. in Archæol.: consisting of or characterized by pecked strokes or marks (see peck v.1 5); pecked curve, pecked line, a curve or line formed by short strokes thus ------.
1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xvii. §2 (ed. 3) 270 A mill⁓stone arg., pecked sa. 1866Spectator 26 May 567/1 An aggressive game cock..sent him in with a pecked and bleeding face. 1874Usef. Knowl. Soc. Atlas, Map of World margin, Pecked lines are the co-tidal lines, or the series of points on the surface of the ocean where high water takes place at the same instant. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. Pl. 12 (caption) Fine example of an eland in a pecked engraving style, Transvaal. 1963Field Archaeol. (Ordnance Survey) (ed. 4) 43 The earth-fast boulder decorated with pecked marks and designs of uncertain age and significance is a common feature in many parts of Britain north of the Trent. Ibid., Other pecked figures of axes are known elsewhere. 1971Nature 21 May 160/1 This ungual must be rotated through an angle of 180° around its longitudinal axis (pecked line in Fig. 2F). 1975J. B. Harley O.S. Maps iii. 33 Overhead features, distinguished by pecked lines, are shown when they are of a size and character to be useful features. 1976Nature 29 Apr. 772/1 In Fig. 2 the pecked curve represents the 3-block running mean of February maximum temperatures for six stations surrounding the tree location. |
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