| 单词 |
pinioned |
| 释义 |
▪ I. pinioned, a.|ˈpɪnjənd|
[f. pinion n.1 + -ed2.]
Having pinions or wings; winged. Also in parasynthetic comb., as strong-pinioned, swift-pinioned.
c1440Promp. Parv. 400/2 Pynyonyd, pennulatus. 1552Huloet, Pynnioned, armatus, pennulatus. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. ix. 36 Thy Name, O Varus..The Wings of Swans, and stronger pinion'd Rhyme, Shall raise aloft. 1765J. Brown Chr. Jrnl. (1814) 204 What pinioned notions come and go! 1792Southey Lett. (1856) I. 12 The cherub choir..bend their pinioned heads to hear.
▪ II. ˈpinioned, ppl. a.
[f. pinion v. + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb. a. Of a bird: Having the wings maimed or confined. b. Having the arms bound so as not to be moved; shackled.
1567Drant Horace, Epist. ii. i. G vj, Captiue kinges..with pinnyand armes behinde. 1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 181 Least on us they fall, And to the barre their pinneon'd masters call. 1742Richardson Pamela IV. 319 A miserable little pinion'd Captive. 1892Daily News 28 Jan. 5/1 A pair of pinioned wild duck..that is, whose wings had been so cut that they were unable to fly. |
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