| 单词 | x |
| 释义 | x, v.|ɛks|
Pa. tense x-ed, x'd.
1. trans. To supply with x's in place of types that are wanting. rare—1.
a1849Poe Tales, X-ing a Paragrab, ‘I shell have to x this ere paragrab’, said he to himself, as he read it over... So x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press it went x-ed.
2. To obliterate (a typewritten character) by typing ‘x’ over it; to cross out in this way; = ex v. Also fig.
1942W. Stevens Let. 28 Jan. (1967) 400, I felt that..you had x-ed me out. c1945U. Troubridge Life & Death Radclyffe Hall (1961) 71 As she dictated she continued to polish and the typist had always to be prepared to ‘X’ out at demand any word or sentence. 1958C. Baker Friend in Power vi. 163 He set the capital key and X'd the sentence through. 1969J. N. Chance Abel Coincidence iii. 54 You should x it off your card. 1977J. Aiken Last Movement ii. 39 She crossed out that line, x-ing it vigorously to ensure its illegibility. 1978H. Kemelman Thursday the Rabbi walked Out xxi. 89 You want me to make the correction on my typewriter? I can x it out.
Hence x-ed (out) ppl. a., ˈx-ing (x-ing out) vbl. n.
1966Punch 31 Aug. 310/1 There shall be no ‘X-ing out’ of rival goods with black crosses. 1969M. Land Quicksand 59 He knew the uneven lines of his portable and the X'd-out words would annoy Dave Winters. 1982M. McMullen Until Death do us Part (1983) v. 29 A sheet of manila paper... A good deal of X-ing out to be seen. |
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