decked
past simple and past participle ofdeck
| 单词 | decked |
| 释义 | decked past simple and past participle ofdeck deck verb[T] uk/dek/us/dek/deckverb[T](DECORATE)todecorateoraddsomething to something to make aneffect: Theroomwas deckedwithflowers. Theweddingguestswere deckedout intheirfinery(=wearingtheirbestclothes). See also bedeckliterary Decorating or making something attractive
deckverb[T](HIT)slang tohitsomeone,especiallytohitsomeone andknockthem down: Do that again and I'll deck you. to hit someone or something
Hitting and beating
Examplesofdeckeddecked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The hideouslydecked' tigers ' and gaudily attired women, alike, become insane. From theCambridge English Corpus They bought smart new terrace houses anddeckedthem out with clocks, curtains, mirrors, paintings and easy chairs. From theCambridge English Corpus It was a silver towerdeckedwith ivory shields. From theCambridge English Corpus Simply propaganda, the ancient literature of comment moves at the intellectual level of a modern washing-powder advertisment, albeit onedeckedout with convoluted calculations. From theCambridge English Corpus Elaborate early costumes,deckedwith ribbons, plumes, and gold braid, announced the female rider's royal status and her right to take part in the rituals of the hunt. From theCambridge English Corpus As a 'solution' to a 'problem', it manifestly fails: but it is memorable and popular, not least as a place for receptions, incongruouslydeckedout by commercial caterers. From theCambridge English Corpus If we put aside the open raft as against thedeckedlifeboat the only other alternative is what is called the collapsible boat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We thus come back to the lifeboat and thedeckedlifeboat as the only really effective life-saving apparatus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Show-rooms are elaboratelydeckedout and people are urged to install more and more automatic devices and live in a kind of all-electric glitter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is one of the boats specifically included in thedeckedlifeboats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The total weight of thedeckedboats and the rafts and the collapsibles together is sixty-three tons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty is that the ships themselves are basically unsafe because they are low bulkheaddeckedships. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is true that this has beendeckedout with a few showy pieces of selective social services support. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The draft regulations require half of these boats to be open and halfdecked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If not the heart, our historic houses are the jewels with which the countryside isdecked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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