| 释义 |
emoˈllition ? Obs.
Also 7 emolition.
[as if ad. L. *ēmollītiōn-em, n. of action f. ēmollī-re to soften.]
The action of softening. Also fig.
a1619Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 3 Which [land]..would have..not needed this emollition by learning. 1626Bacon Sylva §730 Bathing or Anointing give a Relaxion or Emollition. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 53 Powerful menstruums are made for its emolition. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece i. i. 80 Let it lie on [the corn] till it have sufficiently done the designed Work of Emollition. 1775in Ash. 1847in Craig; and in mod. Dicts. |