| 释义 |
agglutinating, ppl. a.|əˈgl(j)uːtɪneɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Gluing together; adhesive; closely uniting.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xvii. 177 That Mystery which was..intended for the most enduring and agglutinating Cement of all those that are called by his Name. 1788Howard Encycl., Albumen is used in collyrium, on account of its cooling and agglutinating quality. 1872Dana Corals ii. 153 The grains become coated by the agglutinating carbonate of lime.
†2. Med. = agglutinant A. 2. Obs.
1634T. Johnson Parey's Wks. 1046 Agglutinating or agglutinative medicine is of a middle nature between the sarcoticke and the epuloticke. 1720Gibson Dispens. i. i. (1734) 25 Dragon's Blood..is very much in use by reason of its agglutinating quality.
3. Philol. (See quot., and cf. agglutination 2.)
1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Greece I. ii. 20 Those [languages] which..express the grammatical relations by connecting other words loosely with the significant elements, constitute another group called the synthetic or agglutinating. |