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单词 gurgitation
释义 gurgitation|gɜːdʒɪˈteɪʃən|
[ad. late L. *gurgitātiōn-em, n. of action f. gurgitāre to engulf (gurgitātus ‘gorged’, in Du Cange), f. gurgit-, gurges whirlpool. Cf. ingurgitation, regurgitation.]
1. Swallowing; guzzling; = ingurgitation.
1542Boorde Dyetary ix. (1870) 250 A surfet is taken as well by gurgytacyons or to moche drynkynge, as it is taken by epulacyon.1658Phillips, Gurgitation, an ingulphing, or swallowing up.
2. Surging or whirling up and down; ebullient motion.
1864Spencer Illust. of Progress 417 The distribution of crude nutriment is by slow gurgitations and regurgitations.1879H. James Confidence ix, The gurgitation of the waves grew deeper to his ear.1881Geikie Geol. Sk. in Macm. Mag. Oct. 431 The water sank in the funnel, and the same restless gurgitation was resumed.
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