单词 | chasmy |
释义 | chasmyadj. 1. Abounding with chasms; full of breaks. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [adjective] > full of breaks chasmy1797 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [adjective] > having chasms chasmed1796 chasmya1871 1797 Monthly Mag. 4 334 A strange, incongruous, chasmy compilation. a1871 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 146 A strange high-lying chasmy place. 2. Of the nature of or like a chasm. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > wide or gaping chasmy1793 chasmal1871 chasmic1926 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very groundlessc888 bottomlessc1400 profound?a1425 neal1574 soundlessc1595 insoundable1602 gulfy1607 unbottomed1615 depthless1619 unsoundable1629 chin-deep1634 fathomless1638 abysming1644 unfounded1648 abysmal1656 plumbless1665 unfathomablea1676 chasmy1793 fathom-deep1835 plummetlessc1861 chasmal1871 abyssal1903 1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 249 They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. 1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights xxv. 248 The passage plunged again into a chasmy shaft. 3. Void, abyssal. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > absolutely empty (of space) emptyOE void?1523 vacuous1656 vacuitous1766 chasmy1855 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic Who pours..from ample urn, The first effusion into chasmy space. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1793 |
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