单词 | detriment |
释义 | detrimentn. 1. a. Loss or damage done or caused to, or sustained by, any person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] burstc1000 harmOE scatheOE teenOE evil healc1175 waningc1175 hurt?c1225 quede?c1225 balec1275 damage1300 follyc1300 grill13.. ungain13.. torferc1325 eviltyc1330 wem1338 impairment1340 marring1357 unhend1377 sorrowc1380 pairingc1384 pairmentc1384 mischiefc1385 offencec1385 appairment1388 hindering1390 noyinga1398 bresta1400 envya1400 wemminga1400 gremec1400 wilc1400 blemishing1413 lesion?a1425 nocument?a1425 injuryc1430 mischieving1432 hindrance1436 detrimenta1440 ill1470 untroth1470 diversity1484 remordc1485 unhappinessc1485 grudge1491 wriguldy-wrag?1520 danger1530 dishort1535 perishment1540 wreaka1542 emperishment1545 impeachment1548 indemnity1556 impair1568 spoil1572 impeach1575 interestc1575 emblemishing1583 mishap1587 endamagement1593 blemishment1596 mischievance1600 damnificationa1631 oblesion1656 mishanter1754 vitiation1802 mar1876 jeel1887 a1440 Found. St. Bartholomew's 24 Dumme he was know..berynge heuyly the detrimente of his tonge. 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 16. §11 To the great Detriment of our own natural Subjects. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. iii. 17 a Nature shulde systeyne treble detriment. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth vii. sig. D.iv Yf he..lese hym selfe, and bryng hym selfe to a detryment. a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) v. f. 25v Note that sometymes the king is to take a detriment by the liuere with ye particion. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 1032 Thinkst thou Peeters chaire..Can free thee from eternall detriment? 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 143 Sole author of all Detriment He and his Fiddle underwent. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 238 Lest any detriment might accrue to the heirs of the kingdom of heaven. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iii. 123 The luxury of doing as they like without detriment to their estimation. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xl. 393 [Seeds] may be carried without detriment through climates where the plants themselves would instantly perish. b. That which causes or embodies a loss; something detrimental. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > thing thornc1230 plaguea1382 foea1393 evila1400 flaw1481 detriment?1504 tooth1546 fang1555 decay1563 bane1577 dagger1600 scourge1603 cursea1616 blighter1821 bacillus1883 ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. iv Those thynges that be the hurt of theyr owne soules & the detriment of theyr neyghboure. 1548 Duke of Somerset Epist. Inhabitauntes Scotl. B vj b This forein helpe is your confusion, that succour is your detriment. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 56 in Sylva Some of them must of necessity be neglected..which is the greatest detriment to this Mystery. 1855 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. 400 Their advocacy of Woman's cause becomes mere detriment. 2. Astrology. The position or condition of a planet when in the sign opposite its house; a condition of weakness or distress. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > situation of > weak influence descensionc1386 dejection1430 fall?1583 detrimenta1640 debility1647 debilitude1669 impediment1819 a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. ii. 77 Saturn out of all dignities in his detriment and fall, combust. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. xv. 342 Saturn, Jupiter and Mars from their conjunction to their opposition with the Sun are Oriental, and gain two fortitudes; but from their Opposition to their Conjunction are Occidental, and incur two detriments. 3. Heraldry. Eclipse (of sun or moon); also, the invisible phase of the moon at her change. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of heavenly bodies or phenomena > [noun] > eclipse detriment1610 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. iii. 92 He beareth Argent, a Moone in her Detriment or Eclips, Sable. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. iii. 91 Her diuers denominations in Heraldrie; as her Increment in her Increase..her Decrement, in her Waning; and her Detriment, in her Change and Eclipse. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 22/1 This is..a Moon in her detriment or Eclipse. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 119 The moon's dim detriment. 4. plural. The name of certain small charges made by colleges and similar societies upon their members.The ‘detriments’ at Cambridge corresponded to the ‘decrements’ at Oxford, and appear to have been originally deductions from the stipends of foundation members on account of small extras for the table, etc., not included in their statutory or customary commons; the charge was afterwards extended to all members and students of the colleges. See Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 354. ΚΠ 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 20 A solemn admission, and a formal paying of Colledge-Detriments. 1686 Kenyon MSS. in Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. iv. 185 His bill of June 24 [16]85 £11:09:11. His detriments, De. to June 24 [16]86 £02:17:03½. 1705 Order-bk. of Christ's Coll. Cambr. (MS.) 6 Nov. The Schollars to be eased in their detriments from 1 June to 1 November. We'll think of a Method in the meantime. 5. plural. Ruins (of buildings). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition > a ruin or wreck > ruins tatter1402 ash1553 downfall1575 destruction1585 parietines1621 masure1623 detriments1632 wreck1713 wrecking1855 lagan1906 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 200 The stony heapes of Jericho, the detriments of Thebes, the relicts of Tyrus. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 402 We came..to the detriments of Messina. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). detrimentv. transitive. To cause loss or damage to; to damage, injure, hurt. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally atterc885 hurtc1200 marc1225 appair1297 impair1297 spilla1300 emblemishc1384 endull1395 blemishc1430 depaira1460 depravea1533 deform1533 envenom1533 vitiate1534 quail1551 impeach1563 subvert1565 craze1573 taint1573 spoil1578 endamage1579 qualify1584 stain1584 crack1590 ravish1594 interess1598 invitiate1598 corrupt1602 venom1621 depauperate1623 detriment1623 flaw1623 embase1625 ungold1637 murder1644 refract1646 depress1647 addle1652 sweal1655 butcher1659 shade1813 mess1823 puckeroo1840 untone1861 blue1880 queer1884 dick1972 forgar- 1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 226 His losse of reserued time, already so detrimented in his hallowed substance. 1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 7 That others might be detremented thereby. 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 35 Upon the Ballance of the French Trade, this Nation was detrimented yearly 900000l. or a Million. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 112 This ill forceable usage..clogs and detriments the fine penetrating Particles. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 194 The disuse of the French would detriment their intercourse abroad. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1440v.1623 |
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