单词 | effloresce |
释义 | efflorescev. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be a flowering plant [verb (intransitive)] > flower or blossom blossomc890 blowc1000 flower13.. blooma1325 breakc1325 lancec1330 flourishc1386 to break up?a1500 knopa1584 effloresce1775 outbreak1870 1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 25 They will..begin to effloresce and shoot out into Flowers. 1807 in C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon (1808) xvii. 432 Fungi germinate, effloresce, disseminate, and die, during the evolutions of the seasons. b. To burst forth into something resembling a flower. ΚΠ 1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature II. i. 20 Zoophytes, or Plant-animals, so denominated from their efflorescing like plants. c. To burst forth as a plant when flowering; const. into. ΚΠ 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 144 Efflorescing into two or three coecal ampullæ. 2. Chemistry. a. Of a crystalline substance: To change over the surface, or throughout, to ‘flowers’ or fine powder, owing to the loss of the water of crystallization on exposure to the air. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb (intransitive)] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo efflorescence effloresce1788 1788 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elements Nat. Hist. & Chem. II. 305 Some salts..readily effloresce, and continue to fall in pieces, till the whole becomes a fine white powder. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. iii. i. 214 It effloresces, that is, it parts with its water of crystallization in the air, and assumes the appearance of flour. 1860 H. W. Reveley in Jrnl. Soc. Arts VIII. 323/2 Tufo, a volcanic production, never effloresces. b. Of a salt: To come (in solution) to the surface (of the ground, etc.) and there crystallize. Also, To form a crust (by capillary attraction and evaporation) on the sides of a vessel containing a solution. ΚΠ 1820 T. Cromwell Excurs. Ireland vii. 61 The vitriolic particles..are seen to effloresce in various places. 1868 J. D. Dana Min. (1880) 636 Mirabilite..effloresces with other salts on the limestone below the Genesee Falls. c. Of the ground, a wall, etc.: To become covered with a powdery crust of saline particles left by evaporation from a solution which has been drawn to the surface by capillary attraction. ΚΠ 18.. Dana in Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) The walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of lime. 3. figurative. a. (after sense 1) To ‘blossom out’, break out into brilliant display. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] > burst forth in display effloresce1864 1864 Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 812/1 A disposition..to effloresce into extremely tall talk. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Apr. 10 The man who effloresces in later life into the full-blown social science orator. b. (after sense 2c) Of hidden agencies, etc.: To come to the surface, become manifest. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE sutelea1000 kitheOE unfoldc1350 disclosea1513 burst1542 to break up1584 to take vent1611 vent1622 bleed1645 emerge1664 to get (also have) vent1668 to get or take wind1668 to stand (appear) confessed1708 eclat1736 perspire1748 transpire1748 to come out1751 develop1805 unroll1807 spunk1808 effloresce1834 to come to the front1871 to show up1879 out1894 evolve1920 to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964 1834 J. Foster Ess. Evils Pop. Ignorance Knowledge..has seemed at last beginning to effloresce through the surface of the ground. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. i. 163 The secret courses of civic business..effervescing and efflorescing,..as a concrete Phenomenon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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