单词 | elaboratory |
释义 | elaboratoryn. 1. A place where chemical operations are performed, or where medicines are compounded; = laboratory n. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > workshop > [noun] > laboratory laboratory1592 elaboratory1652 lab1868 1652 J. Evelyn State of France 79 Every great Person..pretends to his Elaboratory and Library. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Elaboratory..a (chymist's) workhouse or shop. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 258 Two Elaboratories; one for Chymical, and the other for Galenical Preparations. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 200 Dr. Pearson's Lectures..will recommence in the Elaboratory. 1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester I. v. 71 Parlour, bedroom, elaboratory, kitchen. 2. A natural apparatus for elaborating any product of vital action. (Formerly transferred from 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > place of production or creation shop1517 workhouse?1533 workshop1561 childbed1568 factory1618 laboratory1654 elaboratory1667 hotbed1693 mill1771 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 578 The Sanguification is performed in any one part of the Animal, as the peculiar Shop or Elaboratory of it. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician ix. 325 Obstruction of the passages, by which the Aliment passes to its elaboratories. 1708 Brit. Apollo 3–8 Dec. The Elaboratory of the Nervous Juice. 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 11 The functions of leaves are to..act as elaboratories. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1652 |
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