单词 | effusion |
释义 | effusionn. 1. a. (a) A pouring out, a spilling (of liquid); †shedding (of tears). effusion of blood: bloodshed, slaughter; also in general sense, the pouring out of blood by a wound, etc. (and see 1e). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [noun] > an instance of out-sheddinga1398 effusion1526 effuse1595 gluta1637 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > copious emission or effusion sheddingc1200 out-hieldinga1382 yotingc1390 outyettingc1400 pouring?a1425 outpouring1440 diffusionc1484 effusion1526 infusion1563 spouting1568 profusion1583 c14.. Tundale's Vis., Circumcision 8 Cryst in his man~hode Sched his blode by effusyon. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xl. 164 In holy writte Effucion of bloode is not elles but trespas in synnyng. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Hebrew ix. 22 With out effusion of bloud is no remission. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1295 The effusions and funerall libaments. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 49 This effusion of such manly drops..Startles mine eyes. View more context for this quotation 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. §4. 76 By breaking bread and effusion of wine. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. 19 For the danger of effusion of the holy wine, they in some places chose that expedient. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 162 The effusion of blood..may bring the patient's life into danger. 1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) I. i. 10 Every new conquest required a fresh effusion from her veins. 1867 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. 43 The effusion of lava. (b) Used for affusion n. ΚΠ 1687 G. Towerson Baptism 54 To baptize by a bare Effusion, or sprinkling of water. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 103 Baptism..may be performed..by Effusion or Sprinkling. ΚΠ 1651 Sir H. Wotton in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 340 III. 255 (note) On a sudden effusion of spirits, he sunk under the table. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 15 A wound of the brain, and from thence an effusion or troubling of the spirits. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission deliverancea1398 puttinga1398 voidinga1425 effusionc1477 vent?1507 evaporation1555 delivery1588 extramission1613 extromission1615 ejaculation1625 emissiona1626 discharge1653 disclusion1656 voidance1672 emitting1693 spout1771 evolution1783 emanation1822 c1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy vii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 104 Magnetia is Fier of Effusion. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 58 Besides the Magnetical One of the Earth, several Effusions there may be from divers other Bodies. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 765 From about him fierce Effusion rowld Of smoak. View more context for this quotation d. Physics. (See quot. 1858.) Also effusion-aperture, -plug. ΚΠ 1858 T. Graham Elem. Chem. (ed. 2) II. 78 Effusion of gases..by which I express their passage into a vacuum by a small aperture in a thin plate. 1901 M. W. Travers Exper. Study Gases 281 The effusion-plug, or partition containing the effusion-aperture, was placed at or near the lower extremity of the glass tube. e. Pathology. The escape of any fluid out of its natural vessel, and its lodgement elsewhere; ‘the separation of fluid from the vessels in a morbid state of the parts’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΚΠ 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 364 The Effusions..of any..Blood upon the Ventricles of the Brain. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 122 The effect of inflammation termed effusion. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xix. 232 The immovability of my limbs was due to dropsical effusion. 2. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun] > flight effusion?a1400 rout1596 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > collapsing fallOE ruinc1405 collapsiona1619 effusion1726 collapsing1789 collapse1833 ?a1400 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) 92 Godes people were put to effuscion. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 99 In mixt effusion roll Th' untasted viands. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] custeOE largessea1393 largitionc1475 lavish1483 enlarginga1513 effusion1514 erogation1531 dispense1590 profusion1590 Maundy1595 1514 R. Pace Let. 25 Sept. in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 254 He doithe seke nothynge but favors, & procurithe the same bi effusion off mony. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. v. §3. 255 Antigonus sped so well by large effusion of his treasure. 1654 H. Hammond Of Fund. in Notion viii. 68 The great force that the Gospel..had..upon men's souls, melting them into that liberal effusion of all that they had. c. A ‘pouring’ forth of any influence or agency; often of the Holy Ghost. ΚΠ 1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Avii You shall not be forgotten in the effucion of thys plage. 1658 R. Baxter Of Saving Faith iv. 27 The Promise of Infusion and Effusion [I will pour out my Spirit to you]. 1741 T. Francklin tr. Cicero Of Nature of Gods i. 28 The World, with an universal Effusion of its [Reason's] Spirit, is God. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. v. 91 The fulfilment of Christ's promise in the effusion of His Spirit. 3. a. figurative. A pouring forth, unrestrained utterance (of words, sounds, etc.); frank and eager expression (of emotions). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition show1569 ejection1650 effusion1659 excursion1662 sally1676 demonstrativeness1841 gushing1852 transpirationa1854 demonstration1856 gushingness1859 effusiveness1877 gushiness1937 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms Pref. sig. A4v It was a new hymne of Christ's effusion. 1778 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (ed. 2) I. ii. 108 The effusion of joy was general. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ix. 198 An involuntary confidence, an irrepressible effusion to a soothing friend. View more context for this quotation 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 606 William talked to them [Dykvelt and Witsen] with..an effusion of heart, which seldom appeared in his conversations with Englishmen. 1869 A. C. Swinburne in S. T. Coleridge Christabel Introd. p. xiii The other's [song]..warmer in effusion of sound. b. abstract. Effusiveness, enthusiastic demeanour. [So in French.] ΚΠ 1878 H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents ii. 61 Talking cheerily, I dine with effusion. 4. concrete. Applied to a literary composition, to a speech (formerly also to any work of art), considered as an ‘outpouring’ of the author's feelings, genius, etc. Now often contemptuous. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > abundance of vocabulary > flow of words > an effusion effusion1781 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 174 Queen Caroline had declared her intention to visit him [sc. Pope]. This may have been only a careless effusion. 1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. v. 51 The effusions of Lanfranchi and Pietro da Cortona. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 25 Here ended this wild effusion. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. 247 The extemporaneous effusions..of a Phemius and a Demodocus. 1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) viii. 346 That book..was the effusion of one master mind. Derivatives eˈffusionist n. a writer of ‘effusions’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > abundance of vocabulary > flow of words > an effusion > one who effusionist1842 1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 449 All great novelists..were men of genius and learning. The popular monthly effusionists nowadays are neither. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?a1400 |
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