| 单词 | electrifying machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectrifying machine The action or process of electrifying something. Frequently attributive, esp. in electrifying machine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric charge, electricity > [noun] > process of charging excitation1656 electrifying1745 electrization1745 electrification1746 charging1749 electrizing1764 1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 166 This Experiment succeeds best, when the quinta Essentia vegetabilis is held in a Spoon under the Cross of a Sword, whose Point is turned towards the electrifying Glass. 1747 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 373 Having an Operator at Bristol with a good electrifying Machine, I was desirous to electrise a Tree. 1764 J. Wesley Jrnl. 13 July (1768) XII. 86 I advised electrifying. 1799 Capt. Troubridge Let. 15 Dec. in Mariner's Mirror (1939) 25 354/1 I trust..the Electrifying will restore your sight. 1822 G. Wilkins et al. Body & Soul I. 43 The glass-legged stool of an electrifying apparatus. 1874 F. Kilvert Diary 7 June (1944) 287 When I was in bed the other day and you shook hands with me I felt as if an electrifying machine had gone all through me. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 9/3 It is not very astonishing that the directors of the District Railway should be in no violent hurry to start upon the electrifying of their line. 1975 Past & Present No. 67. 86 He also brought along his electrifying machine, his camera obscura, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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