单词 | eructation |
释义 | eructationn. 1. a. The action of voiding wind from the stomach through the mouth; belching. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [noun] > action of belching bolking1398 riftc1485 riftingc1485 belching1528 ructuation?1537 eructation1541 ructing1599 eruction1623 ructation1623 ructure1657 burping1934 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 41 b The savour of his meate by eructation ascendeth. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth viii. sig. D.ivv Lest that the meate which is in your stomacke thorow eructuacyons..ascend. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 104 Ginger..preuenteth sowre eructation. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 17 Cabbage..is greatly accus'd for lying undigested in the Stomach, and provoking Eructations. 1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xiv. 300 The animal has no power to expel this dangerous flatus by eructation. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 67 Dyspepsia..attended with..enormous eructations after meals. ΚΠ 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O Oft the soul lets fly Such unexpected eructations. 1683 T. Tenison Argument for Union 22 They have Mental Prayer, and..Spiritual Eructations. 2. The eruptive action of a volcano; violent emission (of flames, etc.). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > volcanic activity > eruption irruption1613 fire1632 incendium1637 eructation1652 volcano1699 eruption1740 explosion1771 eruction1842 extravasation1842 volcanoism1907 1652 J. Hall tr. Longinus Περι Ὑψους 65 The Ætna, whose eructations throw whole stones from its depths. 1678 A. Marvell Def. John Howe in Wks. (1875) IV. 234 But a perpetual eructation there is of humane passions. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 156 The Mountain Ætna at the last Eructation..disgorged..a flood of melted Materials. 1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 161 The eructation of elastic vapour from below. 1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 24 The column of ashes projected becomes gradually shorter, the eructations less frequent. 3. concrete. That which is belched forth. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection > that which is ejected eructation1607 ejection1654 vomit1695 ejaculation1708 eventilation1716 ejectamenta1863 ejecta1886 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. iii. 161 What is it else, but an eructation of the minde? 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 155 The grosser Steams..are the fuliginous Eructations of that internal Fire which constantly burns within us. 1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 104 One [Philogonius Bishop of Antioch] said, ‘That the Son was an Eructation’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1541 |
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