单词 | etherizing |
释义 | etherizingn. The action of etherize v. (in various senses). ΚΠ 1848 T. H. Pasley Philos. which shows Physiol. Mesmerism 88 Etherising by external application, but which may not amount to mesmerizing, is nothing new. 1851 Q. Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 3 28 Sulphuric acid does not appear to be adapted for the etherizing of amylic alcohol. 1916 E. M. Parker & S. D. Breckinridge Surg. & Gynæcol. Nursing xix. 246 Separate rooms may be provided in the operating suite for the following purposes: nurses' dressing room, separate preparation rooms for surgeons and nurses for hand cleansing, etherizing rooms, recovery rooms, [etc.]. 1932 Q. Rev. Biol. 7 201/1 The young in the capped cells were uninjured by the etherizing. 1967 F. W. Keeble in A. C. Seward Sci. & Nation 126 No sooner had market gardeners..applied this method of etherising to the forcing of flowers and fruit than Molisch discovered the now well known warm bath method of forcing. 2005 F. J. Diaz-Benjumea in M. Mari-Beffa & J. Knight Key Exper. Pract. Devel. Biol. xiv. 171 With a fast movement, flies should be transfered into the etherizing bottle. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). etherizingadj. 1. Chemistry. That converts a substance into an ether. rare. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Etherizing, converting into ether. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 158/1 The acids which occasion the formation of the æthers already described do not enter at all into their composition; but in those now to be mentioned, the ætherizing medium generally forms a part of the product. 1934 Industr. & Engin. Chem. 26 287/2 The water sorption is reduced with increase of molecular weight of the esterifying or etherizing group. 2. Resulting in the etherization of a person or animal (see etherization n. 2); figurative anaesthetizing, numbing, desensitizing. ΚΠ 1847 Christian Guardian Apr. 165/1 The job [sc. extraction of a tooth] was so admirably performed, that, without any etherizing influence, he was scarcely conscious that it was accomplished. 1848 Fraser's Mag. 37 261/1 Inhale for a few minutes the subtle, etherising reminiscences as they rise in your mind. 1988 Indian Lit. 31 32 The complacent, sensuous swaying of richly-clad women, all laid low by the notes of an alpine, etherizing music. 2007 Hamilton Spectator (Ont., Canada) (Nexis) 17 Sept. (Sports section) 4 The locker room seemed numbed by the team's consistent inability to rise to the occasion. Ten losses in 11 outings has that kind of etherizing effect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848adj.1828 |
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