单词 | expressed |
释义 | expressedadj.1 1. a. Pressed out; extracted or forced out by mechanical pressure. expressed oil (see quot. 1859). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressing to extract something > wrung or squeezed out > extracted by expressing expressed1599 squeezed1602 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 116/1 The best expressed oyle of Nutmegges. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxiv. 188 After this express'd Oyl, we made tryal of a distill'd one. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 269 The express'd Juices of several Vegetables. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 206 They [the fixed oils] are termed ‘expressed’ oils because they are not extracted by distillation, like the essential oils. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 432 [Oils] Recently-expressed or very fresh oils. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressing to extract something > wrung or squeezed out wringed1582 tortive1609 expresseda1682 squeezed1880 wrung1976 a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 13 They might after give the expressed and less usefull part..unto their Swine. 1705 T. Greenhill in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 2010 Like an expressed Sponge. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 101 As is..plain in all expressed Vegetables. 2. a. Uttered or made known in words. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > spoken or uttered expressed1548 verbal1580 outspoken1652 prolative1691 enunciative1831 spoken1851 phatic1923 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John 122 a By the expressed voyce of this man. 1892 Daily News 6 Feb. 6/1 In accordance with the expressed wish of the deceased. 1894 N.E.D. at Expressed Mod. Inconsistent with his own expressed opinions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adjective] > explicit expressc1386 enunciative1531 explicate1532 expressed1534 explicit1549 unimplicit1673 explained1685 implicit1727 disimplicated1753 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. B.8 The vttermost of right is expressed wronge. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. aavijv It is not written by expressed wordes that [etc.]. 1554 J. Knox Godly Let. sig. C viij No such promese haue we..but rather the exprest contrarie. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 440 Gorgias their exprest Commander was from them. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vi. 113 The..Perception of good and ill Desert..makes [the sanction] appear, as one may say, expressed. 3. expressed species n. (transl. Latin species expressa): in Scholastic Philosophy, a ‘species’ or essential form imposed on outward objects by the activity of the mind itself. The term was revived by Le Clerc in his pseudo-scientific Optics: see quot. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Species Expressed Species are those..from within; or that are sent from the Organ to the Object. Le Clerc, in his System of Vision,..has called upon the Stage again the Species expressæ, of the ancient Philosophers. For, according to him, 'tis not by Species or Images impress'd on the Optic Nerve, that the Soul sees Objects; but by Rays, which she herself directs to them. 1857 F. D. Maurice Mediæval Philos. v. §90. 232 The Mind knows itself..not by a Species impressed upon it..but by a Species expressed from it.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). expressedadj.2 Sent by express messenger or delivery. ΚΠ 1902 A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel vi. 72 It was..‘expressed’ luggage despatched in advance. 1909 G. Stratton-Porter Girl of Limberlost xi. 218 In an expressed crate was a fine curly-maple dressing table. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.11534adj.21902 |
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