单词 | fumigate |
释义 | fumigatev. 1. a. transitive. To apply smoke or fumes to; esp. to disinfect or purify by exposure to smoke or fumes. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > disinfect [verb (transitive)] > fumigate smokec1000 smeekOE besmokea1398 fumec1400 suffounge1490 perfume1538 fumifya1704 fumigate1781 stove1805 pastille1846 1781 W. Cowper Let. 18 Sept. (1979) I. 521 You never fumigate the Ladies, or force them out of company. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. i. 136 The silks..are fumigated with sulphur. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 460 Acid fumigations bid fair to stop the progress of the complaint..though it might not always have been proper to fumigate the apartments of the sick. 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 170 Let them [plants] be frequently well fumigated. b. To scent with fumes; to perfume. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > impart perfume [verb (transitive)] embalm1447 aromatize1480 fumea1483 incense?1504 fumigate1530 perfume1539 suffume1540 scent1567 aromatizate1576 sweetena1586 suffumigate1599 frot1608 inodorate1623 suffite1657 essencificate1658 essence1675 essencify1707 balmify1733 odoriferize1824 fragrance1854 reperfume1885 smeech1897 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 559/2 I fumygate a place with a swete fumygacion, je enfume or je parfume. Let the place be well fumygate, or ever they come. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. Cv You must be bath'd, and fumigated, first. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 132 With fragrant Thyme the City fumigate . View more context for this quotation 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. v. 171 The Egyptians take great delight in perfumes; and often fumigate their apartments. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. v. 259 The Cathedral had been thoroughly fumigated with frankincense. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by gas, air, or fumes > treat by gas, air, or fumes [verb (transitive)] > subject to fumes or vapour evapour1543 evaporate1583 fumigate1713 1713 A. Pope Narr. Robert Norris 15 Fumigate him, I say, this very Evening, while he is relieved by an Interval. ΚΠ 1663 [see fumigated adj. at Derivatives]. 3. To darken (oak) by the process of fuming. See fuming n. b. Derivatives ˈfumigated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [adjective] > connected with or producing vaporization > vaporized vaporate1660 fumigated1663 aerified1785 vaporized1839 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > oak > fumed fumigated1663 fumé1895 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. vii. 183 I shall only subjoyn this secret, which a friend of mine practises in preserving the fumigated Juyces of Herbs. 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II 18.. Beck's Jrnl. Dec. Art 2 346 A high dado, 8 ft. high, of fumigated oak. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1530 |
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