单词 | gassy |
释义 | gassyadj. 1. Full of gas; (excessively) effervescent. Also: of the nature of or characteristic of gas. Cf. gaseous adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature or form of gas aerial1551 gassy1744 aeriform1782 gaseous1785 aeriformed1790 gazous1794 gasiform1799 1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 3 The volatile Spirit..will..appear tolerably limpid, smell extremely quick, pungent, and Gassy or sulphureous. 1785 tr. L. S. Mercier Nightcap II. 276 Bodies have no longer any weight when animated by this gassy fluid; and the hand of nature sports with the planets by this power alone. 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 173 A clear, gassy, sea-coal fire, puffing and fizzing in smiling welcome. 1860 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Jan. 208/2 Would he like a sip of cold water, or gassy lemonade, or some wine red? 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. xiii. 290 The gassy passages of the back of the theatre. 1919 P. G. Heineman Milk 624 One of the most frequent abnormal forms of cheese is gassy cheese. 1988 P. Cloud Oasis in Space ii. 39/2 The gassy sun-swept ‘tails’ of comets. 2000 Which? Oct. 21/3 Weaker beers tend to become very dry and gassy and are best drunk young. 2. colloquial. Characterized by ‘gas’ (gas n.1 5); given to idle talk; excessively verbose. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1843 Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 27 July 16/4 The Morning Chronicle excuses the President as follows:—‘We admit that all this was gassy, but what else but gas goes down on such occasions?’ 1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston I. 139 Woodbury..was amused at the remarks of the crowd: ‘He?—oh, he's a gassy old fellow’. 1892 Ld. Rosebery in Daily News 24 June 5/8 The last development of the Irish question was a gassy meeting in St. James's Hall the previous night. 1938 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 273 The pooh-poohers and youth-talkers, the hedging ill-wishers and gassy jealous-mongers. 1954 Life 12 Apr. 44/2 They carried the money into the station house, sneaking in to keep ‘gassy’ cops from gossiping prematurely. 1994 Denver Post 30 Jan. f8/3 This is definitely a long and gassy book. 3. Originally North American. Of a food or drink: causing or tending to cause flatulence. Also (of a person or animal): flatulent. Cf. windy adj.1 4. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected with flatulence > causing flatulence windy1398 flative1599 flatulent1599 flatuous1601 gassy1918 1918 Internat. Clinics 4 128 She had cut out..corn and beans because they fermented and were gassy and added to her auto-intoxication. 1919 Lock Haven (Pa.) Express 7 Mar. 3/5 (advt.) Get rid quickly of..that horrible, burpy, bloated feeling after eating, disgusting, belching,..gassy stomach. 1964 D. G. Cooley Family Med. Guide xiii. 449/1 Many people..who experience pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen, or who belch, or have a feeling of being ‘gassy’ and bloated, will say that they have ‘indigestion’. 1972 R. Cook Year of Intern (1973) 176 They make me so gassy, and sometimes..it's so bad my hemorrhoids pop out. 1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 10 June b2 The most gassy foods are beans, bagels, bran, broccoli, brussels sprouts, [etc.]. 2004 B. Brevitz Compl. Healthy Dog Handbk. (2009) 120/1 Gassy hounds abound. Flatulence isn't usually a sign of serious illness, but the symptoms are distressing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1744 |
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