单词 | aspiration |
释义 | aspirationn. I. From aspire n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] lightOE lightingOE inspiration1303 illuminationsc1340 inyettingc1340 revelationc1384 oraclec1425 revealingc1429 informationc1450 infusionc1450 illustrationc1480 gospel1481 aspirationc1534 illuminating1561 afflation1576 entheos1594 enthusiasm1595 flame-light1611 illapse1614 inspirement1616 spiration1629 respirationa1631 irradiation1631 income1647 afflatus1649 theopneustian1660 entheasm1752 prana1785 inflation1835 theopneusty1847 inflatusa1861 theopneustia1894 c1534 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 169 Which thinge [he]..sayde not withoute the aspiration and assent of the Hollie Spirit. a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 357 (R.) Without the adspiracion and helpe of whose especiall grace no laboure of man can profite. 2. The action of breathing or drawing one's breath; a breath, sigh. technical. The drawing in of air in, or as in, breathing. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [noun] orthOE breatha1300 spiritc1350 aspirement1393 breathinga1398 suspiry1398 spirtc1415 respiration?a1425 respiring?a1425 windc1450 soufflement1483 anding1487 spiring1533 spiration1568 suspiration1604 aspiration1608 expiration1638 eupnœa1706 flation1708 rebreathing1877 ventilation1891 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 215 Corrupt inflamation, taking away freedome or easines of aspiration. 1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 7 One..of those Syphons containes so much Air that it cannot be drawn forth by aspiration. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. i. 27 There is..not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. vi. 91 She sighed, with an aspiration so low that it was scarcely audible to herself. 1869 Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 379/2 Valves of aspiration..send the air into the body of the apparatus. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > a vapour steamc1000 vapour1382 exhalation1393 fumosity1477 suffumigation1567 fluxion1603 aspiration1635 halitus1661 suffumige1666 emanation1832 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §2. 202 An hot and drie aspiration exhaled out of the earth. 4. The action of aspiring; steadfast desire or longing for something above one. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [noun] ambition1340 folebayrie1340 high flyinga1586 aspiration1609 ambitude1661 aspiringness1859 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [noun] folebayrie1340 ambition?a1439 ambitiousnessa1500 affectation1549 aspire1562 aspiring1584 philotimy1593 ambitiositya1600 aspirement1607 aspiration1609 votea1626 anhelation1628 breathinga1635 drivenness1902 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 17 That spirit of his In aspiration lifts him from the earth. View more context for this quotation a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind in Wks. (1813) VIII. xv. 103 A soul inspired with the warmest aspirations after celestial beatitude. 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. vii. 51 He..had been assured that he need regard no woman as too high for his aspirations. 1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man iii. 120 Aspiration is a pure upward desire for excellence. II. From aspirate adj. and n. 5. The action of aspirating: see aspirate v. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > aspirate > aspiration aspirationa1398 incrassation1668 preaspiration1938 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxxv. 1236 Þis name pigargus haþ non aspiracioun..and so it schal nout be writen wiþ But some men writen phigargus and doon amys. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. vi. 13 b H is no letter but a signe of aspiracion. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 130 The addition of an h, or aspiration of the letter π. View more context for this quotation 1845 J. O'Donovan Gram. Irish Lang. 39 Aspiration..of the Celtic..may be defined as the changing of the radical sounds of the consonants from being stops of the breath to a sibilance, or from a stronger to a weaker sibilance. 6. An aspirated sound or letter; the letter H n. or its equivalent; the breathings (‘) and (’) in Greek; = aspirate adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > aspirate > sound of `h' aspiration1569 spirit1612 aspirate1725 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. iv. 35 Pritannia in Greke, with a circumflexed aspiracion, doth signifie Metalles. 1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme 61 The letter ה He, which is but an aspiration. 1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iv. xiv. 213 What is no Substantiall Letter, but a bare Aspiration. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 292 Of less standing in the University, than Greek accents and aspirations. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 282 The Greek vowels admit of two aspirations, viz. spiritus asper [‘] and spiritus lenis [’]. 7. The action or process of drawing in, out, or through by suction; esp. the drawing out (of fluids, gases, etc.) by means of an aspirator. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of absorbing > [noun] imbibition1601 absorption1675 aspiration1842 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > extracting gas or fluid draining1565 exhaustion1661 aspiration1842 adspiration1851 bleeding1889 bleed1949 1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 203/2 The fluid was absorbed throughout all the pores of the [felled] tree, by a process which is termed ‘aspiration’. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 344/2 Apparatus, in which the principle of aspiration, or drawing currents of air through the grain, is now extensively employed. 1881 Trans. Obstetr. Soc. 22 57 Aspiration was frequently resorted to, with the view of arresting the growth of the fœtus. 1950 Engineering CLXIX. 31/1 ‘Aspiration’, or separation by means of ascending air currents, is much used in [flour] milling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1398 |
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