单词 | impinge |
释义 | impingev. 1. transitive. To force or thrust (a thing) upon any one; to fasten or fix on forcibly. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] > attribute something to someone > put upon or ascribe to someone fastOE lay13.. fastenc1390 redound1477 impinge1535 thank1560 stick1607 patronize1626 fix1665 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 1 This with other haynous crymes whiche he impingeth vnto me in his pistle. 1825 S. Smith Speeches in Wks. (1859) II. 198/1 If this method of appealing to the absurdities of a past age, and impinging them upon the present age is fair and just. 2. To strike, dash, hurl a thing upon something else; reflexive = 4. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (reflexive)] smitec1325 impinge1660 1660 G. Fleming Stemma Sacrvm 5 Before they did impinge themselves, and the Vessel, upon some new and worse dangers. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xi. 155 He impinged his foot with a force that overbalanced himself. 3. To strike; to come into forcible contact with, collide with. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] hita1400 strike1530 check1576 impinge1605 impinge1777 1777 Gamblers 17 On being impinged by another ball, it will spin for some little time on its own center. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xv. 156 Myriads [particles of light] can move all manner of ways without impinging one another. 1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall iv. 44 The degree of force with which I have impinged the surface. 1910 Practitioner July 109 The striker's thumb..impinges the skull of his opponent. 4. a. intransitive. To strike or dash; to come into (violent or energetic) contact; to collide. Const. on, upon, also against, †at. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] strike1340 impinge1605 impact1916 the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] hita1400 strike1530 check1576 impinge1605 impinge1777 the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > cause to impinge impinge1605 impact1945 1605 G. Powel Refut. Epist. Apologeticall 38 The rockes of offence, whereat some of the ancient Emperours impinged. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iv. i. 277 A ship that is voide of a Pilot, must needs impinge vpon the next rock or sands, and suffer shipwrack. 1738 tr. J. Jurin in J. Keill Ess. Animal Oecon. (ed. 4) 61 The Ventricles, when they contract, impinge upon the Blood, and..expel it. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 176 Provided we know the weights of the two bodies, and their swiftness before they impinged. 1796 Atwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 130 The inclination of the masts and sails..and the direction in which the wind impinges on them. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1510 A flame which by means of the blowpipe is caused to impinge upon the charcoal. b. Said of waves of light, sound, and the like. ΚΠ 1672 I. Newton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5087 Those, when they impinge on any Refracting or Reflecting superficies, must..excite Vibrations in the aether. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) viii. 209 The aërial waves which enter the meatus all impinge upon the membrane of the drum. 1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) iii. ii. 397 The laws according to which rays of light impinging on the retina give rise to sensory impulses. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1614 P. Forbes Def. Lawful Calling §19. 35 They still reason, ab authoritate negative, and so, doe impinge foully, in all the sortes above specified. 1852 W. E. Gladstone in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 370 Here we impinge upon a dilemma hard as adamant. 5. To encroach or infringe on or upon. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > infringe or encroach on attaina1382 pinchc1400 accroach1423 usurp1447 to usurp on or upon1493 invade?1521 encroachc1534 jetc1590 enjamb1600 to trench on or upon1622 trench1631 trample1646 to gain on or upon1647 trespass1652 impose1667 impinge1758 infringe1769 1758 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses Pref, Wks. (1811) IV. 59 Nor did the heat of reformation carry him to impinge upon any other of the nocturnal Rites, then celebrated in Rome. c1800 Ld. Eldin in E. B. Ramsay Remin. Sc. Life (1870) v. 127 Had..my clients been caught..impingin on the patent richts. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiv. 203 Heaven forbid that I should do aught that might..impinge upon the right of my kinsman. View more context for this quotation 1884 Illustr. London News 6 Sept. 219/1 In doing so, I should be impinging on the province of the reviewers. Derivatives impinging n. and adj. /ɪmˈpɪndʒɪŋ/ ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] hittingc1440 strokea1533 illision1603 incursion1615 incussion1615 attrition1630 impinginga1727 impact1781 impingement1837 impaction1945 the world > movement > impact > [adjective] > impinging striking?1611 incident1668 impinginga1727 impingent1760 incidental1813 impacting1916 a1727 I. Newton Opticks (1730) iii. ii. 237 The Cause of Reflexion is not the impinging of Light on the solid or impervious parts of Bodies. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 390 There must be as many impinging particles in the one, as there are gravitating particles in the other. 1844 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 289 The power of reflection in water varies with the angle of the impinging ray. 1955 Sci. News Let. 14 May 308/1 Mercury vapor inside the vacuum tube gives the glow as its atoms are excited by impinging electrons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1535 |
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