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单词 intensify
释义

intensifyv.

/ɪnˈtɛnsɪfʌɪ/
Etymology: < Latin intensus intense adj. + -fy suffix: corresponding to a Latin type *intensificāre after sanctificāre , etc.: see -fy suffix. In a note to quot. 1817 at sense 1a, Coleridge says: ‘I am aware that this word occurs neither in Johnson's Dictionary nor in any classical writer. But the word, ‘to intend’, which Newton and others before him employ in this sense, is now so completely appropriated to another meaning, that I could not use it without ambiguity: while to paraphrase the sense, as by render intense, would often break up the sentence and destroy that harmony of the position of the words with the logical position of the thoughts, which is a beauty in all composition, and more especially desirable in a close philosophical investigation. I have therefore hazarded the word, intensify; though, I confess, it sounds uncouth to my own ear’.
1.
a. transitive. To render intense, to give intensity to; to augment, strengthen, heighten, deepen, etc.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase the intensity of
multiplya1398
sharpenc1450
heighten1523
height1528
strengthen1546
aggravate1549
enhance1559
intend1603
enrich1620
re-enforce1625
wheel1632
reinforce1660
support1691
richen1795
to give a weight to1796
intensify1817
exalt1850
intensate1856
to step up1920
to hot up1937
ramp1981
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. vii. 126 The will itself by confining and intensifying the attention may arbitrarily give vividness or distinctness to any object whatsoever.
1855 C. Dickens Let. 21 Oct. (1993) VII. 724 Her uneasiness will be greatly intensified.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xiii. 144 The unknown labyrinth around..seemed to intensify his sense of loneliness.
1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab ii. 34 The aurora..was all orange-red, with grand streaks intensifying the rays occasionally.
b. Photography. To make the chemically affected parts of (a negative) more dense or opaque, so as to produce a stronger contrast of light and shade.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [verb (transitive)] > intensify contrast in negative
intensify1861
1861 in Circle of Sci. I. 161/1 The negative will require to be intensified.
1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 382 The plate should be washed and dried previous to its being intensified, should intensification be found necessary.
2. intransitive. To become intense, to grow in intensity.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in intensity or degree
waxc897
reforce1490
rise1594
fortify1605
strengthena1616
harden1625
intend1655
thicken1672
exasperate1742
intensify1853
thick1879
to hot up1922
to build up1936
1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xi. 196 His expectant, vigilant, absorbed, eager look, never wore off: it rather intensified.
1896 R. G. Moulton Lit. Study Bible xv. 370 There is no relief: the action intensifies.

Derivatives

inˈtensified adj.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing in intensity or degree > increased in intensity or degree
strengthened1578
intended1590
exasperate1601
intenseda1658
aggrandized1689
heightened1701
intensated1831
intensified1862
stepped1933
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation > made intense
intensified1862
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xxxi. 239 Thought, too, can travel in trance, and in trance may acquire an intensified force.
1883 H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. 43 14 An intensified life, which may be summed up as—great labour, great profit, great expenditure.
inˈtensifying adj.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing in intensity or degree
risinga1398
upcreeping1611
acuationa1655
heightening1774
strengthening1794
upswelling1855
exalting1859
intensifying1863
enhancive1889
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xix. 208 There was an intensifying flash and energy in his countenance.
1866 R. W. Thomas Mod. Pract. Photogr. 14 (heading) Intensifying solution.
1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. x. 71 These intensifying solutions may be applied to the image either before or after fixing.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 323/2 The iron developer and the pyrogallic acid solution for intensifying.
intensifying screen n. a fluorescent screen placed in contact with the film or plate when a radiograph is taken in order to increase the effect on it of the X-rays.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > X-rays > [noun] > screen displaying
fluorescent screen1901
intensifying screen1903
1903 W. A. Pusey & E. W. Caldwell Pract. Applic. Röntgen Rays vi. 144 The ratio of the exposure necessary with a single intensifying screen and photographic plate to that which is necessary with the same plate without the screen is about 1 to 4 or 5.
1940 K. S. Low Metall. & Industr. Radiol. iv. 30 Intensifying screens when placed in contact with the film will by fluorescence under the action of x~radiation supplement the action of x-rays on the film, and thus shorten exposure periods.
1968 Kodak Med. X-Ray Catal. 8 High speed, fine grain X-ray film for use with intensifying screens.
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