单词 | irruption |
释义 | irruptionn. 1. The action of bursting or breaking in; a violent entry, inroad, incursion, or invasion, esp. of a hostile force or tribe. spec. An abrupt local increase in the numbers of a species of animals. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > [noun] here-gang10.. inrunning1382 incursion?a1475 invasion1539 incurse1543 irruption1577 invade1591 invading1603 invadationa1607 infall1645 inroadinga1656 incursation1659 infallinga1698 big one1960 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > violent breakc1565 irruption1577 breach1578 breaking1617 inbreaking1652 inruption1809 inbreak1837 inburst1837 break-in1856 inbursting1858 incrash1861 the world > life > biology > balance of nature > population > [noun] > population growth > abrupt local increase outbreak1891 irruption1912 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Dd/2 In that hurlie burlie and irruption made by the barbarous people. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 75 As if Nature made recompence for the irruptions of the seas. 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Pref. The Goths..making irruptions into Gaule. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4375/3 That the whole Body of the Troops..lie in a readiness to oppose any new Irruption of the Enemy. 1803 Duke of Wellington Let. to Lieut.-Gen. Stuart in Dispatches (1837) II. 8 Not a word is said of the supposed irruption of Holkar. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ii. 26 You do not seem to perceive the irruption of vulgarity. 1912 W. E. Clarke Stud. Bird Migration II. xxi. 112 During the remarkable irruption of Crossbills from the Continent in the summer of 1909, Fair Isle received many of the visitors. 1936 A. L. Thomson Bird Migration ii. 42 Apart from all the categories of annual movements, there are movements which occur at irregular intervals in the form of invasions or irruptions... In the spring of certain years the birds have ‘irrupted’ in large numbers. 1968 New Scientist 21 Nov. 425/2 The majority of migrants [sc. butterflies] reaching Britain are regularly seen within a few days of an irruption in their home territory. 2. Confused with eruption n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > volcanic activity > eruption irruption1613 fire1632 incendium1637 eructation1652 volcano1699 eruption1740 explosion1771 eruction1842 extravasation1842 volcanoism1907 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > bout or attack of onfalleOE cothec1000 bitc1175 accessc1300 attacha1400 shota1400 swalma1400 storm1540 excess?1541 accession1565 qualm1565 oncome1570 grasha1610 attachment1625 ingruence1635 turn1653 attack1665 fit1667 surprise1670 drow1727 tossa1732 irruption1732 sick1808 tout1808 whither1808 spell1856 go1867 whip1891 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] eruption1598 irruption1732 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of outbreakinga1387 breaking-out1552 outbreak1562 eruption1598 storm1602 out-breach1609 fulmination1623 outflying1641 outburst1657 float1763 overboiling1767 irruption1811 gush1821 outflash1831 outflush1834 shooting forth1837 outbursting1838 blow-off1842 outblaze1843 upburst1843 upthrow1855 upbreak1856 spurt1859 outlash1868 spitfire1886 Brock's benefit1948 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of > violent surge of something > specifically of words or feeling spatec1614 sally1676 torrent1702 shower bath1808 simoom1813 irruption1883 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 814 In the yeare 1581 there issued from another Vulcan..such an irruption of fire. 1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 216 Those from Italy say, that mount Vesuvius had lately made a terrible irruption. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 412 In the Article of Feverish Irruptions. 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet III. 195 The irruption was coming out in a most favourable way. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xx. 244 A firmament-obliterating irruption of profanity. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant 62 A volcanic irruption. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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