单词 | irruptive |
释义 | irruptiveadj. Having the quality or character of bursting in; making, or tending to, irruption. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > violently > having quality or character of irruptive1593 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 28v Troden out of sente, by the irruptiue ouer-trampling of the Romans. 1794 Whitehouse Ode to Justice (T.) Ready to displode irruptive on his head. 1816 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things vi. Comment. xiii By Thales and Democritus they [earthquakes] were attributed to the irruptive force of subterraneous winds. 1867 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 I. i. 21 Masses of irruptive rock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1593 |
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