| 单词 | lasting power |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslasting power 2. Ability to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; durability. Also: power of holding on or out, staying power (= last n.5 2). Now usually more fully lasting power.Quot. 1715 at sense 1 approaches this sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > staying power lastingnessa1398 unweariness1611 unweariednessa1617 last1622 indefatigationa1646 unweariableness1647 unwearisomeness1649 indefatigability1651 indefatigableness1653 infatigability1709 lasting1762 stamina1803 unweariability1853 staying qualities1856 stickability1858 staying power1859 sitzfleisch1877 bounceback1959 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. x. 206 The lasting of the iron plough, and the value of the iron. 1807 Statist. Acct. Schuylkill Permanent Bridge 56 Some hemlock is very durable; but the appearance of this wood, is so generally alike, that it is imprudent to risque the chances of hitting on the kind required for lasting, or strength. 1853 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 41/1 The modern race-horse is in hand as a yearling; and his preparation alone is what few of our ancient masters would have dreamt of. ‘But still he has lost the lasting power.’ 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. 346 Essentials to develope a man in stature, or strength, or ‘lasting’. 1883 C. P. Smyth Gaseous Spectra in Vacuum Tubes in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 30 100 As to the general lasting power of the tubes themselves,..not more than one tube in twenty has failed, broken, or become dead. 1907 Ice & Refrigeration Apr. 245/2 When it comes to the lasting or durability of the cans, say in a 200-pound can, it will outlast the larger sizes three or four times. 1915 Steel & Iron (Pittsburgh) 15 June 647/2 The effect of the climate may be to destroy its lasting power. 1948 E. Burdick in Stanford Short Stories 1948 32 I had a lot of lasting power, a lot of stamina. 2007 A. K. Nayak Sports Educ. i. 64 The male is functionally endowed with lasting power to a much greater degree than the average woman. < as lemmas |
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