单词 | macerate |
释义 | maceraten. A product obtained by maceration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] > becoming or making soft > by steeping > product obtained by macerate1961 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Macerate n. 1974 Nature 27 Sept. 294/2 In scanning electron microscopical (SEM) investigations of Precambrian sedimentary rocks, the risk of contamination during the preparation of rock macerates is extremely high. 1986 Experientia 42 849/1 One ml of the resultant mycelial macerate was inoculated into a fresh flask containing 100 ml AM. 1994 Canad. Entomol. 125 1058 Preparation of insect macerates for dot-blot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † macerateadj. Obsolete. Wasted, weakened; = macerated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > weakened swundenc1275 yfebleda1387 palledc1390 forfeebled1513 indebilitate1529 macerate1541 feebled1573 macerated1587 eclipsed1607 enfeebleda1657 tenuinea1660 reduced1689 unstrung1690 indebilitated1696 unbraced1760 wrecky1925 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance x. f. 18v Macerate with labours, and made feble with age. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. C4 For want of the same pittance they are macerate and shronke so low. 1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights 332 Shee chuse..not a man macerate and dryed vp with study. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). maceratev. a. transitive. To cause (the body, flesh, etc.) to grow thinner or waste away, esp. by fasting. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > affect with wasting disease [verb (transitive)] wastec1230 forpinec1275 pinea1325 corrodec1400 rust1493 macerate1547 forwaste1563 tabefy1656 tabid1661 colliquate1666 undermine1879 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > fasting > fast [verb (transitive)] > wear away flesh by fasting macerate1547 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. viii Fastynge to much, it drieth and macerateth the body. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage V. xiv. 442 To..macerate his body for his owne sinnes. 1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 415 Macerating our bodies with imprisonments and torments. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 282. ¶5 The Happiness of him who is macerated by Abstinence. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vii. 135 Her frame was macerated by her secret sorrows. 1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 24 The fierce unrest, the deathless flame, That slowly macerates my frame. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. xxxiii. 5 Men..lodging in tombs, and macerating themselves with fasting. b. transitive. To render weak, as if by physical wasting; to vex, worry. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- 1588 E. Spenser Virgils Gnat 94 No such sad cares, as wont to macerate And rend the greedie mindes of covetous men. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. B A viper, who with poysoned words Doth masserate the bowels of my soule. a1695 Z. Cradock Great End Christianity (1706) 6 Why do some Christians..macerate and torment themselves? 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. Slawkenbergius's Tale 55 A city so macerated with expectation. c. intransitive. To waste, pine away. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > be weak > become weak of-fall?a1200 fail?c1225 wastea1300 languisha1325 defail1340 languora1375 defaulta1382 wastea1387 faintc1450 mortifyc1475 hink?a1500 traik?a1513 droopc1540 unquick1595 macerate1598 dodder1617 lachanize1623 smartle1673 break1726 go1748 sink1780 wilt1787 falter1799 weaken1886 to go down1892 to go out of curl1924 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. Cv Once to be pursie fat Had wont be cause that life did macerate. d. transitive. figurative. To oppress, ‘crush’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] ofsiteOE forthringOE overlayOE ofsetOE to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175 overseta1200 defoulc1300 oppressa1382 overpressa1382 overchargec1390 overleadc1390 overliea1393 thringa1400 overcarkc1400 to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425 press?a1425 downthringc1430 vicea1525 tread1526 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533 tyrannizea1533 wring1550 downpress1579 bepress1591 defoil1601 ingrate1604 crush1611 grinda1626 macerate1637 trample1646 1637 J. Bastwick Letany 4/1 They greatly dishonour his Cesarean Maiestie, & miserably afflict and macerate [printed macecrate] his poore subiects. 1640 H. Parker Case Shipmony 46 Civill wars have..infected and macerated that goodly Country. 2. a. transitive. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the soft parts of, by steeping or partial digestion. Also with away.spec. to soften (fruit) by soaking in liquor or wine in order to allow the fruit to absorb the flavour of the liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > soften [verb (transitive)] > by steeping macerate1563 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > digest [verb (transitive)] > digestive processes macerate1563 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > soak or steep [verb (transitive)] > in water or liquor, esp. in order to soften woke1393 watera1398 yet1511 weak1559 macerate1563 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 9v Macerate them [sc. lard and rose leaves] and let them stand together seuen dayes. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 133 They [sc. Pine-Apple or Nut] must first be macerated the space of an houre in warme water, and then eaten. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 129 in Justice Vindicated Iron macerated with vinegar, so as it should be inflexible. 1701 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 3) i. 29 It is by the heat thereof concocted, macerated, and reduc'd into a Chyle or Cremor. 1759 R. Brown Compl. Farmer 79 The gizzard that macerates their food. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. v. 1418 The bark is rolled up, and macerated for some time in water. 1822 J. Imison Elem. Sci. & Art II. 178 Soak, or macerate the rags sufficiently. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 479/1 More complete mastication is performed after the food has been long macerated in the paunch. 1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants vi. 88 The leaves were macerated for some hours. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 558 In the axillary, anal and scrotal region, where the scales are often macerated away. 1984 Bon Appétit Feb. 16/2 The fruit is macerated for a time in alcohol, usually a clear, unaged grape brandy. 1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. v. 66/2 Treatment must not be continued beyond three days, for the solvent (which penetrates to the deep fascia..) will macerate the skin. b. intransitive. To undergo maceration in a liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > be soaked or steeped [verb (intransitive)] soakc1000 fleet1297 steepc1412 swimc1450 soga1552 macerate1612 sug1633 sapple1836 marinate1984 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. E4v Let 'hem macerate, together. View more context for this quotation 1651 J. French Art Distillation ii. 48 Beat the spices small and bruise the Hearbs, letting them macerate twelve houres. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. viii. 329 The ignorant Farmer cuts down his Corn and his Hay..and leaves them to macerate..in the soaking Showers. 1816 F. Accum Pract. Ess. Chem. Re-agents (1818) 81 Suffering the whole to macerate for a few hours. 1879 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women i. 9 If the liquor amnii is not discharged it is absorbed, and the contents of the uterus either macerate or become mummified. 1977 C. Conran M. Guérard's Cuisine Minceur 387 Hull the strawberries and put them in a china bowl with the kirsch. Put to macerate in the refrigerator. 1989 Wine Nov. 39/2 Accad's followers keep the fruit cool..allowing it to macerate and..gain colour, before it is allowed to ferment. c. transitive. (In figurative use.) ΚΠ 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 211/1 A good writer will not..macerate them into such particles that nothing shall be remaining of their natural contexture. 1876 B. H. Bristow Let. 6 June in D. S. Muzzey James G. Blaine (1935) 98 You have macerated these scamps... You have scattered the wretched crew of calumniators and spies on private life. 1991 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 17 Nov. 7/1 It was a condition not without grief—to be the most brilliant, worldly and incorruptible mind of the 20th century and have to spend one's days macerating nonentities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1961adj.1541v.1547 |
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