请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 meteorize
释义

meteorizev.1

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μετεωρίζειν.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μετεωρίζειν to raise, elevate, cause to evaporate < μετέωρος raised, lofty (see meteor n.1) + -ίζειν -ize suffix. Only in Evelyn.
Obsolete. rare.
a. intransitive. To evaporate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > become gas [verb (intransitive)] > become vapour
evaporate1567
vapour1567
meteorize1664
vaporize1828
evaporize1832
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 29 The dew that impearls the leaves [of oaks] in May, insolated, meteorizes and sends up a liquor, which is of admirable effect in ruptures.
b. transitive. To evaporate, convert into vapour.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > make into gas or produce gas from [verb (transitive)] > make into vapour
evaporate1555
invapour?1566
vapour1591
vaporate1611
meteorize1676
vaporize1803
evaporize1832
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 173 Of all Waters, that which descends from Heaven, we find to be the richest.., as having been already meteoriz'd, and circulated in that great digestory.
a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 27 The grosser exhalations are meteorized, circulated, and condensed into clouds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

meteorizev.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meteor n.1, -ize suffix.
Etymology: < meteor n.1 + -ize suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To resemble a meteor; to flash, sparkle.
ΚΠ
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 268 It was imperative upon them to scintillate—to coruscate—to meteorize—to make the natives..believe that ‘a new sun had risen on mid-day’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
v.11664v.21828
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/9 6:40:52