| 单词 | natural spirit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnatural spirit natural spirit n. now historical a subtle fluid regarded as the principle of growth and nutrition and as being produced in the liver; cf. animal spirit n. 1, vital spirit at vital adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun] birtha1250 the manner ofc1300 formc1310 propertyc1390 naturea1393 condition1393 qualitya1398 temperc1400 taragec1407 naturality?a1425 profession?a1439 affecta1460 temperament1471 essence?1533 affection1534 spirit?1534 temperature1539 natural spirit1541 character1577 complexion1589 tincture1590 idiom1596 qualification1602 texture1611 connativea1618 thread1632 genius1639 complexure1648 quale1654 indoles1672 suchness1674 staminaa1676 trim1707 tenor1725 colouring1735 tint1760 type1843 aura1859 thusness1883 physis1923 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > spirits spirita1387 cordial spirits?a1450 natural spirit1541 mobile spirit1649 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 10 b Spirit naturall taketh his beginninge of the lyver, and by the vaynes. a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) 2385–90 The sprite vitall in the hert dothe dwell; the sprite naturall, as olde autours tell, to dwell in the lyver ys therof fayn. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iv. iii. 105 By how much more a mans skin is full treg'd with flesh, blood and natural Spirits. 1755 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 22 Sept. (1967) III. 87 His natural Spirits gave him..chearfulness when he was Fluxing in a Garret. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 95/1 The blood-making organ, the liver, separates from the blood subtle vapours, the natural spirits, which, carried to the heart, mix with the air introduced by respiration, and thus form the vital spirits. 1945 D. Guthrie Hist. Med. v. 77 In the liver the blood, endowed with Natural Spirit, passed to the right ventricle, whence it was distributed to nourish all the tissues and organs, and also to the lungs, in order that impurities might be exhaled. 1992 Jrnl. Econ. Perspectives 5 208 [Galen] devised a theory of pneumata or spirits in which the liver produced natural spirits carried by the veins. < as lemmas |
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