英语词汇“nature abhors a vacuum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

nature abhors a vacuum and variants [compare post-classical Latin natura abhorret vacuum (1513 or earlier)] : a vacuum or unfilled space is unnatural; something will inevitably move in to fill an empty space or niche. Used both literally with reference to physical laws concerning vacuums, and (more often) in extended, allusive, or similative contexts. Cf. horror vacui n.Allusive and similative use often extends to use of a noun other than nature (and occasionally a noun other than vacuum; see quot. 1823, for example).

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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 157^v In þe first maner is applicate an horne wiþ an hole... And þe aier is drawen wiþ a mouth and reisyng of flesh foloweþ drawing of þe aier þat nature replenysh voydenez [?c1425 Paris þat þat is voyde; L. vacuum] which it escheweþ euermore as philosofrez han proued.]

1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 44 They say, that the place where the bread and wyne bee, hath no substaunce there to fyll that place, and so must they nedes graunte vacuum, whiche nature vtterly abhorreth.

1658 T. St. Serfe tr. M. de Marmet Entertainments of Cours 43 If he wanted food, my stomach..against the order of Nature (which abhors a vacuum) is posting thither.

1674 R. Boyle Of Cause Attraction by Suction 12 The Atomists, that willingly admit of Vacuities, properly so called, both within and without our World, cannot think that Nature hates or fears a Vacuum, and declines her usual course to prevent it.

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 398 Let the wary Christian therefore remember..that Grace abhors a Vacuum in Time as much as Nature does in Place.

1792 J. W. Newman Lounger’s Common-place Bk. I. 41 Miserable is the man who has nothing to do, for the human intellect, like nature, abhors a vacuum, and will embrace any thing, however criminal or trivial, rather than be without an object.

1823 Ladies' Monthly Museum Aug. 10 As it is philosophically said that nature abhors a vacuum, so may it be morally said that ethics abhor a pause.

1865 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 28 Mar. 2/5 It is odd, and a warning to obstinate striking masters and men, how commerce abhors a vacuum and quietly fills it up.

1904 Gunton's Mag. Jan. 25 Politics abhors a vacuum; where the good keeps out, the bad rushes in.

1973 Traditio 29 327 The medieval Latin dogma that ‘nature abhors a vacuum’..seems not to have derived directly from the works of Aristotle.

1998 C. R. Hunter Master Power Self-hypnosis v. 44 Because nature dislikes a vacuum, when I am trying to help a client change old habits I recommend replacing the undesired reaction with a new response.

2010 L. Malerba Green Med. ii. 47 Even if it were to be eradicated, nature abhors a vacuum, and the normal developmental role played by chicken pox in children's health would likely be replaced by some other viral illness for the immune system to cut its teeth on.

单词	nature abhors a vacuum
释义	> as lemmas nature abhors a vacuum nature abhors a vacuum and variants [compare post-classical Latin natura abhorret vacuum (1513 or earlier)] : a vacuum or unfilled space is unnatural; something will inevitably move in to fill an empty space or niche. Used both literally with reference to physical laws concerning vacuums, and (more often) in extended, allusive, or similative contexts. Cf. horror vacui n.Allusive and similative use often extends to use of a noun other than nature (and occasionally a noun other than vacuum; see quot. 1823, for example). ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 157^v In þe first maner is applicate an horne wiþ an hole... And þe aier is drawen wiþ a mouth and reisyng of flesh foloweþ drawing of þe aier þat nature replenysh voydenez [?c1425 Paris þat þat is voyde; L. vacuum] which it escheweþ euermore as philosofrez han proued.] 1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 44 They say, that the place where the bread and wyne bee, hath no substaunce there to fyll that place, and so must they nedes graunte vacuum, whiche nature vtterly abhorreth. 1658 T. St. Serfe tr. M. de Marmet Entertainments of Cours 43 If he wanted food, my stomach..against the order of Nature (which abhors a vacuum) is posting thither. 1674 R. Boyle Of Cause Attraction by Suction 12 The Atomists, that willingly admit of Vacuities, properly so called, both within and without our World, cannot think that Nature hates or fears a Vacuum, and declines her usual course to prevent it. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 398 Let the wary Christian therefore remember..that Grace abhors a Vacuum in Time as much as Nature does in Place. 1792 J. W. Newman Lounger’s Common-place Bk. I. 41 Miserable is the man who has nothing to do, for the human intellect, like nature, abhors a vacuum, and will embrace any thing, however criminal or trivial, rather than be without an object. 1823 Ladies' Monthly Museum Aug. 10 As it is philosophically said that nature abhors a vacuum, so may it be morally said that ethics abhor a pause. 1865 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 28 Mar. 2/5 It is odd, and a warning to obstinate striking masters and men, how commerce abhors a vacuum and quietly fills it up. 1904 Gunton's Mag. Jan. 25 Politics abhors a vacuum; where the good keeps out, the bad rushes in. 1973 Traditio 29 327 The medieval Latin dogma that ‘nature abhors a vacuum’..seems not to have derived directly from the works of Aristotle. 1998 C. R. Hunter Master Power Self-hypnosis v. 44 Because nature dislikes a vacuum, when I am trying to help a client change old habits I recommend replacing the undesired reaction with a new response. 2010 L. Malerba Green Med. ii. 47 Even if it were to be eradicated, nature abhors a vacuum, and the normal developmental role played by chicken pox in children's health would likely be replaced by some other viral illness for the immune system to cut its teeth on. extracted from vacuumn. < as lemmas
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