单词 | occlude |
释义 | occludev. 1. transitive. To block or stop up so as to prevent anything from passing in, out, or through; to obstruct; to close (an opening, esp. an orifice or pore). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up fordita800 forstop?c1225 estopa1420 accloy1422 ferma1522 clam1527 quar1542 cloy1548 dam1553 occlude1581 clog1586 impeach1586 bung1589 gravel1602 impediment1610 stifle1631 foul1642 obstipate1656 obturate1657 choke1669 blockade1696 to flop up1838 jama1865 to ball up1884 gunge1976 1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise f. 12v The vniust iuge quha opning the ane eir..occludis and stoppis the vther. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 26/2 An vlceratione wherbye her throate was allmost occluded and stopped. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 97 Ginger is the root of..an herbaceous plant..which..they take up, and..role it up in earth, whereby occluding the pores, they conserve the naturall humidity. View more context for this quotation 1670 E. Maynwaring Vita Sana & Longa (new ed.) vii. 85 Exercise opens the Pores..which otherwise by too much rest are occluded and shut up. 1814 J. C. Calhoun Speech 6 Apr. in Papers (1959) I. xcvii. 244 There was scarcely a port in Europe, which..was not occluded to British commerce. 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 303 Occlude either end of the..tube with a..bung. 1907 Buck's Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) II. 98/2 A ligated vessel may be occluded by intimal proliferation without thrombosis taking place. 1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xxxiii. 396 Temporarily occlude the femoral (or brachial) artery at the root of the limb with the pressure of a sphygmomanometer cuff, if available. 1967 Brain 90 755 In two specimens the posterior communicating artery was occluded by a propagating thrombus. 1970 J. G. Farrell Troubles i. 150 The Major forced his way through the new and astonishing growth of bamboo that threatened to occlude the entrance entirely. 1991 J. Barnes Talking it Over iii. 40 Things were just a touch grim at the Shakespeare School before it occluded its portals for the vacation. 2001 RT Image 26 Mar. 26/3 This is in contrast to uterine artery embolization (UAE), where physicians use small, sand-like particles to occlude arteries that feed fibroids. 2. a. transitive. To prevent the passage of (a thing) by placing something in the way; to shut in, out, or off; to enclose or exclude. Also: to cover or hide; (Ophthalmology) to cover (an eye) so as to prevent its use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut or lock (a person or thing) in or out inseil?a1000 bespara1100 loukc1275 sparc1430 spare?c1450 to shut inc1460 to lock out1599 occlude1623 inbolt1632 to bolt out, in, upa1653 sneck1816 sport1825 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose in a receptacle or surrounding mass > in a receptacle spear1303 to shut upc1400 shrine1592 occlude1623 stop1714 encase1727 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] beteec893 wryOE heelOE hilla1240 forhilla1300 covera1400 curea1400 covertc1420 paviliona1509 overdeck1509 heild?a1513 deck?1521 overhale1568 line1572 skin1618 operculate1623 endue1644 theek1667 to do over1700 sheugh1755 occlude1879 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > prevent from seeing [verb (transitive)] > blindfold or cover eyes blindfold?c1225 to stop (a person's) eyes or sightc1380 enclose1477 silec1500 hoodwink1562 muffle1573 scarf1598 bluff1673 to seal (a person's) eyes or ears1700 bonnet1828 blink1846 occlude1921 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Occlude, to shut out. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. I2v Medicaments are occluded in some convenient vessell. 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 102 The lights alternately occluded and revealed. 1894 Proc. Zool. Soc. 434 Only about half the iris is visible, and even some part of the lens is obcluded. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. ii. 74 In the middle was the brown coffin end,..half occluded by the vicar's Oxford hood. 1921 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 4 239/1 The choice of the eye to be covered is usually determined by finding out which eye the patient uses for pointing or aiming at a distant object, and occluding the other, or if one eye is defective, by occluding that. 1963 M. J. Hirsch & R. E. Wick Vision of Children (1964) vii. 223 For suppression or for amblyopia with central (foveal) fixation, the preferred eye is usually occluded (direct occlusion). 1983 L. Niven Integral Trees (1984) xxi. 220 Something was happening to the bow window: a pattern like a colored shadow, occluding the view. 1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey Driving Instructor's Handbk. (ed. 8) ix. 290 In all cases with constant diplopia, one eye must be covered (occluded) for driving. 1998 New Yorker 23 Feb. 94/1 The sky was already bright, though the sun was still occluded behind a low-clinging fog bank over LAX. b. transitive. figurative. To exclude or render obscure, as if by a blockage; to overshadow. ΚΠ 1820 T. Jefferson Let. 4 Aug. in Writings (1984) 1440 The mountain lies between his residence and the main road, and occludes the expectation of transient visits. 1882 Mind 7 188 One cannot but fear..lest the religion of the Transcendental Ego should..end by sterilizing and occluding the minds of its believers. 1911 Polit. Sci. Q. 26 532 This roseate vision of social progress has hitherto been occluded by the fact that ‘from this diffusion of wealth a certain minority remain persistently and conspicuously excluded’. 1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xvi. 88 He keeps his senses open and detests only the obscurity which would occlude his detailed perceptions. 1995 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 19/4 The difficulty arises when someone's work is occluded in the public imagination by the vitality of his or her sex-life. 3. Chemistry. a. transitive. Of a metal or other solid: to absorb and retain (a gas) within the interstices of its crystal lattice. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [verb (transitive)] > absorb and retain (gas) occlude1866 1866 T. Graham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 156 423 It may be allowed to speak of this [power to absorb hydrogen at a red heat, and to retain that gas] as a power to occlude (to shut up) hydrogen, and the result as the occlusion of hydrogen by platinum. 1866 T. Graham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 156 424 One volume of spongy platinum appears capable of occluding 1·48 vol. hydrogen. 1881 Nature 3 Feb. 327/1 These gases are partly occluded or absorbed within the coal. 1904 E. Rutherford Radio-activity v. 161 This increase of activity is due to the continuous production by the radium of the radio-active emanation or gas, which is occluded in the radium compound. 1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics (ed. 2) li. 879 When the mineral is heated this helium, which is radio-active in origin, is expelled along with other gases which are always occluded in solids. 1996 J. Daintith Conc. Dict. Chem. (ed. 3) 366 Palladium is capable of occluding 900 times its own volume of hydrogen. b. transitive. To include (any substance) within crystals of another; to trap (a fluid, solvent, electrolyte, etc.) by occlusion (see occlusion n. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal inclusions > occlusion [verb (transitive)] occlude1870 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to precipitation > carry out of solution by occlusion occlude1870 1870 Nature 15 Sept. 396/1 Silicon is dissolved or ‘occluded’ in iron in the same way as carbon is. 1891 Proc. Amer. Acad. 26 258 In the filtrate, the chlorine, which had been originally present as basic chloride occluded in the sulphate, was determined in the usual manner. 1929 L. P. Hammett Solutions of Electrolytes i. iii. 40 Cadmium sulfide carries down or occludes barium sulfide, although the latter is a very soluble substance. 1950 I. M. Kolthoff & E. B. Sandell Textbk. Quantitative Inorg. Anal. (rev. ed.) viii. 111 If the incorporated material fits in the crystal lattice of the precipitate (host crystal), it is occluded in the form of mixed crystals or a solid solution. 1991 New Scientist 16 Nov. 32/2 Hundreds of thousands of tiny calcite crystals..make up the brachiopod shell. Embedded, or ‘occluded’, within these crystals are other molecules, such as proteins, lipids and carbohydrates. 4. intransitive. Dentistry. Of a tooth: to come into contact with a tooth of the other jaw (cf. occlusion n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [verb (intransitive)] > position or arrangement occlude1888 disocclude1910 disclude1970 1888 E. S. Talbot Irregularities of Teeth i. v. 64 When the first permanent molars in both jaws have erupted so that they occlude, this will prevent forward progression. 1888 E. S. Talbot Irregularities of Teeth i. v. 65 The anterior teeth do not occlude, and when the jaws are closed quite a space is observed. 1913 A. Hopewell-Smith Introd. Dental Anat. & Physiol. xi. 233 The teeth in Man do not..occlude by means of their cusps, but by a perfect system of interdigitation. 1974 A. Geiger & L. Hirschfeld Minor Tooth Movement (ed. 3) ii. 41 The mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary first molar occludes with the buccal groove of the mandibular first molar in centric occlusion. 1990 M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. ix. 236 The teeth all occlude, and wear surfaces can be seen on the incisors as well as the cheek teeth. 5. intransitive. Meteorology. Of a front or frontal system: to undergo occlusion (see occlusion n. 6). Cf. earlier occluded adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > movements and pressure conditions > [verb (intransitive)] > undergo occlusion occlude1940 1940 W. N. Shaw Forecasting Weather (ed. 3) xxviii. 583 There is a further supply of warm air available to provide a warm sector in the new formation, which runs through a life-history..and in due course occludes. 1955 W. J. Saucier Princ. Meteorol. Anal. ix. 270/1 The front occludes further, and meantime the cyclonic circulation becomes larger and more symmetric. 1982 R. G. Barry & R. J. Chorley Atmosphere, Weather & Climate (ed. 4) iv. 170 The air in advance of the depression is most likely to be coldest when depressions occlude over Europe in winter. Derivatives oˈccluding adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > stopping up or blocking thorter1533 obturant1572 obstructive1611 occludent1851 obturating1884 occlusive1888 occluding1899 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 179 These veins may contain..occluding thrombi. 1946 E. Linklater Private Angels (1958) iii. 21 Above her dimpling knees rose two entrancing columns into the modesty of occluding shadows. 1980 J. Wain Poems 1949–79 141 Eyes sealed by God's occluding touch. 2002 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 121 620 The eruptive function and distorted periodontal ligament space returned to normal significantly faster in the occluding teeth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1581 |
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