单词 | pulverate |
释义 | pulveratev. Now rare. transitive. To reduce to powder; to pulverize. In later use chiefly figurative (U.S. colloquial): to defeat soundly, to demolish; to thrash. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > form into grains or granules [verb (transitive)] > make into powder or dust powdera1400 pulverize?a1425 pulverc1425 dustc1440 pulverizate1598 rub1607 pulverate1615 triturate1755 triture1773 powderize1903 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 65 They litter them in their owne dung, first dried in the Sunne and puluerated. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. I2v Some cannot..be so exactly pulverated by beating. 1808 J. F. Gmelin tr. C. Linnaeus Syst. Nat. Hist. (rev. ed.) XIV. 52 Pulverated, the leaf being covered over with a farinaceous or mealy dust. 1900 State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 21 July 4/5 Didden' he tote dat ole hoss up de hill An' pulverate dem Spaniards fit ter kill? 1965 Post Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 9 May 10/1 Barney hands Fred Plummer a citation for littering the streets, and Plummer threatens to ‘pulverate’ the deputy if he ever catches him out of uniform. 1997 Spokesman Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 30 Oct. c1 They never played us. They just pulverated us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1615 |
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