| 单词 | reflex action |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreflex action reflex action n. an action performed independently of the will, as an automatic response to a sensory stimulus; (more widely) an action that is automatic, unthinking, or instinctive; also in extended use and figurative.Marshall Hall, in the paper referred to in quot. 1837, uses only reflex function; cf. quot. 18331 at sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [noun] > reflex action reflex1833 reflection1836 reflex action1837 1837 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1830–37 3 210 He [sc. M. Hall] distinguishes muscular actions into three kinds:..thirdly, those resulting from the reflex action above described. a1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) iii. xv. 278 He [sc. Wordsworth]..had a portion of the spirit of the mighty ones..but..did not possess the power of using that spirit otherwise than with reference to himself and so as to excite a reflex action only. 1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 159 Only the Lord can understand..How much is reflex action and How much is really sin. 1947 P. Larkin Girl in Winter i. iii. 23 She had written on an impulse—a reflex action from seeing their name in the papers, or rather a name she connected with them. 2007 M. W. Bromiley Equine Injury, Therapy & Rehabilit. (ed. 3) ii. 39 The body is endowed with a myriad of in-built safety or reflex actions. < as lemmas |
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