单词 | refrigerate |
释义 | refrigerateadj. Now rare. Rendered or kept cold; cooled, chilled. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool y-coldeda1425 cooled1440 refrigerate?1440 infrigidate1483 colded1486 refrigerated1583 frigefied1599 frigefactedc1656 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. 62 Benys..Maad clene, and sette vp wel refrigerate [L. refrigerata], ffrom grobbis saaf wol kepe vp their estate. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 108v/1 He was colde and refrigerat fro all concupyscence of the flesshe. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xviv Their fury was asswaged & refrigerate. 1647 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs iii. 54 When the stomachical nerves are too much refrigerate. 1863 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air 95 They were, we felt confident, awaiting us in the refrigerate larder. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 15 Dec. 3/1 Antiquity has become doubly refrigerate. a1909 E. M. Barton Straws on Stream (1910) 90 Australia's Wealth? Has she not mines of gold, Tin, copper, iron; silver, gems untold?.. Fleeces to clothe the shivering northern brother, Refrigerate cargoes for the grand old Mother? 1926 F. M. Ford Mirror to France ii. 60 She is as incapable of supporting life as the refrigerate meats that in those establishments they serve to you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). refrigeratev. 1. To cause to become cold, to cool. a. transitive. Chiefly Medicine. To cool (the body or a part of the body); to reduce (bodily heat or fever). Occasionally also intransitive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > cooling treatment > cool [verb (transitive)] refrigeratea1535 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > cool > a person, the body, or its heat coolc1330 strangle?1527 refrigeratea1535 ventilate1805 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. x. sig. G.vi The shadowe of his holy shoulders whiche are brode and large suffycient to refrygerate and refreshe the man in that heate. 1545 T. Raynald tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde ii. sig. D.ivv These medycynes do refrigerate and coole the vehement heate wunt to be in apostumes. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 110 Camphora..refrigerateth and calefieth. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. 481 The gentle fresh morning Air..refrigerating my bloud and spirits. 1797 J. Downing Treat. Disorders Horned Cattle 69 This medicine..refrigerates the heat of the blood. 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 247 Not..with the view of refrigerating the surface, but of suddenly cutting short the disease. 1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 175 The air introduced by breathing served to regulate, to maintain, and at the same time to temper, to refrigerate the innate heat of the heart. 1957 Times 1 Nov. 11/7 Operations which cannot be undertaken at normal temperature may be performed if the body is refrigerated. b. transitive. To cool (the air, etc.); to chill (literal and figurative). Formerly also †intransitive. Now rare.In later use merging with sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] coldc1385 chill1399 refreidc1405 infrigidate1540 frigefact1599 frigefy1599 refrigerate1626 ice1804 frostify1833 wintrify1855 colden1860 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §398 The great Brizes which the motion of the Air in great Circles..produceth, which do refrigerate. 1637 W. Saltonstall tr. Eusebius Life Constantine 139 The ayre, which from on high descends downe to refrigerate and coole the world. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 177 All Winds..doe actually refrigerate, and oftentimes so intensly, that they prove the fittest instruments for the Congelation of Liquids. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 164 He was able to find..that part of the beer or the wine that was next to the sides of the bottle to be refrigerated. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 493 The air was refrigerated by the abundance of snow on the mountains. 1806 J. S. Clarke Naufragia II. 365 The mighty towring Mountains to the North-west, covered all the year with Snow, which does refrigerate the Air even in the heat of Summer. 1854 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xi. 342 Hence [the blade of grass] becomes more and more refrigerated. 1903 A. Bierce Shapes of Clay in Coll. Wks. (1909) IV. 253 I felt a deep compassion for the gentleman's dejection, For privation of affection would refrigerate a frog. 1936 N.Y. Woman 23 Sept. 14/2 After dinner, the Senator's wife, who had already done a pretty good job of refrigerating the festivities, announced to her hostess: ‘You know,..Senators appoint Governors’. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing iii. 271 Every day the wind is refrigerated as it passes over unmelted ice floes to the north. 2. intransitive. To grow cold. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > be cold [verb (intransitive)] > become cold acoldeOE acooleOE coldOE keldea1300 akelec1380 refreidc1384 chillc1400 keel1450 refrigerate1559 frigefy1599 unwarm1826 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 151 A man must put les wyne to new routes then to dry: and perauentur, les also to them whiche ought to refrigerat and coule [L. quae aut refrigerare debent, aut..]. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 16v Takynge it from the fyre when as it begynne to refrigerate and waxe colde. 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xii. 314 He receiveth the Sunnes beames but weakely, and therefore can not heat by them, but rather refrigerate. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 142 The lavas..either overflow the land above the sea, and refrigerate there, or..they refrigerate again within the volcanos. 1839 F. J. Francis Brief Survey Physical & Fossil Geol. 21 They were once in a state of igneous fusion, refrigerating slowly from the surface. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 149 I will make a fire, and leave them to refrigerate as much longer as they please. 1913 A. W. Grabau Princ. Stratigr. ii. 87 The climate gradually refrigerated until high arctic conditions existed. 1952 M. M. Musselman Second Honeymoon xxxii. 199 The room slowly refrigerated down to a temperature at which my fingers began to get numb. 2005 S. Barker Sayonara Bar 151 Blood refrigerates in my veins, chilling me to the marrow. 3. transitive. To subject (something, esp. food) to or maintain (something, esp. food) at a temperature near or below the freezing point of water, esp. in order to preserve or chill it; to place or keep in a refrigerator. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > expose to extreme cold for freezing or preserving refrigerate1871 1871 U.S. Patent 121,402 2/2 Machinery for making ice or for refrigerating substances. 1873 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Mar. 2/2 The idea was to have the cargo scientifically refrigerated by the employment of suitable machinery. 1916 B. S. Brown Mod. Fruit Marketing vii. 134 The air ventilated cars are used where it is not necessary to refrigerate the produce in transit. 1950 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 50 90/1 Blood should be continuously refrigerated at 2 to 6 degrees centigrade from the time of collection to administration. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. j 5/2 Refrigerate overnight before using. 1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts iv. 43/1 UHT milk, if unopened, stays fresh for many months on the pantry shelf, but refrigerate it after opening. 2004 H. Blumenthal Family Food 89 Wrap the dough in clingfilm and refrigerate for 2 hours. This is important, as you need to let the dough ‘rest’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1440v.a1535 |
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