单词 | refrigerative |
释义 | refrigerativeadj.n. A. adj. 1. Chiefly of a medicine or foodstuff: having or tending to produce a cooling effect on the body. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > cooling treatment > [adjective] refrigerativec1475 refrigerating1583 refrigerant1599 cool1614 c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 105 (MED) Þis waischinge is boþe refrigeratif and desictatif. 1562 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 3rd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont iii. i. f. 51 (heading) It [sc. a plaster] is repercussiue, refrigeratiue and desiccatiue. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 24 All Lectuces are by nature refrigeratiue, and do coole the body. 1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια 321 The..Diet..ought to be somewhat more Humectative, and lesse Refrigerative. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Cookoo bread This Plant is refrigerative like Sorrel. 1841 R. Dunglison Human Physiol. (ed. 4) II. vi. 247 Hence they concluded, that evaporation is a great refrigerative agent when the body is exposed to excessive heat. 1993 Art Jrnl. 52 31/1 Applied vaginally to cool and moisten the heated womb, clysters contained ‘refrigerative’ herbs such as endive, plantain, or poppy. 2. Producing cooling of the air or surroundings; (in later use also) of, relating to, or involving refrigeration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > making cold or cool chilling?a1400 cooling?c1425 infrigidative?1541 refrigerating1583 frigefying1599 refrigerative1603 infrigidating1650 frigefactive1651 algifical1656 frigorifical1656 frigidative1659 frigorific1668 refrigeratory1676 algific1708 refrigerant1766 air-cooling1832 frigorifying1851 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1014 Whatsoever is drawen in by the refrigerative force of the windes. 1824 Steam-boat Compan. Queenhithe to Richmond 111 The refrigerative Thames almost imperceptably glides between the two counties, clear, and smooth. 1830 J. Milne Pract. View Steam Engine 128 The refrigerative power of this vessel could be increased by a slight appendage to it, and by a different mode of introducing the cold water into the condensing cistern. 1852 P. C. Nesmond Brit. Patent 1166 (1854) 1 Improvements in machinery applicable to the manufacture of ice and to refrigerative purposes generally. 1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 207/2 The refrigerative effect is produced by the rapid expansion of the carbonic acid gas. 1938 New Statesman 13 Aug. 241/2 The marble population [sc. of museums]..are also agreeably refrigerative. 2000 Choice Nov. 40/2 Unfortunately, if you live in a humid climate..an evaporative air cooler won't do you much good—you'll need a refrigerative air conditioner. B. n. A medicine, foodstuff, or agent that produces cooling. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > cooling treatment > [noun] refrigerative1583 refrigeration1828 cryotherapy1909 cryoablation1968 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xvii. 241 They doe onelie admitte those refrigeratiues, which can also greatlie drie vp. 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2288 An Enumeration of some..particular Medicaments..as Purgatives,..Refrigeratives, Diureticks, [etc.]. 1775 E. S. Wilmot tr. D. T. Bienville Nymphomania 69 The great heat of the blood may be tempered by venesections, and refrigeratives [Fr. rafraîchissans]. 1834 T. Thacker Courser's Compan. (ed. 2) II. 358 Being so good a refrigerative, they [sc. raw eggs] prevent the dog becoming thirsty, and less prone to lap water wherever it comes in his way. 1876 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 44 327 This machine is said to be capable of producing cold air at temperatures ranging from freezing point down to −392° Fahr., without the aid of chemical refrigeratives. 1995 L. S. Dixon Perilous Chastity iv. 149 Clysters employed as refrigeratives consisted of cold waters in which herbs rated high on the cold scale..were dissolved. DerivativesΚΠ 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Refrigerativeness, a cooling quality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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