单词 | repercussive |
释义 | repercussiveadj.n. A. adj. 1. Medicine. Of a medicine or treatment: that drives a morbid humour, fluid, etc., back to its source or away or inwards from a swollen or diseased part; that suppresses an infection, swelling, eruption, etc. Now historical.Cf. repellant adj. 1, repellent adj. 1, repercutient adj., repulsive adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > repelling or drawing off percussivea1398 repercussivea1398 repulsive?a1425 back-driving1562 repellent1575 revelling1592 depulsivec1615 repercutient1676 repellant1730 derivative1854 derivant1876 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 84 Me schal do þerto liȝt repercussif & swagynge medycynes inward. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 89 (MED) Alkenet..is cold and drye, and þerfor it is repercussyue and exsiccatyue of hote apostemez. a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 28 (MED) Anoynte it with an oynement repercuscyue..purge þe body and..do to þe medecyne repercuscyue. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 13v/2 The inconuenient and vntimely application of medicines repercussyue. 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 360 The flower thereof is good in repercussiue plaisters. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. E3 The Greeks call a repercussive Medicament ἀποκρουστικὸν. 1769 tr. T. Goulard Treat. Effects Lead 18 I will not stop at the crowd of chirurgical writers, who have attributed this repercussive quality to Lead. 1838 Lancet 8 Sept. 830/2 They are equally far from acting in too expansive or relaxing a mode, as from exercising too violent and repercussive an influence. 1990 Osiris 6 158 The most active controversy was about the use of ‘repercussive’ drugs at the beginning of the disease. 2001 R. French Canonical Med. v. 224 Its movement could be stopped by a general letting of blood, by the use of repercussive medicine, which sent the matter back to where it had come from. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > reflected reflexeda1425 repercussive1598 resultant1615 reflective1635 reflect1647 reflex1653 reflected1667 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades xviii. 192 Their guides a repercussive dread Took from the horrid radiance of his refulgent head. 1604 T. Dekker Magnificent Entertainm. sig. Bv This (the glasse alone,) Where the neat Sunne each Morne himselfe attires, And gildes it with his repercussiue fires. 1640 T. Carew Poems 142 Shadowes to delude thine eyes With ayrie repercussive sorceries. 1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) iii. 329 As she labours up to reach her Noon, Pursues her Orb with repercussive Light. 1818 T. Taylor tr. Iamblichus Life Pythagoras xv. 47 Devising a method of representing a certain repercussive light, though less intense than its archetype. a1859 J. W. Alexander Thoughts on Preaching (1863) iii. 92 The kindled countenances of the hearers, and the reflected ardour of their glance, carry a repercussive influence to the speaker. 3. a. Of a sound: reverberating, echoing; repeated. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > reverberating or echoing rebounding1555 rolling1575 repercussive1604 doubling1605 reverberate1608 reparable echo1616 revoicing1631 reverberating1632 rewording1657 re-echoing1668 repeating1685 phonocamptic1694 echoing1702 anacamptic1706 anacamptical1706 reactive1712 rebellowing1712 redoubling1717 repulsive1744 reverberative1807 reverbering1822 reboant1830 echoy1841 reverberant1847 reboantic1853 verberant1864 1604 T. Dekker Newes from Graues-end sig. D3v Vntill the Danish sound With repercussiue voice rebound, That Eccho's (doubling more and more) May reach the parched Indian shore. 1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd i. sig. B4v That word onely, Hath with his strong, and reprecussiue sound, Stroke my heart cold. View more context for this quotation a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) iv. sig. G All the Goths and Vandalls shall strike Heaven With repercussive Ecchoes of your name. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 103 Amid Carnarvon's Mountains rages loud The repercussive Roar. 1809 J. West Mother (1810) 169 The woodland hind Strikes the firm oak with repercussive blows. 1875 A. C. Swinburne Ess. & Stud. 201 (note) I think now that the fantastic beauty of that single repercussive note would perhaps be out of tune. 1907 J. Davidson Triumph of Mammon v. ii. 139 (stage direct.) The shattering repercussive fire of a machine-gun is heard, accompanied by a great outcry. b. Of a place, object, etc.: returning a sound. Now rare. ΚΠ 1613 J. Stephens Cinthia's Revenge ii. iii. sig. F2 How sweete this clamorous eccho: all reuenge; Crackes in the iawes of repercussiue aire. 1695 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Namure vi. 5 The huge Cyclops did..Massie Bolts on repercussive Anvils beat. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 358 Ye noisie Waves Strike with Applause the repercussive Caves. 1874 tr. G. Hartwig Aerial World iv. 39 Echo no longer..confides her sorrows to the remote glen or the repercussive rock. 1992 M. McGuckian Marconi's Cottage 38 A repercussive mouth made for nothing, And used for nothing. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > [adjective] > causing to rebound repercussive1606 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices ii. 79 Many [ships] that haue a force repercussiue, which flaming like rockes of carbuncles..evomite the cannon stones of their indignation and vengeance vpon those tyrannous aduersaries. 1694 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. Search after Truth i. 58 All the blows which were given to the Condemned, struck violently the Imagination of the Mother; and by a kind of Repercussive blow, the tender and delicate Brain of her Infant. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation ii. 69 What vig'rous Arm, What repercussive Blow Bandies the mighty Globe still too and fro? a1791 F. Hopkinson Misc. Ess. (1792) III. 127 They strain each sinew..To smite the ball..Till counter-check'd by repercussive stroke, Swift the elastic ball returns again. b. figurative. Of an action, decision, etc.: having implications or repercussions (repercussion n. 5b). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > that has an effect > having a good or bad outcome succeeding1561 repercussive1609 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 89 From her infelicitie passiue, hee comes..to her Infelicitie repercussiue, how others for her sake were made vnhappy. 1830 Biblical Repertory Oct. 594 Every impression made abroad is felt with electric force at home, as Scipio raised the siege of Rome at the gates of Carthage: and thus a repercussive influence is constantly exchanged. 1916 Amer. Econ. Rev. 6 284 Whether that term includes those ultimate repercussive effects on prices and the welfare of the consumer which have been emphasized above. 1974 Daily Tel. 11 May 17/5 He said that because of the decision to go ahead with the tour he was worried about the repercussive effect on British and international sport. 2008 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 27 July b2 It could have substantially wider repercussive effects on the public finances. B. n. Medicine. A medicine or treatment that drives a morbid humour, fluid, etc., back to its source or away or inwards from a swollen or diseased part, or which suppresses an infection, swelling, eruption, etc. Now historical.Cf. repellant n. 1, repellent n. 1, repeller n. 2a, repercutient n. 2, repulsive n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine repelling or drawing off repercussivea1398 repulsive?c1425 repercutive?1541 repulser1611 repeller1634 repercusser1634 repellent1661 repriment1684 repellant1689 repercutient1719 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 98 If þe matere be wood and venemous..me schal nouȝt legge repercussifs to þe sore..lest þe venemous matiere be smyte inward..and be cause of more gref and noye. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 159 (MED) Þer ben oþere repercussiues þe whiche be not verreilye stiptik..as arrage, mercurial malowes, violet, colde water. a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 27y (MED) Lay ther to repercussiue as þe Iuse of solatre and of purcelane. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxxxviiv Yf the mylke be curded in the brestes some olde auctours wyll giue repercussiues. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 278 The herbe is..a singular repercussiue in all impostumes and inflammations. 1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 135 A plate of the said Mercury laid upon tumours would be a great deale better repercussive then plates of lead, which Chirurgions use. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Tumour Repercussives are not used in all sorts of Tumours. 1780 W. Dease Introd. Theory & Pract. Surg. 26 Repercussives, emollients, bleeding, &c. have all their good effects. 1852 W. Beach Amer. Pract. Med. (rev. ed.) III. i. 116 The medical properties of this article are those of a powerful tonic, stomachic, and repercussive. 1907 Gentleman's Mag. 102 191 There is also a list of Simples grouped according to their operations, as Repercussives, among which are ‘the yellow in the midst of the Rose’ and clay. 2001 R. French Canonical Med. iv. 176 Repercussives slowed down or turned back the movement of an ill-complexioned humour in the body. Derivatives reperˈcussively adv. ΚΠ 1641 W. Habington Observ. vpon Hist. 21 Infamie and rage shot no arrow to wound the others honour but repercussively flew backe. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 874 It did shiver—repercussively broken back by gnarled oak. 1906 Econ. Jrnl. 16 70 The neglect of the burden repercussively imposed on the occupier. 2004 Gold Coast Bulletin (Austral.) (Nexis) 30 Sept. It [sc. suicide] is a very real problem which repercussively affects so many people. reperˈcussiveness n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Repercussiveness, beating back, or rebounding Quality. 2005 D. Kadir in T. D'haen et al. How Far is Amer. from Here? 25 The global repercussiveness of America makes it imperative for us Americanists to be international Americanists. 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