单词 | ructation |
释义 | ructationn. Now rare. The action of belching; a belch. Cf. eructation n., and earlier ructuation n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [noun] > action of belching bolking1398 riftc1485 riftingc1485 belching1528 ructuation?1537 eructation1541 ructing1599 eruction1623 ructation1623 ructure1657 burping1934 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Ructation, belching. 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi 19 To keep the mouth open, at the time of ructation, is a most easie and infallible precaution. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 206 Salutes the nose with an acid ructation. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. vi. 82 Senates and great Councils are often troubled with..with sower frothy Ructations. 1786 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) IV. (at cited word) Burnet recommends the iliac pills of Rhasis against ructation. 1825 tr. F. Antommarchi Last Days of Emperor Napoleon I. 359 The stomach painfully distended by the presence of gas, which occasioned frequent insipid ructations. 1867 Harper's Mag. Aug. 383/1 Corrosive acid ructations, heart-burn, water-brash, and a peculiar sensation..in the whole upper part of the digestive canal. 1996 A. Singer Memory Wax 13 The soft sigh rose within her. Like an involuntary ructation, it brought the words to her mouth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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