单词 | blet |
释义 | bletn. In Webster (where the only authority cited is Lindley's use of the verb). But this would not give ‘A decayed spot on fruits’, as there stated, but, That form of decay which is commonly called ‘sleepiness’ (in which there are no external spots to indicate the change). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bletv. intransitive. To become ‘sleepy,’ as an over-ripe pear, a special form of decay to which fleshy fruits are subject. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [verb (intransitive)] > decay blet1835 1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 257 After the period..of ripeness, most fleshy fruits undergo a new kind of alteration; their flesh either rots or blets. Derivatives ˈbletting n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > decay or deterioration of food > of fruit bletting1835 1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 257 Bletting is..a special alteration. 1864 Reader 21 May 653 The decomposition..of the pericarp begins with fermentation, and, after having passed through the intermediate stage of bletting [to use Dr. Lindley's word], ends in the total obliteration of the cellular structure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.v.1835 |
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