| 单词 | simple body |
| 释义 | > as lemmassimple body simple body n. now chiefly historical any of the simpler substances of which more complex ones consist, or were once held to consist (cf. senses A. 12a, A. 17c); spec. (a) each of the four elements earth, air, fire, and water; (b) a chemical element. [Compare post-classical Latin corpus simplex (13th cent.), Middle French, French corps simple (late 14th cent.); ultimately after ancient Greek σῶμα ἁπλοῦν (Aristotle)] . ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. x. iv. 557 Fyre is a symple body [L. corpus simplum], most hoot and drye. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 10 (MED) Alle bodies..ben medlid vndir þe sercle of þe moone, ben engendrid of foure symple bodies..fier & watir, erþe & eir. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. vi. 5 As wise men haue..fantasied iiii. simple bodies which they call elementes. 1674 R. Boyle About Excellency & Grounds Mech. Hypothesis 25 in Excellency Theol. The productions of Chymical analyses are simple bodies, and upon that account irresoluble. 1812 M. Faraday Let. Sept. in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) ii. 8 Consequently it must be a different substance & Chlorine must be a simple body. 2003 Philos. Q. 53 606 The natural motions of the natural simple bodies, such as fire and earth, show not only that there are places, but also that places have a certain power. 2015 I. Malaquias in M. Kaji et al. Early Responses Periodic Syst. ii. 253 Gadolinite behaves as if it was a simple body despite being a compound substance. < as lemmas |
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