单词 | subpulverulent |
释义 | > as lemmassubpulverulent (1) Prefixed to adjectives designating physical characteristics such as texture, marking, consistency, composition, taste, etc., as subacerb, subdiaphanous, subdure, subhispid, sub-hornblendic, sublaminate, subnude, subpulverulent, sub-schistose, substriated, etc. See also subacid adj. ΚΠ 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 266 It must be ordered..that the Iuyce of the Body, be somewhat Hard; And that it bee Fattie, or Sub-roscide [L. subroscidus]. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Mm Its sapour is very sweet, subamare [L. subamarus], austere, and somewhat aromatical. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Dddv [Dates] are..soft, but carnous, subdure within. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. vii. 309/2 These Tinctures are hot and dry, subastringent. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 31 Its pinguid, subdulcid, and agreeable Nature. 1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1171 The Roots are sweet and subacerbe. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 75 Its fibres are always rigid and subdiaphane. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. iv. 165 Sarmentose; when they are Repent and Subnude. 1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants II. 683 Berry substriated [L. substriata]. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 44 Their abdomen swollen into an immense subdiaphanous sphere, filled by a kind of honey. 1824 R. K. Greville Sc. Cryptog. Flora II. pl. 110 The surface covered with a minute sub-pulverulent substance. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 420 Axis slender, horny, or sub-stony in the centre. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall iii. 64 The latter with a sub-schistose structure. 1842 J. G. Percival Rep. Geol. Connecticut 32 A dark grey sub-porphyritic, sub-hornblendic rock. 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 562/2 An irregular..bed..of serpentine..exhibits..a sublaminated structure. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 196 Fruit compressed, obovate, subhispid. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 66 Slender subossified rings. 1896 J. W. Powell in Physiogr. U.S. (National Geogr. Soc.) 1 The interior of the earth is in a subfluid condition. 1936 Science 6 Nov. 420/1 The advancing front of the sub-liquid mud measured at times an inch or two in height. 1995 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Aug. e1 The Lodi, known among Virginia farmers as the ‘baby-sauce’ apple for its subacidic white flesh, is nearing the end of its season. < as lemmas |
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