单词 | tenacious |
释义 | tenaciousadj. 1. a. Holding together, cohesive; tough; not easily pulled in pieces or broken. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough tougha700 sinewy1578 wiry1588 gristly1601 nervous1601 tenax1605 tenacious1607 clunga1722 whipcord1879 whinstone1910 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > closely, intimately, or permanently joined > cohesive conglutinate1531 agglutinate?1541 conglutinated1552 tenacious1607 cohesive1727 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 194 The bones of Fishes are more tenatious. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 71 Amiaton is..like feathered alumn, but more tenacious. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. xiii. 310 It acts as manure physically, or substantially, through the effect of the clay in rendering soils tenacious. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xvii. 152 Gun-metal, or bronze, is a hard and tenacious alloy. b. Adhesive; viscous, glutinous; sticky. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > having adhesive quality cleavingc1350 holdingc1400 withholdingc1430 fatc1503 gluing1572 adhering1592 viscous1605 tenacious1648 birdlimey1657 adhesive1661 agglutinating1664 sticky1688 clingy1708 adherescent1743 tacky1788 detainable1801 detentive1881 stickfast1888 stick-on1904 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. xii. 251 Provided, that this oyl..bee supposed of so close and tenacious substance, that may slowly evaporate. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 124 Not Birdlime, or Idean Pitch produce A more tenacious Mass of clammy Juice. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 216 Female feet, Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay. 1868 Carpenter in Sci. Opinion 6 Jan. (1869) 174/2 The bottom consisted of a bluish-white tenacious mud. 2. Holding fast or inclined to hold fast; grasping hard; clinging tightly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > apt or tending to adhere adherent?1541 stickingc1550 adhering1592 clasping1611 cleaving1641 clunging1647 tenacious1656 adhesive1663 clinginga1763 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tenacious, that holds fast,..good and sure. 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Tenacious, holding or cleaving fast. 1800–24 T. Campbell Chaucer & Windsor in Poems 4 Old oaks..Whose gnarled roots, tenacious and profound. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 232 The palluria..is covered all over with tenacious hooked prickles. 3. Keeping a firm hold, retentive of something. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] fasta1398 gripple1513 nipping1566 griping?1573 grasping1577 gripping1623 tenacious1647 holding1681 vice-like1835 tenent1861 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 5 The Badger..is said to be so tenacious of his bite, that hee will not give over his hold, till hee feeles his teeth meet. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 27/1 The Fir..is..very dry, and very tenacious of the Glue. 1758 R. Brown Compl. Farmer (1760) ii. 23 All..are very tenacious of water on the surface. 4. figurative. Strongly retaining or inclined to retain, persist in, preserve, or maintain (a principle, method, secret, etc.); holding persistently; of memory, retentive. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] fasta1398 retentivec1425 tenacious1640 strong1738 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > having quality of retaining > keeping or maintaining persistently holdfast1564 fast1611 tenacious1640 1640–1 Ld. J. Digby Speech in Comm. 9 Feb. 13 A man tenatious of the liberty..of the subject. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso The tenacious memory of benefits received. 1657 Bp. J. Taylor Disc. Friendship ⁋13 Free of his money and tenacious of a secret. 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert i. i Tenacious of his Purpose once resolv'd. 1800 W. Mavor Nat. Hist. (1811) 230 The frog is remarkably tenacious of life. 1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. xii. 145 He had read largely, and his memory was extremely tenacious. 1898 J. T. Fowler Durham Cathedral 62 So tenacious are boys of traditional terms. 5. Persistently continuing; persistent; resolute; perseveringly firm; obstinate, stubborn, pertinacious. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] starkOE moodyOE stithc1000 stidyc1175 stallc1275 harda1382 stubbornc1386 obstinate?1387 throa1400 hard nolleda1425 obstinant?a1425 pertinacec1425 stablec1440 dour1488 unresigned1497 difficultc1503 hard-necked1530 pertinatec1534 obstacle1535 stout-stomached1549 hard-faced1567 stunt1581 hard-headed1583 pertinacious1583 stuntly1583 peremptory1589 stomachous1590 mulish1600 stomachful1600 obstined1606 restive1633 obstinacious1649 opinionated1649 tenacious1656 iron-sided1659 sturdy1664 cat-witted1672 obstinated1672 unyielding1677 ruggish1688 bullet-headed1699 tough1780 pelsy1785 stupid1788 hard-set1818 thick and thin1822 stuntya1825 rigwiddie1826 indomitable1830 recalcitrant1830 set1848 mule-headed1870 muley1871 capitose1881 hard-nosed1917 tight1928 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tenacious,..also hard to be moved, stiff necked. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. C2 The life is more tenacious in them, than in the sanguineous. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 14. ⁋14 He is hot and dogmatical, quick in opposition and tenacious in defence. 1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) vi. 193 Tenacious adherence to the ancient God of Light. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe v. 82 True love's a Miser; so tenacious grown: He weighs to the least grain of what's his own. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 618 Give me a covetous, a nigardly and tenacious man; I will return him to thee liberal. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adjective] argha1000 slowOE unwillyc1200 sweera1300 unfain1338 loathc1374 dangerousc1386 eschewc1386 squeamous1387 obstinate?a1439 unpresta1500 ill-willing?1520 evil-willing1525 untowards1525 untowarda1530 unwilling1533 strange1548 ill-willed1549 dainty1553 relucting1553 squeamish?1553 nicea1560 loathful1561 coyish1566 coy1576 unhearty1583 costive1594 unready1595 tarrowinga1598 undisposed1597 involuntary1598 backward1600 retrograde1602 unpregnant1604 scrupulous1608 unprone1611 refractory1614 behindhanda1616 nilling1620 backwards1627 shya1628 retractable1632 reluctant1638 loughta1641 tendera1641 unapt1640 uninclinable1640 unbeteaming1642 boggling1645 averse1646 indisposed1646 aversant1657 incomposed1660 disinclined1703 unobliging1707 unconsenting1713 uninclined1729 tenacious1766 disinclinable1769 ill-disposed1771 unaffectioned1788 scruplesomec1800 back-handed1817 sweert1817 tharf1828 backward in coming forward1830 unvoluntary1834 misinclined1837 squeamy1838 balky1847 retractive1869 grudging1874 tharfish1876 unwishful1876 safety first1917 1766 Compl. Farmer at Tuberose Mons. Le Cour, of Leyden..for many years was so tenacious of parting with any of the roots..that he caused them to be cut in pieces, that he might have the vanity to boast of being the only person in Europe who was possessed of this flower. 1802 M. Moore Lascelles I. 142 Since the adventure..Mrs. Carisbrooke had been very tenacious of being late on the road. 1811 R. Cecil's Wks. I. 69 Mr. Cecil..was tenacious of being interrupted in his pursuits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1607 |
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