| 单词 | the trembles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe trembles 2. plural. the trembles: Any disease or condition characterized by an involuntary shaking, as ague or palsy (esp. in sheep); the tremor due to mercurialism, delirium tremens, etc.; the ‘shakes’; (North American) milk-sickness (milk n.1 and adj. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > shaking or trembling ague fit1528 ague1532 grooving1637 the tremblesa1803 shivering fit1816 trepidation1822 shake1838 trembling fit1856 fibrillation1882 intention tremor1887 rest tremor1890 shivering attack1899 flutter1910 a1803 J. Walker Ess. Nat. Hist. & Rural Econ. (1812) 525 Ovis in pascuis montosis morbo obnoxia est, hactenus insanabili,..the Trembles. 1848 A. S. Taylor On Poisons xxxiii. 561 The disease produced by the use of the flesh or milk of animals fed in these districts, is known under the name of milk-sickness, or trembles. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Trembles, a popular term for the disorder mercurial tremor. a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 137 A hardness of hearing, and a dimness of sight, and the trembles. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. viii. 229 What are popularly called ‘the trembles’ being in full force upon him. 1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 9/1 The flesh of an animal suffering from trembles..would also produce the disease [milk-sickness]. < as lemmas |
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