单词 | thought-conductor |
释义 | > as lemmasthought-conductor thought-conductor n. now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] telly1796 telegraph1797 telelectrograph1857 thought-conductor1889 magneto-telegraph1890 set?1891 1853 ‘Introviser’ Phrenol., Psychol., & Pneumatol. vi. 25 Every organ forms a kind of junction, where innumerable thought-conductors meet, and become the powerful promoters of action. 1889 W. F. Butler Charles George Gordon (1899) vii. 188 This lightning thought-conductor [sc. the electric telegraph] had been used..to disseminate lies and foster gambling in stocks or horses. 1957 G. I. C. de Courcy Paganini I. 53 ‘No,’ he replied, ‘I don't like it and look upon it merely as a thought conductor.’ < as lemmas |
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