| 单词 | to expel forth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto expel forth b. With a material thing as object: To drive out from a receptacle, etc. by mechanical force; to discharge, send off (e.g. a bullet from a gun, †an arrow from a bow); to drive off or dislodge (a substance) from a chemical compound, mixture, solution, etc. Also, †to expel forth. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel afferreOE warpc1000 outdriveOE wreakc1100 to cast out1297 to cast fortha1382 out-chasec1395 flecchea1400 to shoot forth, out, awaya1400 propel?1440 expulse?a1475 scour1488 out-thrust1532 to catch forthc1540 propulse1548 pulsec1550 unplant1552 to turn out of ——1562 extrude1566 detrude?1567 eliminate1568 deturbate1570 detruse1571 unroost1598 to put by1600 deturb1609 bolt1615 run1631 disembogue1632 out of1656 expel1669 rout1812 to manage (a person) out of1907 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 80 The Shot is..expelled with no other thing, than by the Air's exaltation. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 136 It [sc. water] is usualy expelled forth in vast quantities. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 111 The Virgin-Huntress was not slow T' expel the Shaft from her contracted Bow. ?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 74 Expelling the water into the bason. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 394 Alcohol..absorbs about its own weight of nitrous gas, which cannot afterwards be expelled by heat. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 168 Not capable of being expelled by a stronger base. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xi. §512 If still more heat be applied..the air will be entirely expelled. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 77 The matter..thus expelled from the powder by heat. < as lemmas |
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