| 单词 | to fill to repletion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fill (also occupy, etc.) to repletion 1. The fact or condition of being filled to the limit or of being excessively full; an instance of this; (in early use) esp. an excess of humours, blood, etc. In later use frequently to fill (also occupy, etc.) to repletion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > fullness fullnessa1398 repletiona1398 fullinessa1400 impletion1583 repleteness1603 plenitya1622 expletion1623 plenuma1784 stowage1825 plenitude1857 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 44 Þe nose is somtyme I-lette..by fulnes & replecioun of stynkynge & corrupt humours. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 88 (MED) Tokenes and domes ben swellynge rered vp..and oþer tokenes bytokenynge þe replecioun, i. fillynge, of blood. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 52v (MED) Whanne þer beþ siche repleciouns in þe heed, þe bodi is also replet. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. xvi Yf there be replecion of fleume in the heed, fyrst ye must purge it wyth pilles of cochie. 1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 10, in Bulwarke of Defence That in fyne, replexion and tencion, of all the course of the veines doe come,..by the meanes of the aboundance of blood. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 618 They testifie..a repletion of grosse, viscuous or slimy humours, and a great perturbation of the spirits within. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xvi. 361 Relaxers are such as loosen any member distended through cold, dryness, or repletion of wind, &c. 1791 J. Bentham Panopt. I. i. 49 When the establishment is in this state of repletion. 1837 W. G. Clark Literary Remains (1844) 186 The national metropolis, which is indeed, and punning aside, a capital place, was crowded to abundant repletion. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 29 July The coal bunkers..in a state of repletion are the best kind of ‘fenders’ for the protection of the boilers from shot and shell. 1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board II. xxxviii. 346 The body of the house was filled to repletion by adults. 1905 School Rev. 13 124 The newspapers of every party are occupied almost to repletion with educational politics and suggestions. 1995 Beaver (Nexis) Mar. The ships that had always been filled to repletion were now arriving half empty. < as lemmas |
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