单词 | triton |
释义 | Tritonn.1 1. a. Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology. Proper name of a sea-deity, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, or of Neptune and Salacia, or otherwise of Nereus; also, one of a race of inferior sea-deities, or imaginary sea monsters, of semi-human form. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > a Triton or Tritoness Triton1584 Tritoness1614 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > others chimera1382 minotaurc1385 Triton1584 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 They haue so fraied vs with bull beggers, spirits, witches,..tritons, centaurs, dwarfes, giants, imps, [etc.]. 1593 G. Peele Honovr of Garter sig. B1v A Trumpe more shrill than Tritons is at Sea. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Triton, a god of the sea, also a weathercock. 1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 102 A Triton or Man-fish was taken on the shore of Portugal. a1764 R. Lloyd Chit-chat in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 193 Tritons which in the ocean dwell, And only rise to blow their shell. 1807 W. Wordsworth World is too much with Us in Poems I. 122 So might I..hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 259 Tritons swift on the deep with the hosts of Phorcus parade. b. A figure of a Triton in painting, sculpture, etc.; in Heraldry represented as a bearded man with the hind quarters of a fish, and usually holding a trident and a shell-trumpet (cf. merman n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > others quathriganc1175 starc1384 yoke1415 sheafc1420 arrow1548 thunder-dart1569 memento mori1598 quadriga1600 Triton1601 anchor1621 chimera1634 forest-work1647 Bacchanaliaa1680 Bacchanal1753 subject1781 harp1785 mask1790 arrowhead1808 gorgoneion1842 Amazonomachia1845 Amazonomachy1893 mythograph1893 physicomorph1895 horns of consecration1901 double image1939 motion study1977 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. v. 236 A certain sea goblin, called Triton, sounding a shell like a Trumpet or Cornet:..in forme and shape like those that are commonly painted for Tritons. 1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 116 Upon the Decks of the Ships there are Tritons. 1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Altantic Monthly Apr. 668 It looked at me there from the face of a Triton in marble. c. figurative and allusively: esp. applied to a seaman, waterman, or person connected in some way with the sea; in quot. 1900 to a large ship. Triton of or among the minnows (and similar phrases): see minnow n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > others micklea1300 personagec1485 Triton1589 Jovian1598 gallimaufry1600 lords of creation1649 man of destiny1827 mugwump1828 man of the moment1837 history-maker1848 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] shipmanc900 seamanOE buscarlOE shipperc1100 ship-gumec1275 marinerc1300 skipper1390 marinela1400 waterman1421 maryneller1470 seafarer1513 sea-fardingera1550 navigator1574 marinec1575 sailer1585 Triton1589 Neptunist1593 canvas-climber1609 sea-crab1609 tar-lubber1610 Neptunian1620 salt-rover1620 sailora1642 tarpaulin1647 otter1650 water dog1652 tarpauliana1656 Jack1659 tar1676 sea-animal1707 Jack tar1709 sailor-man1761 tarry-breeks1786 hearty1790 ocean-farera1806 tarry-jacket1822 Jacky1826 nautical1831 salt water1839 matelotc1847 knight of the tar-brush1866 main-yard man1867 gobby1883 tarry-John1888 blue jersey1889 lobscouser1889 flat-foot1897 handyman1899 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iiiv My tongue is too to base a Tryton to eternise her praise. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 92 Heare you this Triton of the Minnoues? View more context for this quotation 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 12 Neptune sweld with rage in such impatience, that the Tritons (Marriners) grew agast. a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 57 From their Lowzy Benches up started such a noisy multitude of old grizly Tritons. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow 10 The wretched ambition of figuring as the triton of the minows. 1900 Q. Rev. Jan. 80 These vessels [Atlantic liners] are the Tritons of the Sea. 1908 Nation 26 Dec. 497/2 On his own side he is a Triton among the minnows. 2. Zoology. a. A genus of marine gastropods with trumpet-shaped shells; an animal, or shell, of this genus or of the family Tritonidæ. Also called Triton's shell. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Opisthobranchiata > suborder Nudibranchiata > family Tritonidae or genus Triton > member of sea-bug1601 sea-trumpet1668 trumpet1668 trumpet-shell1753 Triton1777 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Opisthobranchiata > suborder Nudibranchiata > family Tritonidae or genus Triton marine trumpet1842 Triton1842 1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 72 Lepas. Acorn. Its animal the Triton. The shell multivalve. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ix. 297 Others which live by prey, as the strombs, the helmet-shells, and the tritons. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 53/2 Triton variegatus, the marine trumpet or Triton's shell. 1861 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1860 185 The Personæ, or Mask-shells, are Tritons with a broad thin inner lip and curiously twisted mouth. b. An extensive genus (now divided) of newts; an animal of this genus or group. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > newt > genus Triton Triton1839 1839 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 160/2 Genus Triton, Laur. Aquatic salamanders... Commonly called newts... The crested triton... The spotted triton. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. v. ii. 288 Triton, or Aquatic Salamander. 1909 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 446 The lost leg of a lizard, or the amputated leg of a triton, can be readily regenerated. Derivatives ˈTritoness n. a female Triton. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > a Triton or Tritoness Triton1584 Tritoness1614 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 377 To her selfe the name she chose Of Trytonesse. 1956 K. Clark Nude vii. 271 A small tritoness,..recently emerged from the excavations in Ostia. Triˈtonic adj. of or pertaining to a Triton or Tritons.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adjective] > of or relating to a Triton Tritonic1836 1836 Foreign Q. Rev. 17 161 To conjure up fairy scenes and tritonic festivals. ˈTritonize v. (intransitive) to play the Triton (see 1c above).Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > behave self-importantly [verb (intransitive)] strut1518 strunt1789 Tritonize1841 prima donna1929 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 49 486 There alone is that petty vanity of tritonizing among the minnows properly rebuked. ˈTritonly adv. like or in the manner of a Triton.There is no evidence of continuity of use between the examples given here. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > in seagoing manner Tritonly1599 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 20 M. Harborne..hath..noysed the name of our Ilande and of Yarmouth so Tritonly. 1888 G. Meredith Reading of Earth 7 Is the land ship? we are rolled, we drive Tritonly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021). tritonn.2 Nuclear Physics. A positively charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons bound together, as in the nucleus of a tritium atom.Tritium is a heavy isotope of hydrogen, 3H: cf. tritium n.. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactive isotope > [noun] > heavy isotope of hydrogen > nucleus of a tritium atom triton1934 1934 Sci. News Let. 24 Mar. 179/3 There will be controversy over the name of the new hydrogen. Americans will want to call it ‘tritium’ and its heart or nucleus ‘triton’, corresponding to protium and proton for ordinary hydrogen and deuterium and deuton for mass two hydrogen. 1965 Wireless World Sept. 446/2 Counting other types of ionizing particles such as protons, deuterons, tritons, fission fragments, etc. 1976 Nature 29 Apr. 749/3 Tritons are highly radioactive, with a half-life of about 12 years. 2011 F. F. Chen Indispensable Truth 366 Each deuteron can react with all the other ions instead of with only the half that are tritons, as in a DT reactor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11584n.21934 |
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