单词 | under the name |
释义 | > as lemmasunder the name b. Also under the name. With the (purported) name or designation of. ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 452 Under the name of India, heere we comprehend all that Tract between Indus..on the West, unto China Eastward. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Rrr2v Those desarts which Ptolomy blindeth under the name Terra incognita. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. vii. 299 There are a sort of Propositions, which under the name of Maxims and Axioms, have passed for Principles of Science. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §268 The Egyptians..had..even deified her under the name of Isis. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. vi. p. liii The characteristic circumstances..have been comprized by metaphysicians and physiologists under the name idiosyncrasy. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 659 Medicago..lupulina... It is cultivated in Norfolk under the name of Nonsuch. 1822 J. Imison Elem. Sci. & Art II. 90 Barytes is used as a white paint, under the name of permanent white. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 72 The plant itself, under the name Flesh-and-Blood, is a popular astringent medicine for children. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Feb. 12/1 The war of commerce which, under the name of ‘competition’, goes on unceasingly. 1920 Chem. Abstr. 14 1227 In the trade dekalin is not found pure, but always contains tetralin and is handled under the name tetralin extra. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xxxiii. 266 Red mercuric sulphide is used as a pigment under the name of vermilion. 1998 Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 3/1 The drugs are ecstasy derivatives and are sold under the names DOB..and Flatliners. < as lemmas |
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