单词 | vibrating |
释义 | vibratingadj. 1. Of, or characterized by, vibration; causing vibration; vibratory. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > characterized by or consisting of vibration tremulous?1624 vibrating1685 vibratory1728 vibratile1826 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion ix. 108 That a vibrating motion is thereby produced, may be argued by the dancing of the water. 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Vibrating-Motion, is a very quick and short Motion of the solid Parts of Bodies, caused by the Pulse or Stroke of some Body upon them. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 105 This weight supported him in a vibrating state. 1782 Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) 252 The vibrating force of arteries. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 313 The angular velocities of the vibrating system. 2. a. That vibrates; having a vibratory motion; oscillating. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > vibrating vibrant1616 vibrissant1664 vibrative1667 vibrating17.. shimmying1919 17.. A. Ramsay Epist. to Friend at Florence 33 The vib'rating harmonious strings, And breathing tubes, which the soft eunuch sings. 1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 230 The Center of Oscillation is the Point in the Axis of a vibrating Body [etc.]. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xviii. 154 Suppose a vibrating string to give the lowest C of the pianoforte. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. i. 225 The little songster's organ of voice..is a vibrating instrument, resembling..the reed of a clarionet. 1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 149 A sistrum, either with three rings on each bar, or with three vibrating bars. b. Of machines or their parts, implements, etc. ΚΠ 1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 711 The vibrating lever, called the tumbling-bob. 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts (at cited word) [In the] Vibrating Steam Engine,..the steam cylinder vibrates upon two hollow gudgeons. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 188/1 Vibrating engine... It may be worked either by high or low pressure steam, or by means of a vacuum. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2709/2 Vibrating-propeller... Vibrating-roller. 1878 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (1879) 36 In the latest form of transmitter..the vibrating diaphragm is done away with altogether. c. Of insects, etc.: Having vibratile antennæ or cilia. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of hair > having vibratile cilia vibrating1870 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > having antennae > having vibratile antennae vibrating1870 1870 tr. F. A. Pouchet Universe iii. iii. 163 Some ichneumons, or vibrating flies, are much more rapacious and bold. 3. Of sound: Vibrant. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > vibrant shivering1669 tremulous1794 throbbing1847 vibrant1848 vibrate1849 vibrating1849 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ix. 170 The swinging of the great bell, as it continued to pour forth its loud vibrating call for assistance. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 754 In different cases it [i.e. a pericardial friction-fremitus] is described as harsh and grating, rasping, vibrating, or creaking. Derivatives viˈbratingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adverb] vibratingly1835 vibrationally1961 1835 New Monthly Mag. 44 280 A note to which all the tender sympathies of Miss Fanny vibratingly responded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasvibrating vibrating n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swinging or oscillation of suspended body babbling1440 swing1589 vibration1668 swinging1669 vibrating1743 1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 303 To find the Time of a Pendulum's vibrating in the Arch of a Cycloid. 1882 A. Bain James Mill iii. 133 There was a clear walk, which was his principal place for ‘vibrating’, as he [Bentham] called his indoor exercise. < adj.1685 as lemmas |
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