| 单词 | vital spark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvital spark a. The vital or animating principle in man; a trace of life or vitality. Frequently in vital spark, spark of life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun] souleOE lifeOE spiritusOE bloodOE ghostOE life and soulOE quickship?c1225 quicknessc1230 breatha1300 spirita1325 spark1382 naturec1385 sparkle1388 livelinessa1398 rational soula1398 spiracle1398 animal spirit?a1425 vital spiritc1450 soul of the world1525 candle1535 fire1576 three souls1587 vitality?1592 candlelight1596 substance1605 vivacity1611 animality1615 vividity1616 animals1628 life spring1649 archeus1651 vital1670 spirituosity1677 springs of life1681 microcosmetor1684 vital force1702 vital spark (also flame)1704 stamen1718 vis vitae1752 prana1785 Purusha1785 jiva1807 vital force1822 heartbeat1828 world-soul1828 world-spirit1828 life energy1838 life force1848 ghost soul1869 will to live1871 biogen1882 ki1893 mauri1897 élan vital1907 orgone1942 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xiv. 7 Thei sechen to quench my spark that is laft. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 495 Go away fro me, womman, ffor yit þer is a sparke of lyfe in me. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D3 O speak if any sparke of life remaine. 1700 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother i. i. 218 From whose bright Beings Those active Sparks were struck which move our Clay. 1730 A. Pope Christiani Morientis in D. Lewis et al. Misc. Poems 37 Vital Spark of Heav'nly Flame! 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iv. 85 She lay so long insensible, that Emily began to fear that the spark of life was extinguished. 1817 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 174/1 The vital spark was extinct before the body was picked up. a1892 Ld. Tennyson God & Universe i Will my tiny spark of being wholly vanish in your deeps and heights? vital spark (†also flame) b. vital spark (†also flame). Cf. spark n.1 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun] souleOE lifeOE spiritusOE bloodOE ghostOE life and soulOE quickship?c1225 quicknessc1230 breatha1300 spirita1325 spark1382 naturec1385 sparkle1388 livelinessa1398 rational soula1398 spiracle1398 animal spirit?a1425 vital spiritc1450 soul of the world1525 candle1535 fire1576 three souls1587 vitality?1592 candlelight1596 substance1605 vivacity1611 animality1615 vividity1616 animals1628 life spring1649 archeus1651 vital1670 spirituosity1677 springs of life1681 microcosmetor1684 vital force1702 vital spark (also flame)1704 stamen1718 vis vitae1752 prana1785 Purusha1785 jiva1807 vital force1822 heartbeat1828 world-soul1828 world-spirit1828 life energy1838 life force1848 ghost soul1869 will to live1871 biogen1882 ki1893 mauri1897 élan vital1907 orgone1942 (a) (b)1730 A. Pope Christiani Morientis in D. Lewis et al. Misc. Poems 37 Vital Spark of Heav'nly Flame! Dost thou quit this mortal frame.1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 341 For some moments it was supposed, that the vital spark was extinct.1862 A. K. H. Boyd Graver Thoughts Country Parson xv. 250 The multitudinous machinery of animal life is there, but the vital spark to set it in motion is wanting.1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Flamma Vitalis; some do suppose, that there resides in the Heart of Animals such a fine and kindled, but mild Substance, as they call a Vital Flame. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §156 The calidum innatum, the vital flame, or animal spirit in man. < as lemmas |
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