after-dropn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftədrɒp/,

/ˈaftədrɒp/, U.S.

/ˈæftərˌdrɑp/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, drop n.

Etymology: < after- prefix + drop n.In sense 2 originally after German Nachsinken (1942 in a typescript document reporting the results of experiments on live subjects at the Dachau concentration camp, later used as part of the Nuremberg trials).

†1. A raindrop which falls after a cloud has passed. In quots. figurative and in figurative context. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > raindrop > specific

after-dropa1586

heat-drop1651

thunder-drop1832

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss8 Their motions rather seemed the after drops to a storme, then any matter of great furie.

1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 301 They have but the Worship of God (in our sacred Liturgy) to the full, they are more indifferent for those Pulpit after-drops.

2. Medicine and Surgery. A continued or renewed drop in core body temperature occurring as a subject with induced or accidental hypothermia is rewarmed, resulting from the return of very cold blood from the extremities to the core circulation.

ΚΠ

c1945 Final Rep. Brit. Intelligence Objectives Sub-comm. No. 494 3 Rewarming must be rapid to cushion the ‘after-drop’ in temperature, which continues to fall for 10 to 15 minutes after the subject is removed from the cold water.

1965 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 65 No. 1. 119/2 Obese patients cool more slowly than thin patients and they have more afterdrop of temperature.

2007 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 23 Jan. a13/5 The blood gets rapidly cooled and goes back into the heart, causing an ‘afterdrop phenomenon’—core temperature can drop another degree or degree and a half in the first five to 10 minutes of rewarming.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	after-drop
释义	after-dropn. Brit. /ˈɑːftədrɒp/, /ˈaftədrɒp/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌdrɑp/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, drop n. Etymology: < after- prefix + drop n.In sense 2 originally after German Nachsinken (1942 in a typescript document reporting the results of experiments on live subjects at the Dachau concentration camp, later used as part of the Nuremberg trials). †1. A raindrop which falls after a cloud has passed. In quots. figurative and in figurative context. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > raindrop > specific after-dropa1586 heat-drop1651 thunder-drop1832 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss8 Their motions rather seemed the after drops to a storme, then any matter of great furie. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 301 They have but the Worship of God (in our sacred Liturgy) to the full, they are more indifferent for those Pulpit after-drops. 2. Medicine and Surgery. A continued or renewed drop in core body temperature occurring as a subject with induced or accidental hypothermia is rewarmed, resulting from the return of very cold blood from the extremities to the core circulation. ΚΠ c1945 Final Rep. Brit. Intelligence Objectives Sub-comm. No. 494 3 Rewarming must be rapid to cushion the ‘after-drop’ in temperature, which continues to fall for 10 to 15 minutes after the subject is removed from the cold water. 1965 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 65 No. 1. 119/2 Obese patients cool more slowly than thin patients and they have more afterdrop of temperature. 2007 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 23 Jan. a13/5 The blood gets rapidly cooled and goes back into the heart, causing an ‘afterdrop phenomenon’—core temperature can drop another degree or degree and a half in the first five to 10 minutes of rewarming. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1586
随便看	ground sloth ground source ground spearing ground speed ground staff ground state ground station ground stroke ground stunt ground support ground swell ground tackle ground tackling ground troops ground truth ground truthing ground wallah ground wave ground wire ground wood ground woodpecker ground wren ground zero ground-air ground-angling