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单词 appulse
释义

appulse

noun

ap·​pulse
əˈpəls,
aˈp-,
ˈaˌp- also -lts
plural -s
1
: a driving or running toward something (such as a place) : act of striking against something (such as a point)
the days have passed when national differences could be settled by the appulse of small professional armies R. S. Ellery
2
: the apparent very near approach of one celestial body to another : a coming into conjunction see lunar appulse

Word History

Etymology

Latin appulsus driving forward, approach, from appulsus, past participle of appellere to drive toward, strike against, from ad- + pellere to drive, beat, push

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