英语词汇“hydrophily”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(Gr angeion vessel) a plant of the Hydrangea genus of shrubby plants of the family Hydrangeāˈceae, with large globular clusters of showy flowers, natives of China and Japan

A gelatinous material obtained by hydration of cellulose, used in paper-making, etc

(Gr charis, -itos grace) the frogbit genus, giving name to the Hydrocharitāˈceae, a family of water plants related to the pondweeds

The science of the motions and equilibrium of a material system partly or wholly fluid (called hydrostatics when the system is in equilibrium, hydrokinetics when it is not)

(hydroelastic suspension a system of car suspension in which a fluid provides interconnection between the front and rear suspension units)

The investigation of seas and other bodies of water, including charting, sounding, study of tides, currents, etc

(Gr lysis loosing) chemical decomposition or ionic dissociation caused by water

(Gr meteōron a meteor) any weather phenomenon depending on the moisture content of the atmosphere

The science of the measurement and analysis of water, including the methods, techniques and instrumentation used in hydrology

Distension of the kidney with urine held up as a result of obstruction in the urinary tract

) a hotel (with special baths, etc, and often situated near a spa) where guests can have hydropathic treatment

(Gr pathos suffering) the treatment of disease by water, externally and internally

hydrophˈily noun

(Gr phileein to love) water-pollination

hydrophōˈbia noun

(Gr phobos fear) horror of water
Inability to swallow water owing to a contraction in the throat, a symptom of rabies
Rabies itself

hydrophōˈbic (or /-fobˈ/) adjective

Relating to hydrophobia
Repelling water (chem)

hydrophobicˈity noun

hydrophobous /-drofˈə-bəs/ adjective (obsolete)

hyˈdrophone /-fōn/ noun

(Gr phōnē voice) an apparatus for listening to sounds conveyed by water

hyˈdrophyte /-fīt/ noun

(Gr phyton plant) a plant growing in water or in very moist conditions

hydrophytic /-fitˈik/ adjective

hydrophyton /hī-drofˈi-ton/ noun

The coenosarc of a hydroid colony

hydrophˈytous adjective

hydropˈic adjective (non-standard hydropˈtic; see hydropsy below)

Dropsical
Thirsty
Charged or swollen with water

hyˈdroplane noun

A light, flat-bottomed motorboat which, at high speed, skims along the surface of the water
A hydro-aeroplane or seaplane (non-standard)

intransitive verb

(of a boat) to skim like a hydroplane
(of a vehicle) to skid on a wet road

hydropneumatˈic adjective

Utilizing water and air acting together

hydropolˈyp noun

A hydrozoan polyp

hydroponˈic adjective

hydroponˈically adverb

hydroponics /hī-drō-ponˈiks/ singular noun

(Gr ponos toil) the art or practice of growing plants in (sand or gravel containing) a chemical solution without soil

hyˈdropower noun

Hydroelectric power

hyˈdropsy noun (Gr hydrōps dropsy; archaic)

Dropsy

Hydropteridˈeae /-i-ē/ plural noun

(Gr pteris, -idos male-fern) the water ferns or heterosporous ferns

hydroptic adjective see hydropic above

hyˈdropult noun

(modelled on catapult) a hand force pump

hydroquinone /-kwin-ōnˈ, or kwinˈ or -kwīnˈ/ noun

Quinol

hyˈdroscope noun

(Gr skopeein to view) a kind of water clock, a graduated tube, from which the water escaped (historical)
An instrument for viewing under water

hyˈdroski /-skē/ noun

A kind of hydrofoil used on seaplanes as a source of hydrodynamic lift, and on aeroplanes to make them amphibious

hydrosōˈma or hyˈdrosome /-sōm/ noun (pl hydrosōˈmata or hyˈdrosomes)

(Gr sōma body) a hydroid colony

hydrosōˈmal or hydrosōˈmatous adjective

hyˈdrospace or hydrosphere /hīˈdrō-sfēr/ noun

(Gr sphaira sphere) the water on the surface of the earth, the seas and oceans

hyˈdrostat noun

(Gr -statēs causing to stand) a contrivance for indicating the presence of water

hydrostatˈic or hydrostatˈical adjective

(hydrostatic balance a balance for weighing bodies in water to determine their specific gravity; hydrostatic drive or transmission (in a vehicle) a drive consisting of a system transmitting power through oil, under pressure; hydrostatic extrusion (metallurgy) a form of extrusion in which the metal to be shaped is preshaped to fit a die forming the lower end of a high-pressure container that is filled with a pressure-transmitting liquid, the pressure being built up in the liquid by a plunger until the metal is forced through the die; hydrostatic paradox the principle that any quantity of fluid, however small, may balance any weight, however great; hydrostatic press a hydraulic press)

hydrostatˈics singular noun see hydrodynamics above

hydrostatˈically adverb

hydrotacˈtic adjective

hydrotaxˈis noun

(Gr taxis arrangement) response of an organism to the stimulus of water

hydrothēˈca noun

(Gr thēkē case) the horny cup of a hydranth

hydrotherapeuˈtic adjective

hydrotherapeuˈtics or hydrotherˈapy noun

Treatment of disease by the external use of water, eg treatment of disability by developing movement in water

hydrotherˈmal adjective

Relating to or produced by the action of heated or superheated water, esp in dissolving, transporting and redepositing mineral matter

hydrothorax /-thöˈ/ noun

(Gr thōrax chest) oedema in the chest

hydrotropˈic adjective

hydrotˈropism noun

(Gr tropos a turn) the turning of a plant root towards (positive) or away from (negative) moisture

hydrous /-hīˈdrəs/ adjective (chem and mineralogy)

Containing water

hydrovane noun see hydrofoil above

hydrozincite /-zingkˈīt/ noun

Basic zinc carbonate

Hydrozōˈa plural noun

(Gr zōion an animal) a class of Coelenterata, chiefly marine organisms such as the zoophytes, millepores, etc, in which alternation of generations typically occurs, the hydroid phase colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding
Sometimes extended to include the true jellyfishes
(without cap) hydrozoans

hydrozōˈan noun and adjective

hydrozōˈon noun (pl hydrozōˈa)

A coelenterate of the Hydrozoa

hydro-1, also hydr- /hī-dr(ō)-, hī-dr(ə)- or hī-dr(o)-/

hydro-¹, also hydr- /hī-dr(ō)-, hī-dr(ə)- or hī-dr(o)-/