| 释义 |
divulsive, a.|dɪˈvʌlsɪv|
[f. L. dīvuls-: see above and -ive.]
Tending to tear apart or asunder.
c1605Rowley Birth Merl. iii. vi, Let tortures and divulsive racks Force a confession from them. 1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 96 The divulsive force that separated Britain from Germany, seems to have been directed from north to south. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. i. xii, Long years of vinegar: perhaps divulsive vinegar, like Hannibal's. |