| 释义 |
embody, imbody, v.|ɛm-, ɪmˈbɒdɪ|
[f. en-, in- + body n. The form imbody is the only one recognized in Bailey and Johnson (though the latter uses embody s.v. Incorporate), but is now less usual.]
1. trans. To put into a body; to invest or clothe (a spirit) with a body.
α1548Gest Pr. Masse 86 No more then the sayd holy ghost is adjudged embodied or enharted. a1699Bonnell in W. Hamilton Life (1703) ii. 134 My Saviour Impregnated the Consecrated Elements, and in a manner Embody'd himself there. 1727De Foe Hist. Appar. iv. (1840) 26 Whether are there any spirits inhabiting the visible world, which have never yet been embodied. 1729T. Cooke Tales, Proposals, etc. 44 Would She embody'd to thy Arms return? 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 10 A pale, small person, scarcely embodied at all. 1869J. Martineau Ess. II. 291 In him the old scholastic spirit seems embodied again.
β1600Heywood 1 Edw. IV (1874) I. 27 Such haughtie stomacks..Imbodied in the breasts of Citizens. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 561 Devills beeing imbodyed in ayre can..moove it.
2. To impart a material, corporeal, or sensual character to. rare. † Also intr. for refl.
1634Milton Comus 468 The sole..Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. 1652S. Patrick Fun. Serm. in J. Smith's Sel. Disc. 555 Do not imbody and enervate your souls by idleness and base neglect. 1833Fraser's Mag. 575 Spirituality of mind enables them to conceive those mysteries with a pure devotion, without the danger of embodying and imbruting them.
3. To give a concrete form to (what is abstract or ideal); to express (principles, thoughts, intentions) in an institution, work of art, action, definite form of words, etc.
α1750Johnson Rambl. No. 168 ⁋5 Poetry, that force..which embodies sentiment. 1815Wellington Gurw. Disp. XII. 455 I have not yet been able to embody in a treaty the principles of this arrangement. 1847Grote Greece ii. xlviii. (1862) IV. 267 The custom having been embodied in law. 1848Dickens Dombey i, The blue coat and stiff white cravat which..embodied her idea of a father. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxiv. 615 A popular notion, embodied in a rhyming couplet.
β1742Richardson Pamela IV. 111 What Words shall be found to imbody Air? 1846Hawthorne, Mosses i. v. 110 One century imbodied it in marble. 1859Holland Gold F. v. 74 When this conception is imbodied in an object of worship.
b. Of institutions, works of art, actions, forms of words, etc.: To be an embodiment or expression of (an idea, principle, etc.).
1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. II. 64 This house..was to embody her idea of home.
4. To cause to become part of a body; to unite into one body; to incorporate (a thing) in a mass of material, (particular elements) in a system or complex unity.
1601Shakes. All's Well v. iii. 173 For I by vow am so embodied yours. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iv. (1723) 192 We shall meet with the same Metall or Mineral embody'd in Stone. 1724A. Collins Gr. Chr. Relig. 190 The apostate Jews, among whom..some of the Samaritans..became embody'd. 1799Mackintosh Stud. Law Nat. Wks. 1846 I. 385 Yet so much of these treaties has been embodied into the general law of Europe.
†b. intr. for refl. Obs.
1692tr. Sallust 8 Incredible it is to think how easily they [different tribes] embody'd.
c. trans. Of a complex unity: To include, comprise (such or such elements).
1847Medwin Shelley I. 29 Blue books..embodied stories of haunted castles, bandits, murderers. 1869Daily News 18 Dec., The measure embodies of course the six points of the League's educational charter. 1876J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. I. i. iv. 198 Mahometanism certainly..embodies in it some ancient and momentous truths.
†5. Chem. and Phys.
a. trans. To form into one body.
b. intr. for refl. To coalesce, draw together, solidify. Obs.
1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xxxv. 264 The Bubbles..imbodyed themselves.. into one. 1662H. Stubbe Ind. Nectar iii. 26 These Corpuscles did never embody into greater quantities. 1677W. Harris tr. Lemery's Course Chym. i. xvi. (1686) 376 The spirit of wine being a sulphur does unite and imbody with those that remain. c1682J. Collins Making of Salt 54 It will naturally Embody in the Sun, and become a substance like Salt. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 12. 2/2 An Alimentary Liquor..doth embody with the Blood. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 27 Heating the Oils a little..adding the oil of Vitriol..and stirring 'till all are embodied together.
6. trans. To form into a body or company for military or other purposes; to organize.
1649Selden Laws Eng. ii. xi. (1739) 63 The Army is ever embodied within the Kingdom. a1655Vines Lord's Supp. (1677) 265 Holy persons might..embody themselves into a Church. 1779T. Jefferson Corr. Wks. 1859 I. 218 The troops were never before so healthy since they were embodied. 1838–42Arnold Hist. Rome III. xliv. 201 Livius..embodied the population of the town. 1873Burton Hist. Scot. VI. lxx. 174 The forces..may now be considered as embodied against each other.
b. intr. for refl. To form or join a body or company for military or other purposes.
1648Cromwell Let. 20 Aug. (Carlyle), I have..ordered Colonel Scroop with five troops of horse and two troops of dragoons, with two regiments of foot, to embody with them. 1661Lond. Allarum 3 They had secretly entred into a Combination..to meet and imbody at their appointed Rendevouz. 1681Moores Baffled 16 [He] commanded the Horse to Embody within the Lines. 1770Burke Pres. Discont. Wks. 1842 I. 133 Firmly to embody against this court party. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 669 The tories..embodied in armed parties.
7. trans. To impart ‘body’ to (painting); to paint with a full body of colour.
1784J. Barry Lect. Art, vi. (1848) 223 His [Vandyck's] lights are..well embodied with colour.
Hence emˈbodying vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xi. (1848) 291 The embodying of Scotland into one commonwealth with England. 1677Earl of Orrery Art of War 182 To prevent all considerable Imbodyings to resist him. 1784J. Barry Lect. Art vi. (1848) 223 All that..embodying of colour..may be given as you go on. 1791Phil. Trans. LXXXI. 179 Water is the embodying principle of all elastic fluids. |