| 释义 |
emetic, a. and n.|ɪˈmɛtɪk|
Also 7–8 emetick, (7 hemettick).
[ad. Gr. ἐµετικ-ός provoking vomiting, f. ἐµέ-ειν to vomit.]
A. adj.
1. Having power to produce vomiting. Also fig. sickening, mawkish.
1670W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 47 Why these should not be Emetick. 1770R. Baker Remarks Eng. Lang. (1779) 8 Richardson..in his emetic history of Pamela. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 460 The waters when drank, operate..as emetic. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 74 It possesses emetic qualities.
2. In phraseological combinations: emetic cup, goblet (cf. antimonial a. 1); emetic root, Euphorbia corollata; emetic tartar, (now usually) tartar-emetic [mod.L. tartarus emeticus], potassio-antimonious tartrate, C4H4(NH4)(SbO)O6·½H2O; emetic weed, Lobelia inflata; emetic wine = antimonial wine.
1679tr. Apol. Mdm. Manchini 14 The Hemettick Wine..quickly brought her to her Grave. 1789A. Crawford in Med. Commun. II. 305 A quarter of a grain of emetic tartar. 1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5884/1 Emetick Wine. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 108 Emetic Tartar..ought to be employed pure. 1877Watts Dict. Chem. V. 685 A compound of tartar-emetic and cream of tartar.
B. n. A medicine that excites vomiting.
1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 194 Vomitories..they likewise call by a Greek name, Emeticks. 1788Ld. Auckland Diary in Corr. (1861) II. 94 To take an emetic together. 1819Byron Juan ii. xxi, The sea acted as a strong emetic. 1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 426 Emetics are..employed..for the purpose of producing..vomiting.
transf.1823Byron Juan viii. xii, Three hundred cannon threw up their emetic. |