| 释义 |
encyst, v.|ɛnˈsɪst|
[f. en-1 + cyst.]
trans. To enclose in a cyst, capsule, or bag; only in pa. pple. and refl. Also absol. or intr.
1845Budd Dis. Liver 272 Gall-stones in the substance of the liver..are often encysted. 1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 67 Shell represented by two short styles, encysted in the substance of the mantle. 1882Nature XXVI, The cercaria..soon came to rest, showing a tendency to encyst itself on surrounding objects. 1896tr. Boas' Zool. 86 A great many forms..have the power of encysting. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. VI. 439/2 The ability of protozoans to encyst is at least one of the reasons for their world-wide distribution.
fig.1873Symonds Gk. Poets xii. 418 Even in Pindar, moral mysticism is, as it were, encysted, like an alien deposit, in the more vital substance of aesthetic conceptions. |