| 释义 |
massiness|ˈmæsɪnɪs|
[f. massy + -ness.]
The quality of being massy; massiveness.
1570Dee Math. Pref. b ij, The Solidity, Massines and Body of the Sonne. 1587Golding De Mornay 47 The massinesse of things is that..that maketh them vnable to do things. Contrariwise the more spirituale a thing is, the more actiue it is. 1625Laud Wks. (1847) I. 110 It is not the great massiness of a pillar, but [etc.]. 1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 33 Avoiding too great a Slenderness, as well as too great a Massyness of Ornaments. 1773Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 12 Aug., The cathedral has a massyness and solidity such as I have seen in no other place. 1810Shelley Zastrozzi xv, A lamp, whose rays..showed..the extreme massiness of the passages. |