Air in general, as a substance or ‘element’. Obsolete except as in 8b.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] (124) windc1250 Air in general, as a substance or ‘element’. Obsolete except as in 8b. airc1300 The invisible gaseous substance which immediately surrounds the earth, is breathed by all terrestrial animals, and is now recognized as a mixture… windiness1587 Air as an ‘element’: = wind, n.1 8. rare. blore?1614 transferred. The air. ethereal1661 With the. That which is ethereal; that which is incorporeal, non-physical, or spiritual. ambient1677 The air, esp. when regarded as the medium in which a particular process or phenomenon takes place, or as a part of a particular process or… ether1713 Chiefly literary. Air; the gaseous substance that is breathed; a form of this. Ewigkeit1877 Eternity, infinity; spec. in jocular phrase in(to) the ewigkeit, ‘into thin air’. Subcategories:— as breathed by gods (1) — specific air (4) — elasticity of air (6) — charging with air (5) — condition of being inflated (10) — leakage of air (1) — quality of containing air-cavities (1) — air in any specific place or at specific time (21) — air above our heads (12) — air-pressure (47) — air-wave (8) |
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