单词 | cleansing |
释义 | cleansingn. 1. The action of cleanse v. in its various senses; cleaning, purification, acquittal. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > making sanitarily free of disease cleansingc1000 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [noun] cleansingc1000 rinsinga1400 abstersion?a1425 mundification?a1425 detersion1607 mundifying1610 mundation1633 fowing1636 cleaning1662 detergency1710 society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] > moral purification cleansingc1000 purgationc1384 purgatoryc1400 circumcision1526 purificationa1560 defecation1632 castification1653 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > exculpation skering1297 sunyinga1400 discharge1449 cleansingc1568 disaggravating1598 clearing1604 assoilment1611 washing1612 disblaminga1641 disculpation1649 acclearmenta1670 exculpationa1715 whitewashing1768 expurgation1828 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) i. 44 For ðinre clænsunga [c1160 Hatton Gosp. clænsunge]. c1200 Winteney Rule St. Benet (1888) 65 On sæternes dæȝ clænsunga do. a1300 Cursor Mundi 25889 Þe fire o clensing. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xvii. clx. 708 The clensinge of hempe or of flexe. c1568 Jrnl. Queen Mary's Proc. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 47 The counsale haldin for the cleansing of Bothwell. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark i. 44. 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces iii. 128 The opening and cleansing of the old Channel of the Rhine. 1842 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. VI. vi. 55 Almost all religions have their outward cleansings. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 V. liii. 255 A verdict of acquittal, a ‘cleansing by assize’, as it was termed. 2. a. concrete. The dirt, dust, or refuse removed in cleaning anything. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirt removed in cleaning washingsc1330 purginga1398 scouring1588 purgament1597 cleansing1608 fullage1611 sordes1640 scuda1642 offscouring1655 offage1727 outscourings1828 cleaning1855 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 136 Trochili..are greedy of these wormes or clensings of the Crocodiles. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Curailles de maison, the dust, filth, sweepings or cleansing, of houses. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) (at Bean) The shalings, chaffe, or cleansings of Beanes. b. The lochia or discharges after childbirth; a rustic name for the afterbirth of cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > discharges before or after childbirth > [noun] purgationa1398 lochia1612 cleansing1655 cleaning1661 show1734 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > afterbirth cleansing1655 cleaning1661 heam1681 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that gives birth > afterbirth glean1601 cleaning1661 cleansing1810 1655 L. Thetford Perfect Horseman 10 By no Means let the Mare eat her cleansing. 1810 Treat. Live Stock in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (E.D.S.) (at cited word) The after-birth; in the north it is termed the cleansing. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Cleansings, a popular term for the Lochia. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (E.D.S.) Clansing or Cleansing, the placenta or after-birth of an animal. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1335 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 194 1 clensingbecche..4d. 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes l. sig. Bviii Some of it Ich had in the clensyng weeke. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cleansing-vat, a vessel in which the fermentation of beer is concluded; the yeast running out of the bung-hole, and being kept full by supply from a store-vat. Draft additions October 2001 [Compare Serbian and Croatian čišćenje (1942 in this sense in Serbian), probably after a German word (perhaps Reinigung or Säuberung (compare quot. 1936)).] The purging of ethnic or religious minority groups from a geographical area, society, etc., esp. by expulsion or killing. Cf. ethnic cleansing n., social cleansing n. at social adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1936 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 30 346 In Berlin, for example, there was a cleansing process (Säuberungsaktion), directed against Marxists, Jews, and others who were alleged to be enemies of the state, involving wholesale charges of corruption and inefficiency. 1946 tr. A. Rosenberg in Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression (U.S. Chief Counsel Prosecution of Axis Criminality) V. 557 The Jewish question..must be solved and..all nations of Europe will march behind this cleansing at the end. 1992 Economist 10 Oct. 68/1 A sentiment has developed among the Lebanese that the communal cleansing was wrong and that the displaced people should return home. 1995 Today 27 July 2/4 The Serbs were keen to ensure the Zepa ‘cleansing’ operation was less offensive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). cleansingadj. That cleanses: see the verb; spec. of cosmetics. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > [adjective] cleansinga1300 mundifying1579 scouring1594 detergent1600 detersive1601 abstersory1609 abstergent1617 thorough-cleansing1642 deterging1651 smegmatic1656 extersive1657 tersive1667 smectic1676 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] cleansinga1300 mundificativea1400 mundicative1575 detersive1586 detergent1600 deterging1651 depleting1807 depletory1849 eliminant1853 exipotic1856 depletive1885 society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > relating to moral purification > morally purifying purgatory?c1225 cleansinga1300 purgatoryc1390 purgative1489 purificatory1610 purgatorial1632 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [adjective] > relating to preparations > relating to cleansers or moisturizers moisturized1921 cleansing1926–7 moisturizing1947 alcohol-free1991 a1300 Cursor Mundi 26201 Penance thol in clenssing fire. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxvi. 1329 Whey departed from þe chese and fro þe buttre is most drenynge and clensynge and abatynge colera. a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 15 Centum capita, affodillus, clansing gresse. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1727 With..cleansing herbs wash off The clotted gore. View more context for this quotation 1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Abstergentia, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. Abstergents or cleansing Medicines. 1858 A. A. Procter Poems (title) Cleansing Fires. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 492 An Elizabeth Arden treatment is based on..Cleansing with Venetian Cleansing Cream. 1938 Eve's Jrnl. Jan. Care of the face: Cleansing cream Skin tonic Skin food. 1965 Harper's Bazaar 89/1 Hand Cream, Foundation Cream, Cleansing Milk. 1969 J. Fraser Clap Hands ii. 22 She took a jar of cleansing cream from the cabinet. 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