单词 | crepitate |
释义 | crepitatev.ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > break wind [verb (intransitive)] fartOE fistc1440 to let a scape1549 to break wind1552 crepitate1623 crack1653 poop1689 roar1897 poot1940 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Crepitate, to winde or fart. 1768 Life & Adv. Sir B. Sapskull I. 149. 2. Entomology. Of certain beetles: To eject a pungent fluid suddenly with a sharp report. (Cf. bombardier beetle n. at bombardier n. Compounds.) ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xli. 149 The substance which they emit when they crepitate. 3. To make a crackling sound, to crackle: spec. of the tissue of the lungs (also used of the action accompanying or producing this sound; cf. crepitation n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [verb (intransitive)] crepitate1853 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > crackle brastlec1000 rashetOE spranklea1387 sprinklea1398 graislea1522 crash1563 crackle?1570 crick-crackle1608 decrepitate1677 crump1789 happer1825 crumple1837 crickle1849 crick-crack1850 crepitate1853 1853 Fraser's Mag. 47 559 That [salt]..bears the heat of the fire without crepitating. 1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 378 The part affected is enlarged; crepitates imperfectly. 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 741 The immense hall rises,—oscillates,—..crepitates,—crumbles into ruin. 4. To rattle: said of the sound made by the crepitaculum of the rattle-snake. (Cf. crepitation n. 3.) Derivatives ˈcrepitating n. and adj. ΚΠ 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 595/1 The crepitating sensation caused by the friction of the head of the humerus against the under surface of the acromion. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxiv. 307 I felt a something move. The something had a crepitating, insectine wriggle. 1883 Knowledge 13 July 18/2 Starch..on being pressed between the fingers, produces a peculiar sound known as ‘crepitating’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1623 |
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