单词 | curation |
释义 | curationn. 1. a. Restoration (of an individual) to health; successful medical or surgical treatment (of a disease or other pathological condition); an instance of this; = cure n.1 6a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] healingc1000 healthc1000 healc1175 boteningc1300 warishingc1386 cure1393 curationa1398 recovera1398 resuming?a1425 sanationc1440 mendingc1480 guerison1484 recurea1500 recovery1523 resanation1598 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xiv. xxvii. 709 Austyn..clepith him [sc. Mount Olyuete]..mount of medicyne, of curacioun [L. curationis], and of helþe. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (1872) §2463 For they shullen do the moore ententif bisynesse in the curacion of thy doghter. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 107 In curacioun of þe gout. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 20v/2 For the curation of a cholericke Aposteme. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 74 The method also of curation lately delivered by Daniel Beckherus. View more context for this quotation 1780 P. Degravers Compl. Treat. Human Eye 145 In short, such cases are always of a very difficult curation. 1884 Year Bk. City Charleston 78 Some people..denied that Koch's discovery marked a progress in practical medicine because it had added nothing to the curation of consumption. 2017 Jrnl. Investigative Dermatol. 137 S92/1 Elimination of these mutant keratins is essential for curation of the disease. ΚΠ ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. vi. l. 632 So þat I may vnderstonde what be þe manere of þi curacioun [L. curationis]. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 791 I may not endure þat þow dwelle In so vnskilful an opynyoun That of þi wo is no curacioun. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 143 The curation of the soul from its sin. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian of minor or incapable person > office of tutoryc1400 tutelec1420 curatory?1478 tuteleship1557 tutorship1559 curatorship1590 tutelage1605 tutorage1617 curature1618 pro-tutory1664 curacya1734 curation1749 conservatorship1871 tutelarship1875 1749 G. Harris tr. Justinian Institutes: Liber Primus xiii. 148 Of those, who are not in the Power of their Parents, some are under Tutelage, some under Curation [L. in curatione], and some under neither. 1774 S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Law (1795) 18 History of Curation from its beginning. 1896 A. W. Renton Law Pract. Lunacy App. C 1028 He is ready and willing to accept of the curation or guardianship of the said lunatic. 3. a. The action or work of looking after and preserving the exhibits in a collection, as in a museum; the supervision of a museum, gallery, public garden, etc., by a keeper or custodian. Cf. curating n.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > keeping or custody > care or custody of museum or library curating1883 curation1968 1968 Canberra Times 1 Jan. 10/2 (advt.) Experience of curation of museum collections, or similar relevant experience, is required. 1979 D. Worsley in M. G. Bassett Curation Palaeontol. Coll. 145 It may be neither politically practical nor scientifically desirable to locate type collections in their country of origin, especially if that country cannot provide acceptable standards of curation. 1982 Times 21 Oct. 10/7 He continued his own research and also devoted himself to the curation of the university's important bird collection. 2014 D. M. Hadley & K. A. Hemer Medieval Childhood p. ix Mark A. Hall is History Officer at Perth Museum and Art Gallery, principally responsible for the curation of the archaeology collections. b. The action of selecting the items for an exhibition or festival programme, typically using professional knowledge or expertise; the careful selection and organization of a collection of items, esp. for exhibition, display, or publication. Cf. curating n.2 2. ΚΠ 1988 J. Paulson Changing Amer. Film Audience: Asian Trend (M.A. thesis, Univ. of Hawaii) iv. 62 Mr. Pena is extremely knowledgeable about Asian films, as shown by his continual curation of Asian films during his tenure as Program Director of the Chicago International Film Festival and Chicago Film Center. 2003 Cairns (Austral.) Post (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Timeout section) 26 Composed primarily of three-dimensional ceramic works and installations, the curation of the exhibition has created strong relationships between different pieces and their neighbours. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 June (Late ed.) re5 As I lay sleepless.., the curation of my refrigerator suddenly became as critical as freshly washed windows and decluttered closets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.a1398 |
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