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单词 defilement
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defilementn.1

/dɪˈfʌɪlmənt/
Etymology: < defile v.1 + -ment suffix.
a. The act of defiling, the fact or state of being defiled.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun]
solwinessa1300
befiling1340
filing1340
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
defoula1387
pollutionc1422
inquination1447
contagya1513
coinquination?1550
defiling1585
dirting1591
tainture1609
impuration1614
conspurcation1616
contamination1620
empoisonment1626
defilement1637
contagion1662
dirtying1674
polluting1897
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > polluting or defiling
wemming1100
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
pollutionc1422
pollutinga1449
deturpation1490
defiling1585
commaculation1637
defilement1637
sullage1641
infoedation1661
1637 J. Milton Comus 16 When lust..Lets in defilement to the inward parts.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 286. ⁋1 The Chaste cannot rake into such Filth without Danger of Defilement.
1814 R. Southey Roderick ii Where..It might abide..From all defilement safe.
1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxxii. 97 Those sources of ceremonial defilement.
b. An instance of this; concrete anything that defiles.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > polluting agent
drossc1440
defilement1571
foulagea1603
feculency1608
feculence1662
contamination1806
pollutant1892
contaminant1934
crud1943
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (x. 16) Ye holy land was at length purged from ye defylements and filthines, wherewith it was berayed.
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 3 Mariage lay in disgrace..as a work of the flesh, almost a defilement.
1698 W. Salmon Ars Chirurgica I. 337 Removing of Defilements or Vices.
1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row ii. 33 Purifying himself from the defilements of the counter.
1871 Echo 31 Jan. The defilements in water which are most fatal to man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

defilementn.2

Etymology: < modern French défilement (1785 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < défiler : see defile v.3Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈfilement.
Fortification.
The act or operation of defilading.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > construction of defensive works > planning against lines of fire
defilement1816
defilading1830
defilade1851
1816 in C. James New Mil. Dict.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 218 The banquettes and terre~pleins of ramparts that are commanded, should be formed in planes parallel to the plane of defilement of the crest of the parapet.
1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. 51 The operation..called Defilement, or Defilading, is of two kinds, in altitude and in direction..Defilement in Altitude is performed by raising the parapet, sinking the terrepleine, or constructing Traverses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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