单词 | deplete |
释义 | depleteadj. Depleted, emptied out, exhausted. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty > emptied voideda1382 vacuate?a1475 emptied1555 disburdened1598 exantlate1651 exhausted1668 evacuated1684 depleted1870 deplete1880 1880 R. Dowling Sport of Fate III. 205 The brain was remarkably deplete of blood. 1885 L. Oliphant Let. in Life (1891) II. xi. 277 Creating openings in the deplete organism for access of spirits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018). depletev. 1. transitive. To reduce the fullness of; to deprive of contents or supplies; to empty out, exhaust. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty or exhaust draw1483 rinse1575 sponge1610 clear1699 bottom1808 to clean out1844 deplete1850 deplenish1859 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] > use up completely or exhaust stanch1338 exhaust1541 soak1577 tire1589 to suck dry1592 to run away with1622 exantlate1660 to spin out1718 rack1778 overteem1818 deplete1850 to stream out1894 1850 J. G. Saxe Poems 2 Deplete your pocket and relieve your purse. 1880 Times 13 Oct. 5/5 The garrison is somewhat depleted of troops at the present time. 1884 Times 8 July 11 The demand for coin..will..help to deplete the Bank's stock of gold. 2. Medicine. To empty or relieve the system or vessels when overcharged, as by blood-letting or purgatives. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] mundify?a1425 deplete1807 1807 [see depleting n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. I. 105/2 To deplete the vascular system. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 465 Whenever, in inflammation, it is desired to deplete through the bowels. Derivatives deˈpleted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty > emptied voideda1382 vacuate?a1475 emptied1555 disburdened1598 exantlate1651 exhausted1668 evacuated1684 depleted1870 deplete1880 1870 Daily News 29 Nov. To fill her depleted magazines. 1885 Manch. Examiner 29 June 5/2 The overcrowded village might be even worse to live in than the depleted town. deˈpleting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 501 Depleting and antiphlogistic remedies were continued. Draft additions March 2012 depleted uranium n. uranium from which the fissionable isotope uranium-235 has been extracted, obtained as a by-product of uranium enrichment or reprocessing; esp. uranium metal of this kind used (on account of its very high density) to make armour-piercing ammunition; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1949 Nevada State Jrnl. 17 June 1/5 The four grams [of U-235] still not accounted for may have been absorbed by ‘depleted uranium’ waste. 1957 G. Wendt Prospects Nucl. Power & Technol. iii. 62 The reactor will use a core of enriched uranium, no moderator, liquid sodium cooling, and a heavy ‘blanket’ of depleted uranium (i.e., uranium-238) surrounding the core. 1988 R. A. Gabriel Painful Field iii. 57 Its armor piercing round with its warhead of depleted uranium metal produces fourteen times the kinetic-energy impact of a 20 mm shell. 2001 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 19/3 US bombers were said to have fired 10,800 rounds of depleted uranium ammunition in Bosnia in 1995. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1880v.1807 |
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