单词 | desiccate |
释义 | desiccaten. A desiccated substance or product. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > dried substance desiccate1926 1926 Science 28 May 549 Some of my experiments were carried out with this desiccate. 1940 Nature 6 July 30/2 We decided to try desiccated 9–11 day chick embryos as a source of active principle... The desiccate was reconstituted by adding sterile distilled water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). desiccateadj. archaic. Desiccated, dried. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > dried (up) dryc950 drieda1340 desiccatec1420 undriedc1440 exsiccate1540 mummianized1593 exsiccated1646 exust1657 desiccateda1676 dehydrated1884 dehumidified1940 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 179 But daies thre this seede is goode bewette In mylk or meth, and after desiccate Sette hem; thai wol be swete. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §842 Bodies desiccate, by Heat, or Age. 1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 313 Juicy in youth or desiccate with age. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). desiccatev. 1. transitive. To make quite dry; to deprive thoroughly of moisture; to dry, dry up. Also figurative.In U.S. applied to the thorough drying of articles of food for preservation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > dry [verb (transitive)] dryc888 adroweOE drow1393 exsiccate1540 siccate1570 desiccate1575 unsteep1598 siccicate1639 exsicce1657 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 261 They doe mollifie, and desiccate the wounde or disease. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §727 Wine helpeth to digest and desiccate the moisture. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Bb2 This..will desiccate an ulcer. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 154 No..courtly art [shall] Damp the bold thought or desiccate the heart. 1832 I. Taylor Saturday Evening (1834) 297 Atheism in all its forms desiccates the affections. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) Proem p. viii Though we should by art Bring earth to gas, and desiccate the sea. 1883 Knowledge 3 Aug. 74/1 The shock was of sufficient intensity to..partially desiccate the muscular tissues. 2. intransitive. To become dry. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > become dry [verb (intransitive)] dryc888 desiccate1679 1679 P. Rycaut Present State Greek Church 277 Bodies of such whom they have Canonized for Saints to continue unconsumed, and..to dry and desiccate like the Mummies in Egypt. Derivatives desiccating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > drying dryinga1398 exsiccativec1400 uritivea1425 desiccative?1541 siccative1547 exsiccating1620 desiccating1638 exsiccant1657 desiccant1775 desiccatoryc1800 dehydrating1884 dehumidifying1933 in-sack1951 the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry dryinga1398 desiccation1477 arefaction1576 exsiccation1599 siccation1617 desiccating1893 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 43 They speake much, of the Elementary Quality of Siccity, or Drinesse; and of Things Desiccating. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 388 The very things which this desiccating rationalism flung off. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §63 The..air was..thoroughly dried by being passed through a desiccating apparatus. 1893 Athenæum 1 Apr. 402/2 That desiccating of the Anglo-Saxon in North America which Humboldt and others have commented upon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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