单词 | discolouring |
释义 | discolouringdiscoloringn. The action or an act of becoming discoloured; discolouration. Also: a discolouration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > change of colour > [noun] discoloura1398 discolouring?a1425 discolouration1545 discolouredness1585 transcoloration1664 discolourment1762 discolorization1827 metachromatism1876 metachromism1876 metachrosis1887 tinctumutation1895 electrochromism1961 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain lita1325 pleckc1350 blotc1400 smodc1400 discolouring?a1425 spot?a1425 stain1583 denigration1641 discolouration1666 staddle1691 discolour1812 spang1839 blotting1842 suddle1861 staddle-stead1868 dabble1871 staddle-mark1876 the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [noun] > loss of colour discoloura1398 palingc1450 discolouration1545 discolouredness1585 discolouring1598 decoloration1623 etiolation1784 discolourment1821 pallescence1822 discolorization1827 lightening1839 decolorizing1861 decolorization1871 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 57 (MED) Þu shal knowe bi softenez & discolouring [L. discolorationem]. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 310v These colours..from whyte they go to yelowe by discolourynge to browne and redde. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scoloramento, a discolouring, a growing pale or sallowe. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum ii. xviii. 196 All these clense the skinne from discolouring. 1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 197 It..clears the..skin from spots and discolourings. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 291 Swelling, Discolouring, or other Mark of Bruise. 1798 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Southern Counties I. 232 May not the late strong frosts have been the cause of this discoloring? 1832 Prize-ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 9 20 The discolouring of the urine is produced solely by inflammation in some of the internal parts. 1890 Anthony's Photogr. Bull. 9 Aug. 451 It is not known with certainty by what the discoloring is caused. 1920 Paper 20 Oct. 23/2 The discoloring of paper is very intimately connected with its deterioration. 1998 New Scientist 9 May 8/2 ‘Fat bloom’—a cloudy discolouring seen on some chocolate bars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). discolouringdiscoloringadj. That causes discolouration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > causing loss of colour discolouringa1657 decolouring1832 decolorizing1861 lightening1900 a1657 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 161 Not that you feared the discolo'ring cold Might alchymize their silver into gold. 1742 E. Moore Solomon Serenata i. 7 The Sun's discolouring Rays, have chas'd the Lilly from my Face. 1799 R. Southey Poems II. 203 In the air Was that cool freshness, that discolouring shade, That makes the eye turn inward. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 755 Animal charcoal is a much more powerful discolouring principle than vegetable charcoal. 1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. i. 3 This discolouring effect of light has been long turned to practical use in the bleaching of linen. 1936 Pop. Mech. July 7/1 Acids are neutralized, abrasives are removed sludge eliminated and water and discoloring materials are taken out. 1992 Canad. Geographic Jan. 10/3 Lignin, a discolouring component in wood fibre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425adj.a1657 |
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