单词 | durability |
释义 | durabilityn. The quality of being durable. 1. Continuance; lastingness, permanence. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] durabilityc1374 duringc1374 lastingnessa1398 perdurance1508 permanence1509 durancea1513 permanency1555 durableness1587 indeficiency1614 duration1637 durancy1647 indelibleness1655 unfailingnessa1656 undissolution1662 permanentness1727 persistency1833 out-take1866 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. xi. 78 By the whiche is sustenyd the longe durablete of mortal thinges. c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (1898) 67 Þat all delitable þinges of þys world..þat þay ben alle for long~lastynge of durabilyte..lyflode for lastynge ys to be had, and noght durabilite for liflode. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 469 The Prophets..assign the character of perpetual durability thereto. 1812 I. D'Israeli Calam. Auth. II. 331 Pope hesitated at deciding on the durability of his poetry. 1891 Spectator 27 June Nor has there ever been an explanation of this durability in the Jew..which in the least satisfies or convinces any reflecting mind. 2. Capability of withstanding decay or wear. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [noun] > durability tack1412 durableness1579 durability1593 durance1599 duration1637 wearability1927 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vi. 58 Stones, though in dignitie of nature inferiour vnto plants, yet exceede them in..durabilitie of being. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xx. 411 Colours..greatly superior both in beauty and durability. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 141 The great density and durability of the rock. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 184 Where doors are required to combine strength, beauty and durability. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1374 |
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