单词 | efflorescence |
释义 | efflorescencen. 1. The process of producing flowers, or bursting into flower; the period of flowering. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > flowering or blossoming flourishing1303 blowingc1380 blossomingc1440 blooming1495 flourish1594 blowth1602 efflorescence1626 flowering1629 blow1744 florification1796 inflorescence1801 flowerage1841 florescence1853 floriferousness1882 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > flowering or blossoming > season, period, or manner of efflorescence1626 blow1748 anthesis1783 florescence1793 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §389 The Spirit of the Plant is..severed from the grosser Juyce in the Efflorescence. 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness ii. 15 They are the blossom on the fruit-tree, an efflorescence which shows the tree's vitality. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 117 The tendency to efflorescence in the trees of America..has encouraged their diffusion through Europe. 2. figurative. A development like that of blossom; an abundant or ostentatious growth; the ‘flower’ of age, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > flourishing condition statea1387 verdour1447 virtuec1450 thrivingc1460 provinga1529 prospering?1567 verdurec1595 flourish1597 efflorescency1649 efflorescence1672 flourishing1717 flourishment1724 booming1881 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 40 His impertinent efflorescence of Rhetorick upon so mean Topicks. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 56 The pared-off Turf..is the very fat and efflorescence of the Earth. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 187 Lord, who in Efflorescence of thy Age Wouldst from the World thy Spirit disengage. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋11 Mirth can never please, but as the efflorescence of a mind loved for its luxuriance. 1831 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Oct. 367 Of Fable Literature..this was the summer-tide and highest efflorescence. 1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism II. vi. 265 That noble efflorescence of charity which marked the first ages of Christianity. a. Colour developed on the skin, either in the ordinary course of nature, or as the result of disease. Obsolete in general sense. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > [noun] > colour developed on skin efflorescence1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x. 330 A shadow or darke efflorescence in the outside. View more context for this quotation 1782 V. Knox Ess. (new ed.) II. cxxxiii. 200 The hectic efflorescence on the countenance of an invalid. b. Pathology. ‘A morbid redness, or rash of the skin’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > an eruption hivesc1500 breaking-out1552 exanthem1656 exanthema1657 efflorescence1684 rash1696 rushc1736 eruption1770 enanthema1842 enanthema1883 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 152 There is a threefold difference of Efflorescences in the skin. 1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 1 149 The efflorescence on her arms [is] entirely gone. 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 135 In measles, infection reaches its greatest power during the eruptive stage and the stage of efflorescence. 4. Chemistry. The process of efflorescing, in various senses (see effloresce v. 2a – 2c); also concrete the powdery deposit which is the result of this process. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > efflorescence germination1651 efflorescence1667 efflorescency1701 excrescence1719 1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) 326 To afford an efflorescence which..appear'd to be Vitriol. 1671 Kirkby Let. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1672) 7 4070 It [an inland sea, near Danzick] becomes..green in the midle with an hairy efflorescence. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 62 Pyrites are..the efflorescence of Minerals. 1701 H. Maundrell Of Valley of Salt in Journey to Jerusalem (1721) 10 We found under it Efflorescences of pure Salt. 1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 189 The sulphate of iron is..distinguished by an efflorescence of small white crystals. 1858 O. W. Holmes De Sauty Whitened round his feet the dust of efflorescence. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xx. 165 This important salt [sc. potassium nitrate] occurs as an efflorescence on the soil of several dry tropical countries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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