单词 | effusive |
释义 | effusiveadj.n. a. That proceeds from a pouring out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > copiously or continuously outflowingOE wellingc1400 outgushing1569 overflown1579 profluous1585 outstreaming1598 spewing1616 effluxivea1657 effluxing1674 effluenced1691 effluent1726 effusive1726 outwelling1736 profluent1737 outpouring1808 pumping1812 gushing1815 founting1827 flowing1867 fountaining1883 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > out or forth profluent1667 effluent1726 effusive1726 excurrent1826 outrunning1894 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 490 The floor Wash'd with th' effusive wave. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. iii. 1781 With fine films..Of oil effusive lull the waves to sleep. b. Geology. [German (H. Rosenbusch Mikrosk. Physiographie d. Massigen Gesteine (ed. 2, 1887) 6).] Of an igneous rock: poured out on the earth's surface in a state of fusion and afterwards solidified; so effusive period, the period in which effusive rocks were formed. Also n., an effusive rock. ΚΠ 1888 F. H. Hatch in J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 429 Effusive, a term lately used abroad for those rocks which have been poured out at the surface, the word eruptive now being generally used for the whole group of massive rocks. 1895 A. Harker Petrol. 128 The two periods of consolidation were styled by Rosenbusch the ‘intratelluric’ and the ‘effusive’. 1897 G. P. Merrill Treat. Rocks ii. i. 60 To divide the eruptive rocks into two general groups: first, the intrusive or plutonic rocks; and second, the effusive or volcanic rocks. 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 166 121 An origin contemporaneous with that of the Rossland effusives. 1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) I. 197 The effusive or volcanic rocks (Erguss-gesteine). 1905 J. Geikie Struct. & Field Geol. 206 Effusive rocks..are of two types, crystalline and fragmental. 1915 W. Lindgren in W. N. Rice et al. Probl. Amer. Geol. v. 273 Basalt is probably the most widely spread of the Tertiary effusives. 1939 A. Johannsen Descr. Petrogr. Igneous Rocks (ed. 2) I. i. 5 The effusive or extrusive rocks (vulcanites of Scheerer) are those which were poured out upon the surface of the earth; for example, our modern lavas... In this group are also included certain other rocks which, strictly speaking, are not extrusives, namely, the pyroclastics. 2. Of emotions, affections, etc.: Overflowing, irrepressible; in modern use, demonstratively expressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adjective] > exhibiting itself effuse1577 effusivea1687 gushing1815 empressé1828 the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] > (of affections) overflowing or extravagant effusivea1687 a1687 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus 53 in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) The innocence of his private Life, and his most effusive Charity and Humanity. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xxvi. 321 Tito could only be saved from alienation by..a recovery of her effusive tenderness. 3. That expresses feeling demonstratively. ΚΠ 1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel II. xxi. 12 A very effusive hymn..an utterance of unmitigated thanksgiving. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. Own Times I. 358 Peel..was not effusive; he did not pour out his emotions. 4. That has the function of giving outlet to emotion. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adjective] > given to or marked by exhibition of emotion expressivea1616 expansive1659 demonstrative1798 gushy1845 effusive1855 gushing1859 sharing1994 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. iv. 607 The purely effusive arts, such as music or the dance. Derivatives eˈffusively adv. in an effusive manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adverb] > given to or marked by exhibition of emotion effusedly1594 gushingly1818 demonstratively1859 effusively1870 1870 Daily News 22 July 3 You came upon damsels..who giggled and talked effusively by the wayside. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 40 Netta embraced her effusively. eˈffusiveness n. the quality of being effusive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition show1569 ejection1650 effusion1659 excursion1662 sally1676 demonstrativeness1841 gushing1852 transpirationa1854 demonstration1856 gushingness1859 effusiveness1877 gushiness1937 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings I. iii. 46 The enthusiastic effusiveness of these lines. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxiii. 111 None of the tender effusiveness and earnest praise which we have been hearing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1687 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。