单词 | emulate |
释义 | † emulateadj. Obsolete. rare. Ambitious, emulous. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] enviousa1300 emulate1604 emulatory1615 emulous1693 competitory1742 emulative1747 rivalrous1812 competitive1829 agonal1896 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 82 Prickt on by a most emulate pride. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). emulatev. 1. transitive. Of persons: To strive to equal or rival (a person, his achievements or qualities); to copy or imitate with the object of equalling or excelling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] couple1477 envy1509 contend1577 counterscore1577 paragona1586 corrive1586 emulate1586 emule1595 corrival1601 vie1602 rival1607 vie1607 contesta1616 antagonize1634 cope with1651 to break a lance with1862 1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Piiiiv So much doo I emulate, not enuie thy glory. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. ix. sig. Mm1 The disparity of Circumstances betwixt their own Condition, and that of those they Æmulate. 1694 J. Dryden To Sir G. Kneller in Ann. Miscellany 92 Contemn the bad, and Emulate the best. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 224 The whole world emulates Athens and Rome. 1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions I. 12 When will you emulate Sir Archibald in the art of saying pretty things? 2. a. Implying some degree of success: To vie with, rival, attain or approach to equality with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival > vie with or emulate emulate1807 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. iii. 341 He emulated the Scottish kings in splendour. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 39 My royal nephew will soon emulate his father's wisdom. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 52 Many of the Greek states emulated Tyre in commerce and opulence. b. Of things: To vie with, rival, equal or closely approach in any quality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival matchc1400 to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412 equalize15.. mate1509 touch1530 to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555 equal1590 egall1591 countermatch1600 to weigh with (also even with)1600 emulate1602 side1605 compeer1608 pair1619 mount1628 amate1642 to hold weight witha1643 to be (also prove oneself) a match for1712 peel1726 to hold the sticks toa1817 to bear or stand comparison with1845 see1861 tie1888 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. iii. 50 I see how thy eie doth emulate the Diamond. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 307 They were wont..to emulate..the apparition of Light. 1662 R. Boyle Examen Mr. T. Hobbs 20, in New Exper. Physico-mechanicall (ed. 2) The Corpuscles..tend to..emulate a spring. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sycomore The Liquor emulates that of the Birch. 1833 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. i. 2 Lady Madalina Palmer is working one [a carpet] which emulates the paintings of Van Huysum. c. Computing. To reproduce the action of or behave like (a different type of computer) with the aid of hardware or software designed to effect this; to run (a program, etc., written for another type of computer) by this means. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > [verb (transitive)] > emulate emulate1965 1965 Communications ACM 8 755/2 The System/360 interrupt routine sets a flag which can be tested as part of the DIL instruction. It then returns to the routine which completes emulating the 7000 series instruction. 1971 IEEE Trans. Computers 20 751/2 This effort has led to the development of microcomputers..with read only control memories containing microprograms that emulate a specific von Neumann-type computer. 1977 Harvard Business Rev. Nov. 86/1 It is unlikely that competitors will be able to emulate the program. 1983 Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Aug. 72/2 Different processors are emulated by changing a personality card. Mice I has 8K of emulation memory. 1983 Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Sept. 65/1 The emulator divides the system's memory into two sections. One section holds the operating system and whatever applications program is running. The second section of memory is used to emulate a disk drive. 1984 Dr. Dobb's Jrnl. Jan. 76 (heading) Emulate WordStar on TOPS-20. 1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 30/1 (advt.) EP8000 can emulate and program all eproms up to 8K x 8 bytes. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire to or to do [verb (transitive)] pursuea1382 affect?a1425 anhelea1500 to hawk after (for)?1510 affectate1560 to breathe after ——a1593 emule1595 aspire1596 emulate1597 to fawn upon1634 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 40 Emulate to be nerer there good begynnings. 1619 H. Hutton Compend. Hist. Ixion's Wheele in Follie's Anat. sig. D4v Vulcan..did not striue, Or æmulate, to be superlatiue. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxvi, in Poems (1878) IV. 155 He..Emulated more to Dye. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > be jealous or envious of [verb (transitive)] emule1595 emulate1611 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) v. sig. L2v I begin to emulate thy death. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 207 An opposite faction which emulated his goodnesse. 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms lxxiii. 3 I æmulated, and stomached their prosperity. 5. In occasional uses: ΚΠ 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xlvii. 17 We see the early rising sunne With his faire beames to emulate our sight. b. To excite the emulation of. rare. ΚΠ 1804 W. Monson in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 529 Each emulated the other to deeds of glory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1604v.1586 |
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