单词 | energetic |
释义 | energeticadj.n. A. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > in operation workfulOE operant?a1425 operative?a1425 inworking1587 energetical1595 afloat1604 working1609 energetic1629 active1641 energizing1751 energic1786 operating1825 functioning1835 running1842 functionating1884 functional1892 1629 A. Richardson Logicians School-master Pref. 15 Art is the wisedome of God, but yet as it is energetick in the thing, so it is called Ars. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV ii. v. 322 Some..make these divine Ideas to be also energetic and operative causes of things. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. i. 4 If then we will conceive of God truly..we must look upon him..as a Being Eternally Energetick. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly mightyeOE strongeOE virtuous1340 rich?c1450 prevalent?a1475 energical1565 powerful?1567 powerable1580 magnipotent1599 virulent1599 validous1603 Herculanean1604 multipotent1609 energetical1610 prevailent1623 energetic1642 valid1656 energic1663 drastic1808 1642 F. Kinnaston Leoline & Sydanis 8 This Caitiffe..muttered a Spell, Which had an energetick force from hell. For by it was he maleficiated. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 204 An energetick remedy. 1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 (Rivington ed.) 68/2 There are..few bodies more yielding than the filaments of cotton, and yet it was their friction which was the most energetic of all the means I employed in producing heat. 1796 N. Potter Ess. Medicinal Properties Arsenic 30 Arsenic merits that character.., by its sudden and energetic action on the several systems it affects. 1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 33 A most energetic force presiding over the internal constitution of bodies. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 141 I..found an energetic polarity in a mass at some distance below the summit. 1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. vi. 151 Take..the most energetic chemicals known to us, and in the proper proportion for giving the greatest amount of heat by actual chemical combination. 1922 Eccl. Rev. July 89 No matter what the occasion or cause of the wounded heart and soul may be, we stand in need of an energetic remedy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] sensiblea1393 eloquent1393 rhetoricc1450 mightya1500 pithy1529 grave1541 pithful1548 weighty1560 sappy1563 emphatical1567 fasta1568 thwacking1567 forceful1571 enforceable1589 energetical1596 eloquious1599 sinewy1600 emphatic1602 sinewed1604 strong1604 tonitruous1606 nervose1645 nervous1663 energetic1674 energic1683 strong1685 cogent1718 lapidary1724 forcible1726 authoritative1749 terse1777 telling1819 vigorous1821 sturdy1822 tonitruant1861 meaty1874 vertebrate1882 energized1887 jawy1898 heavy1970 1674 T. Rymer tr. R. Rapin Refl. Aristotle's Treat. Poesie 138 But with all his strong expressions, energetick terms, and great flashes of eloquence, he makes little impression. 1734 tr. Quintilian Institutio Oratoria x. i, in tr. C. Rollin Method teaching & studying Belles Lettres II. 248 Æschines indeed is less energetic; but he distinguishes himself by his diction. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. ii. 263 The narrower the compass of words is, wherein the thought is comprised, the more energetic is the expression. 1828 R. Whately Elements Rhetoric iii. ii. 238 Dr. Johnson..is certainly on the whole an Energetic writer, though he would have been much more so, had not an over-attention to the roundness and majestic sound of his sentences..led him so frequently into a faulty redundancy. 1866 Melbourne Punch 6 Sept. 79/1 He seldom spoke; but when he gave utterance to his thoughts, his language was refined, energetic, elegant, and poetic. 4. Of movement, activity, speech, art, etc.: characterized by, carried out with, or conveying vigour or force; emphatic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > carried out or proceeding with vigour stiffc1250 busyc1275 greatc1275 sternc1275 smart?a1400 stark1489 thronga1525 vigorous1524 stout1582 intensive1605 spiritful?1611 warm1627 intense1645 mettlesome1645 spirited1670 mettled1682 sturdy1697 energetic1700 vivid1702 robustful1800 toughish1840 lively1844 full out1920 1700 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote I. ii. v. 115 To have his Mistress..still present to his mind.., and with soft amorous energetick Looks implore her Favour and Protection. 1785 Morning Post 29 Oct. Her performance was generally delicate, and frequently energetic and vigorous. 1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion i. v. 120 The active and energetic respiration attendant on cheerfulness and buoyancy of spirits. 1886 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 378 Unless energetic measures are taken the vineyards of Portugal will be ruined. 1909 M. E. Hume-Griffith Behind Veil in Persia & Turkish Arabia i. v. 64 Just after midnight, we heard a very energetic coo-ing ahead of us, and knew that at last we were within sound of rest and food. 1962 Limestone Democrat (Athens, Alabama) 8 May 1/5 His presence in the governor's chair will give Alabama the strong, energetic leadership it has been needing. 2013 N.Y. Amsterdam News 11 July 18/2 Every evening of the festival kicked off with energetic dance performances by Bronx-based public performance group Dancing in the Streets. 5. Of a person, group, etc.: full of energy or vitality; strenuously active; vigorous; (also) dynamic; spirited; lively. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] sprindeOE livelyOE kaskc1300 wightc1300 courageousc1386 wighty14.. wieldya1413 ablec1440 tall of hand1530 sappy1558 energical1565 energetical1585 greenya1586 stout1600 strenuous1602 forceful?1624 actuous1626 vigorous1638 vivid1638 high-spirited1653 hearty1665 actuose1677 living1699 full-blooded1707 executive1708 rugged1731 sousing1735 energic1740 bouncing1743 two-fisted1774 energetic1782 zestful1797 rollicking1801 through-ganging1814 throughgoing1814 slashing1828 high-powered1829 high pressure1834 rip-roaring1834 red-blooded1836 ripsnorting1846 zesty1853 dynamic1856 throbbing1864 goey1875 torpedoic1893 kinky1903 zippy1903 go-at-it1904 punchy1907 up-and-at-'em1909 driving1916 vibranta1929 kinetic1931 zinging1931 high-octane1936 zingy1938 slam-bang1939 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 ass-kicking1977 hi-octane1977 1782 S. Rogers Poems on Var. Occasions I. 289 A mind like Milton's, so energetic and well-informed, could not err but from conviction of rectitude. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France 164 The active and energetick part of the French nation, itself the most active and energetick of all nations. 1831 F. W. Beechey Narr. Voy. to Pacific I. x. 232 Though unable to rise from his bed, his mind was active and unimpaired; and when the conversation turned upon the affairs of the island he was quite energetic. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 99 All men are energetic when they are making a beginning. 1907 W. B. Maxwell Hill Rise iii. 56 Voices of energetic tennis players rang out cheerily. 1986 Sunday Express Mag. 31 Aug. 59/1 You can slip it on when you feel energetic enough to tackle a mucky job in the garden. 2003 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 23 Feb. f10 This bright, energetic young man did not disappoint his mentors. 6. Science. Full of energy (energy n. 6a(a)); in a high energy state. Also: of or relating to energy; involving the transfer or release of energy. ΚΠ 1872 B. Stewart Physics 48 A body is full of energy..when [it]..is in actual motion, or when it is in rapid vibration, or when it is heated, or when it is electrified, and we shall therefore class energetic bodies under these four divisions. 1920 Sci. Amer. 19 June 677/3 The motor will operate under the action of sunlight or an electric lamp or any other source of energetic radiation, visible or invisible. 1955 R. P. Bell tr. J. N. Brønsted Princ. & Probl. Energetics vii. 113 Certain quantities of entropy and volume..are determined by the energetic state of each part of the system. 1979 Sci. News 27 Jan. 57/1 A puff of energetic electrons coming out of the heart of the quasar produces radio by synchrotron emission. 2016 J. R. Gott in N. deG. Tyson et al. Welcome to Universe iii. xviii. 287 That matter–antimatter explosion would be 89 trillion times as energetic as the explosion caused by two normal trucks hitting each other at 100 miles per hour. 7. Of or relating to the power or fuel required to operate machines, electrical devices, etc. ΚΠ 1946 Sikeston (Missouri) Standard 11 Jan. 7/4 With our energetic resources diminishing, we must look forward to a new type of power. 1972 Intermet Bull. Oct. 38/1 She [sc. Russia] accounts for 55 to 60 percent of world coal reserves..and about one third of all the energetic potential of this globe. 1990 C. E. Zoppo in W. C. Potter Internat. Nucl. Trade & Nonproliferation xv. 335 Civilian nuclear activities..connected with the growth and management of the national energetic capacity. 2007 B. Cook & K. Pister in B. Otis & J. Rabaey Ultra-low Power Wireless Technol. for Sensor Networks viii. 143 In this chapter, we will explore the energetic requirements of RF wireless communication from both a theoretical and practical standpoint. B. n. With the and plural agreement. Energetic people collectively. ΚΠ 1797 Voice of Truth to People of Eng. 16 Infancy..and age..given to the blade of the guillotine..with the vigorous, the bold, and the energetic. 1828 R. Whately Elements Rhetoric iii. iii. 270 Many others, who are allowed to be elegant, are yet by no means reckoned among the vigorous and energetic. 1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 136 The world belongs to the energetic, belongs to the wise. 1956 A. Fox in Socialist Comm. May 13/1 The energetic, the ambitious and the ruthless are carefully sifted out and helped towards their destined positions of dominance. 2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 53/1 For the energetic, a more alluring prospect is actually standing on the Roof of Africa. 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