单词 | emigration |
释义 | emigrationn. 1. a. gen. The action of migrating or departing out of a particular place or set of surroundings. In early examples often applied to the departure of the soul from the body, either literally by death, or figuratively with reference to ecstatic rapture. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [noun] > migration from particular place emigration1646 1646 Bp. J. Hall Balme of Gilead 340 A scorching triall (upon the emigration) in flames little inferiour..to those of hell. 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) iii. ix. 171 The Emigration of humane Souls from the bodies by Ecstasy. 1678 Bp. J. Taylor Funeral Serm. 250 Frequent Aspirations and Emigrations of his Soul after God. 1756 Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 175 There is an emigration of a great number from hence to sea. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. li. 482 Successive emigrations [of air-bubbles] towards the upper parts of the tube. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. Introd. 57 A new confirmation of the vegetable harmonies of Nature founded on the emigration of plants. ΚΠ 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Exhort. §12 Jesus had some..acts of emigration beyond the lines of his even and ordinary conversation. 2. esp. The departure of persons from one country, usually their native land, to settle permanently in another. Also attributive, as in emigration-agent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [noun] transplanting1608 outcrease1625 evasiona1659 emigrationa1676 outmigration1936 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 240 (R.) Plethory hath many times occasioned emigrations. 1768–71 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 198 It highly behoves us to stop immediately all further emigrations. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 125 Those melancholy emigrations..from the Islands..of Scotland. 1833 J. Wade Hist. Middle & Working Classes (1835) 106 The practicability of emigration as a means of relief. 1867 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. i. 9 An overflow which in civilised times is an emigration, is in barbarous times an invasion. 3. The whole body of persons who emigrate. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > emigrant > collectively emigration1865 1865 J. Bright Speeches Amer. Question 207 Of all the emigration from this country..a mere trifle went South. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1646 |
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