| 单词 | esp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasESP ESP n. extrasensory perception, the faculty of perceiving things by means other than the known senses, e.g., by telepathy or clairvoyance. ΚΠ 1934 J. B. Rhine Extra-sensory Perception 3 Let us merely say..‘perception by means that are outside of the recognized senses’, and indicate this meaning by ‘Extra-Sensory Perception’ or E.S.P. 1946 A. Huxley Perennial Philos. ii. 36 When tests for ESP can be repeated under standardized conditions, the subject..achieves..a measure of scientific respectability. 1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 4 As I turned away and walked towards the elevator, my ESP told me she was smirking to herself. 2012 N.Y. Mag. 20 Aug. 56/1 She describes herself as being ‘psychic-intuitive’, which is something like having ESP. ESP ESP n. electrostatic precipitator, a device for removing particulate matter from a gas by passing it between electrodes; = precipitator n. 2b(b). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > miscellaneous apparatus bain1477 speculum1650 filtering paper1651 wheel-fire1662 filter paper1670 sun furnace1763 respirator1789 candle-ball1794 rectifier1822 candle-bomb1823 filter1823 oxyhydrogen blowpipe1823 shade1837 graduator1839 pipette1839 thistle funnel1849 pressure tube1852 ozonizer1858 dialyser1861 Liebig condenser1861 Sprengel pump1866 Sprengel tube1866 water softener1867 mercury pump1869 Bunsen burner1870 dialysator1877 test-mixer1877 tube-condenser1877 Kipp1879 reflux condenser1880 policeman1888 converter1889 pressure boiler1891 spot plate1896 hydrogen electrode1898 sampler1902 reactor1903 fume-chamber1905 Permutit1910 microburner1911 salt bridge1915 precipitator1919 Raschig ring1920 microneedle1921 titrator1928 laboratory coatc1936 spray tower1937 precipitron1938 ion exchanger1941 potentiostat1942 chemostat1950 Knudsen pipette1951 pH-stat1956 cryopump1958 1951 Jrnl. South Afr. Inst. Mech. Engineers Nov. 87/2 The force which impels a dust particle in an E.S.P. towards the collector is proportional to the product of the electric field..and the charge the particle requires. 2002 K. B. Schnelle & C. A. Brown Air Pollution Control Technol. Handbk. xxiv. 361 The high-voltage power supply issues were resolved sufficiently well so that the ESPs could operate at about 80 to 90% removal efficiency. ESP ESP n. English for specific (or special) purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > extrasensory perception cryptaesthesia1911 extra-sensory perception1934 ESP1974 society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > English language teaching ELT1952 ESL1959 EFL1965 ESOL1966 ESP1974 1974 Internat. Rev. Appl. Linguistics in Lang. Teaching 12 2 Whereas one talked previously in general terms of ELT, we now have such acronymic variations as ESP (English for Special Purposes). 1976 Stud. Sci. Educ. (Univ. Leeds) 3 63 ESP requires that teachers of English should define the aims of each language course with great precision, and devise teaching syllabuses and materials that lead only to those ends. 2006 TESOL Q. 40 151 At a Japanese-owned auto plant in the Midwestern United States..on-site ESP classes have been offered for the English-speaking Japanese managers. < as lemmas |
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