单词 | etiolized |
释义 | etiolizedadj. Chiefly Botany. Now rare. = etiolated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] huelessc1000 whiteOE plainc1330 uncoloured1538 undyed1538 colourless1610 blank1667 unteinted1745 achromatic1759 achromic1762 etiolated1784 tintless1789 unshaded1823 achromatous1845 untinted1849 unpigmented1853 achromatistous1878 achromous1878 achroous1878 decolorized1879 etiolized1880 untoned1897 1880 Army Med. Dept. Rep. 1878 20 184 It is said that..the fact of being confined induces a feeling of imprisonment in them which leads to their committing excesses when they get out, that they become etiolised by confinement, and that their general health standard becomes lowered. 1884 Trans. Victoria Inst. 40 The young shoots, pale, etiolised, and delicate from the hour they show their tiny leaves. 1917 Science 4 May 439/1 After one month the six leaves in the dark..had produced only 3 etiolized shoots. 1933 M. Summers Victorian Ghost Stories Introd. p. xii Little wonder we look back with a longing sigh to the roseate years of the Gay Victorians! How etiolized, sapless and blanched are our jollities to-day! 1982 Plant Physiol. 69 1109/1 Sources of free indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) for the mesocotyl of intact etiolized maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings are evaluated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1880 |
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