单词 | exciting |
释义 | excitingn. The action of excite v. Also an instance of it. †Phrase, at (of, by) exciting of: by the instigation of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun] eschaufingc1386 excitinga1387 excitationc1400 flustering1422 exagitation1603 upstirring1613 suscitation1646 exsuscitation1692 flushing1775 animation1817 excitement1830 piquing1855 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 133 At exitynge of quarta decimanorum þat helde Esterday þe xiiije day of þe mone Chedde was i-take. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) i. ii. 3 Yf that my pylgrim hath ought done..of thyne excytyng. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxix. f. cxiiv A company of them by the exityng of Hurkus..folowed the kynges hoost. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xciii. [lxxxix.] 279 The chiefe excytyng of these maters came by the kynges uncles. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §354 It must proceed..from the Quickning and Exciting of the Natural heat. a1633 G. Herbert Priest to Temple (1652) xxii. 92 Wanting many excitings of grace [when not attending the Communion]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). excitingadj. a. That excites. exciting cause n. (chiefly Pathology) that which immediately causes disease, etc.; opposed to predisposing cause. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective] stirring1421 excitative1490 rousing1576 animating1595 excitant1608 exciteful?1615 spirit-stirringa1616 spiritous1624 excitatinga1643 exagitating1646 fermentive1656 awakening1694 electrifying1746 upstirring1751 electrical1760 thrilling1768 excitive1774 proceleusmatic1775 electric1789 inspiriting1796 fermentitious1807 exciting1811 red-hot1835 hair-raising1838 suscitating1840 arousing1841 sizzling1845 zesty1853 excitory1861 throbbing1864 buzzing1882 ding-dong1887 thrillful1887 stir-up1890 large1895 thrilly1896 high voltage1909 voltaic1920 sizzly1936 Boy's Own1967 hot shit1967 crunk1995 1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Exciting cause. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xiii. 253 Story after story..followed each other with the most exciting haste. 1834 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 57/1 The exciting causes of hepatitis may be enumerated as follows. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. i. 9 Principles..exciting rather than directing. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 542 The public attention was occupied by other and far more exciting subjects. a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) i. 13 Certain acts and forbearances considered as the exciting cause of disposition on the part of others. b. That excites an electric current, a magnetic field, an atom, etc., a spectrum, or radioactivity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [adjective] > charging with magnetic properties magnetizing1787 exciting1884 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > [adjective] > creating activity exciting1884 the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > decomposition of light, spectrum > [adjective] > causing emission exciting1914 the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > making radioactive > [adjective] exciting1926 the world > matter > physics > quantum theory > raising energy level, excitation > [adjective] exciting1967 1884 F. Krohn tr. G. Glaser de Cew Magneto- & Dynamo-electr. Machines 218 When the thickness of the exciting coil is equal to the diameter of the iron core. 1914 O. W. Richardson Electron Theory of Matter xx. 532 When the green mercury line is used for excitation it is found that..the fluorescent lines are made up of fine lines having a structure similar to the..absorption lines covered by the exciting spectrum. 1926 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity v. 51 The initial velocity of the β-rays excited in matter by γ-rays is independent of the intensity of the γ-rays... On the other hand, the initial velocity is dependent on the hardness of the exciting γ-radiation. 1964 N. N. Hancock Matrix Anal. Electr. Machinery viii. 113 All the exciting functions (i.e. applied voltages and currents). 1967 E. U. Condon & H. Odishaw Handbk. Physics (ed. 2) vi. vii. 145/1 Absorption of the exciting radiation..produces only excited Hg199 atoms. Derivatives exˈcitingly adv. in an exciting manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adverb] stirringly1382 rousingly1653 animatingly1778 electrically1786 stimulantly1814 thrillinglya1822 excitingly1860 hair-raisingly1906 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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