| 单词 | first motor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst (also prime) motor 1. A person who or thing which imparts motion. In full first (also prime) motor. extracted from motorn.adj. a. God as creator of the world and prime mover of celestial objects. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > in philosophy moverc1385 motor1447 First Causer1526 union1565 monad1642 monas1768 over-soul1841 ens realissimum1847 socius1890 ens necessarium1900 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 6526 (MED) Vndyrstonde þat oon yet myhtyere is Than al þem, of alle þe creatour, Vnmeuable & of alle oþir þe motour. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum 855 God..which is not onely the first beginning as Motor, but as the forme and end, and last act. 1600 E. Wilkinson Thameseidos iii. 544 And thankt the motor of the whirling Spheres, That had not them forgot drowned in teares. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 26 From God, that is the true Prime Moter. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. iii. 51 Al our movements or motions are from God as the prime Motor... Is he not then the first Cause and Motor of al our motions? Doth not Aristotle..strongly demonstrate, That al our natural motions must arise from one first immobile Motor? 1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xix. 498 God exists, for it is the necessary principle and end of everything, the first motor. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > sphere of ancient astronomy > [noun] > primum mobile first firmamentc1386 first movablec1400 first-movingc1400 first mobilea1475 primum mobilea1475 first movera1550 primovant1570 motor1586 primovable1625 highest movable1669 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. 197 f. 37v How the Heauens and Planets make their neuer ceasing course, Vnder their Motor first and great, from whence they had their source. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. vi. 136 The earth is not mooved, by reason of her heavinesse,..being far from this first motor [Sp. primer mobil]. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates > first or chief moverc1385 motor1600 prime mover1633 actuator1652 apostle1810 prophet1842 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 187 One of the first moters [It. principali motori] of this popular humour which made him king. a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 93 Bagnall that was prime motor in the counties of Katarlagh and Kilkeny. a1665 G. Wilde Loves Hospitall (1973) iv. vi. 89 Yr fathers minde Was ye revealed cause; but ye first motor The very swada of't was thy selfe Facetia. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1711) I. xxii. 149 The Fruits of publick Commotion are seldom enjoyed by him who was the first Motor. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > which sets other parts moving motion1605 motor1656 messenger1929 servo motor1932 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 41 Whose prime moter or spring..being set true,..the outward wheeles, motions and indications cannot go amisse. 1849 Sci. Amer. 11 Aug. 369/3 They [sc. Pitcher's regulators] answer for all prime motors, water wheels, engines, etc. 1890 Cent. Dict. Power-house,..a building especially provided to contain the prime motor or motors from which power is conveyed to the driven machinery. 1921 Conquest Oct. 510/2 It appears to have solved the problem generally of how gradually and smoothly to take up and transmit the power of a prime mover or motor. < as lemmas |
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