单词 | frostbitten |
释义 | frostbittenadj. 1. Injured, damaged, or killed by exposure to extreme cold; spec. affected by frostbite. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > frost-bite frostbitten1530 frostbit1604 frosted1623 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > damaged by exposure to frost frostbitten1530 frostnippeda1607 frosted1623 frostified1900 1530 G. Joye tr. M. Bucer Psalter of Dauid f. 127 Theyr fygtreis were froste bitene. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 61 Farre poorer then poore frost-bitten Snakes. 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. G This poore piteous perplexed miscreant either finallie despaire; or like a lanke frost-bitten plant looseth hys vigor or spirit by little and little. 1617 T. Taylor Davids Learning 278 Were it not madnesse to say..that the frost-bitten rootes, and blasted blades should neuer spring forth to flower or seed? 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ vi. 78 The leaves also gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, afford the best and easiest mattresses in the world. 1700 Acts Assembly Pennsylvania (1762) I. 11 If any Person..offer to Sale any Trash or Seconds, rotten or frost bitten Tobacco, or such [etc.]. 1783 R. Robertson Observ. Jail, Hospital, or Ship Fever 85 One old rheumatic patient, three scorbutic, one of whom was frost-bitten. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 645 The stiffness of a frost-bitten part..may be owing..to the fixation by cold, of the oil contained in the cellular membrane. 1865 C. Dickens Let. 1 Mar. (1999) XI. 21 I have been laid up here with a frost-bitten foot. 1917 G. M. Knocker Let. 16 Dec. in Diary & Lett. World War I Fighter Pilot (2008) 107 My frost bitten chin is much better & with my chin piece I can fly in perfect comfort. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 23 Sept. 789/1 No blood loss occurred from the frost-bitten extremities. 2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Sept. 18/2 He staked mining claims and shilled the famous ‘sour-toe cocktail’ (a dismembered, frostbitten human toe pickled in Yukon Jack liqueur) at the Sourdough Saloon. 2. Cold-hearted, lacking warmth of feeling. Also (of a feeling, the heart, etc.): chilled, numbed, hurt. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold or lacking warm feeling winter-coldOE coldc1175 cheald1340 umbrous1483 key-colda1535 frosty1548 frostbitten1564 icy1567 wintry1579 cold-hearteda1616 unwarmeda1625 dry1637 cool1641 frigidal1651 frigid1658 thieveless1725 cool-hearted1748 wintry1748 chill1751 cold as charity1795 freezing1813 ice-cold1815 chilly1841 impersonal1846 pincé1858 ice-cool1891 touch-me-not-ish1895 marmorean1902 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Feuer Pestilence (new ed.) f. 10 Skelton satte in the corner of a Piller, with a froste bitten [1564 (ed. 1) frostie bitten] face. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Dv These frost-bitten prelates sembled thus Would otherwise haue all their causes ended. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 34 The Captaine, when hee heard me say so, was frost-bitten. a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 27 Frost bitten Love, Frozen Affections! 1797 Hist. U.S. for 1796 ii. 72 It is trusted that every reader will heartily despise such a frost-bitten pedagogue. 1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 23 His politeness, however seemingly deferential, had a frost-bitten air, as if it had lain out over night and got the rheumatics before it came in. 1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 60 She's 'ad what I may call a frost-bitten life of it. 1987 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 1 Nov. It may be in vogue to say that frostbitten executives should be able to get in touch with their feelings and express them openly. 2003 M. Grimes Foul Matter (2004) v. 29 He..rolled the glass between his hands across his chest as if to warm a frostbitten heart. CompoundsΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation chokingc1440 prefocation1684 stifling1711 gulping1733 frost-bitten asphyxy1822 stifle1823 choke1839 chokiness1844 gulp1873 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 570 In frost-bitten asphyxy, or that produced by intense cold, the limbs are rigid, and the countenance pale and shrivelled. This variety is always preceded by an insurmountable desire to sleep. 1848 A. G. Hull J. Laurie's Homœopathic Domest. Med. (ed. 4) ii. 425 An individual is found in a state of frost-bitten asphyxy, arising from exposure to intense cold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1530 |
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