单词 | antipodes |
释义 | antipodesn. With pl. and sing. concord. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of opposite sides of antipodesa1398 counterpacer1556 antichthones1601 Antipodean1640 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lii. 754 Byȝonde [in Ethiopia] ben þe Antipodes, men þat hauen here feet aȝens our feet. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 93 People..called of the Greeks and Latines also ἀντίποδες, Antipodes, as you might say Counterfooted, or Counterpasers. 1600 Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 127 We should hold day with the Antipodes, if you would walke in absence of the sunne. View more context for this quotation 1682 in Phil. Collect. XII. 181 These Antipodes..indeavoured to begin a truck or Merchandize with the Yacht. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. iii. vii. 275 Men, placed as the Antipodes are represented. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. i. 254 The existence of Antipodes, or persons inhabiting the opposite side of the globe. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite point > one who is opposed antipodes1605 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of opposite sides of > resembling antipodes1605 1605 Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. C2v, He will neuer be one of the Antipodes, to tread opposite to the present world. View more context for this quotation 1611 A. Stafford Niobe To Reader, My soul is an antipode, and treads opposite to the present world. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. ii. 32 Christians were forced to be Antipodes to other men, so that when it was night with others, it was day with them. 1688 in D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. (1717) iv. 302 Antipods to all Mankind, Enemies to Government. 3. Places on the surfaces of the earth directly opposite to each other, or the place which is directly opposite to another; esp. the region directly opposite to one's own. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > antipodes antipodesc1550 underworld1847 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 40 The place that is direct contrar til our zenych is callit antipodes. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 40 Lactantius firmien..scornis the mathematiciens that effermis antipodos. 1600 Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 248, I will go on the slightest arrand now to the Antypodes. View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell v. 75 From the remotest parts of the Earth..yea from the very Antipods. 1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia i. 4 New Zealand, almost the antipodes of Britain. 4. a. transf. The exact opposite of a person or thing. (In this sense the sing. antipode is still used.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something contraryc1386 reversec1405 the contraverse1480 nothing less?1520 contrariety1532 negative1532 oppositive1561 different1571 diameter1579 contrariwise1588 opposition1594 counterpoint1599 oppositea1616 other thing1628 antipodes1641 inverse1645 contra1648 contrast1754 converse1786 contrariant1848 antipole1856 obverse1862 antithetic1863 contradictory1874 antipathy- 1641 Ld. Digby Speech Parl. 19 Jan. 15 Would not one sweare that this were the Antipodes to the other? a1667 A. Cowley Avarice in Wks. (1710) II. 754 Having nothing, he has all: This is just his Antipode, who, having all things, yet has nothing. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 25 Fools..are Antipodes unto the Wise. 1793 R. Burns Let. 20 Feb. (2003) II. 184 That antipode of Folly,..the wise & witty Willie Nicol! 1809 A. Knox & J. Jebb Corr. I. 515, I soberly believe, that selfishness is the very antipode of self-love. 1863 C. Cowden Clarke Shakespeare-characters v. 120 Iago is the direct antipodes to Michael Cassio. 1867 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes xviii. 77 Forbes he hated, for he was the very antipode to..himself. b. at antipodes phr. in direct opposition. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > [adverb] at antipodes1868 1868 Lessons Mid. Age 232 When you feel that you are at antipodes with a man on almost all points. ΚΠ 1643 Char. Oxf. Incendiary in Harl. Misc. (1745) V. 474/2 The Man lives towards the Sun-setting, treads Antipodes of late to Victory. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 23 Two Vessels, placed there Antipodes to each other. a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. I. 493 He walkt Antipodes to the Genius of that Age. 6. Chem. (with pronunc. /ˈæntɪpəʊdz/); sing. antipode. An enantio-morphic compound. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > [noun] > compounds > types > an enantio-morphic compound antipodes1897 1897 Kipping & Pope in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 71 991 Whilst retaining the name racemic compound for a substance belonging to class (a), we propose..to call those belonging to class (b) pseudoracemic, in order to distinguish them from mere mixtures of the two antipodes on the one hand, and from racemic compounds on the other. 1918 J. B. Cohen Org. Chem. Advanced Students (ed. 2) ii. iii. 169 The two complementary active forms are variously termed active components, antipodes, or enantiomorphs. 1947 A. J. Mee tr. P. Karrer Org. Chem. (ed. 3) iv. 96 Two such isomerides, which differ neither in chemical nor in general physical properties, but which rotate the plane of polarization of light by the same amount, one to the right, the other to the left, are called antipodes, or enantiomorphic forms. 1951 S. Coffey tr. J. P. Wibaut Org. Chem. viii. 218 Cases are also known in which mixed crystals of the optical antipodes separate (pseudo-racemic mixed crystals). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2011). < n.a1398 |
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