单词 | impressed |
释义 | impressedadj.1 1. That is pressed or forced in, stamped upon something; stamped, marked by pressure or with impressions; in Zoology and Botany, having an appearance of being stamped in; sunk in, depressed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [adjective] impresseda1420 enstamped1595 impress1704 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > depression or cavity capsulary1615 vesiculara1682 capsular1727 follicular1743 alveolar1816 antral1820 celluliferous1822 fossiform1824 impressed1826 sacciform1836 vestibular1836 ventricular1841 vestibulary1843 saccular1861 tubero-cystic1879 scrobicular1888 tubulosaccularc1900 vacuolized1910 cisternal1920 lacunate1957 vesiculating1966 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 644 I hertles was ay thurghe myne impressede drede. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. vii. 349 Which species..because they are imprinted by the objects they come from upon the outward senses, are therefore in their first state called impressed species, images, or phantoms. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 284 Inaurate..when striæ or other impressed parts have a metallic splendour. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) v. 58 Seeds angular, impressed, brown speckled. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 216 Shell smooth or plaited, dorsal valve frequently impressed. 1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. (ed. 2) ii. 28 Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force. 2. Of an electromotive force or potential difference: applied by some external means. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [adjective] > applied by external means impressed1881 1881 Jrnl. Soc. Telegr. Engineers & Electricians 10 271 Let M be the induction through the coil when its plane is at right angles to the lines of force of the external field, wt the angle turned through from this plane at time t..; then Mw sin wt is the impressed e.m.f. in the coil. 1929 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 408/1 A small current flows into the excited winding sufficient to produce a counter voltage equal to the impressed voltage. 1948 A. L. Albert Radio Fund. v. 128 If the impressed voltage is divided by the input current of any line, a value of impedance is obtained, and for any line this is called the input impedance. 1973 Sci. Amer. Oct. 125/1 Leakage through the capacitor should not exceed 10−10 ampere at an impressed potential of 10 volts. Derivatives imˈpressedly adv. /-ɪdlɪ/ in an impressed manner. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [adverb] > in an impressed manner impressedly1640 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. ii. 203 Penetrating and insinuating remedies..convay more easily and impressedly the virtue thereof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). impressedadj.2 Enlisted; compelled to serve. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [adjective] > relating to compulsory enlistment > compelled to enlist compelled1541 impressed1608 conscribed1654 pressed1705 lotted1758 conscript1804 conscripted1807 press-ganged1882 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 49 To..turne our imprest launces in our eyes Which doe commaund them. View more context for this quotation 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 235 You subject the impressed man to the same severities with the volunteer. 1803 Naval Chron. 9 417 Volunteers and impressed men from the fleet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1a1420adj.21608 |
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