单词 | influent |
释义 | influentadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Flowing in (in early use in astrological sense). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [adjective] > flowing of influential fluid from stars influent1471 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > in or together influent1607 inflowing1611 inpouring1853 interfluent1872 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Ep. iii. in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 114 Phebus it smiteth with his Heate influent. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 42 [The sun] Defundand fra hys sege etheriall Glaid influent aspectis celicall. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 143 By [wearing] them the aflicted place receiueth a double reliefe; first, it resisteth the influent humors. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells v. 274 Stars, luminous and cleare..full of influent vertue. 1704 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 4) ii. 320 The refluent Blood..is a pondus to the influent Blood. a1800 W. Cowper tr. J. Milton Elegies i. 9 Where Thames, with influent tide, My native city laves. 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 713/2 One of the influent streams. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > infusing or infused influentc1445 instillant?1504 instincta1538 infused1577 indrunk1662 infusive1728 inspirative1797 c1445 J. Lydgate Testament in Minor Poems (1840) 241 I now purpoose, by thy grace influent, To write a tretys. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1096 Þe hey and nobyll Inflventt grace of..Iesus. 1739 J. Huxham Ess. Fevers (1750) ii. 26 The Constitution of the Solids and Fluids..may be so far depressed as to bring on the low Influent, or slow nervous Fever. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 200 Born Of effluent or influent Deity. 1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 331 Living through God's influent life. 2. Exercising celestial or astral influence or occult power. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [adjective] influent1430 starry1561 influential1570 sideral1611 influxious1644 ruling1659 influous1662 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes ix. Envoye An heuenli signe bi Influent pourueiaunce Sent from aboue to shewe Edwardis riht. 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age in Wks. (1874) III. 217 If the Moones spheare can any helpe infuse, Or any influent Starre. ?1615 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) Ep. Ded. 46 As th' influent stone..Lifts high the heavy iron. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 23 Multitudinous mountains..panting from their full deep hearts Beneath the influent heavens. 1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 93 No influent star endeared me, Unknown, unrecked, unproved! ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > exercising influence influent1632 influencing1718 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 89 So tumultuous were the disordered Souldiers, and the occasions of revenge and quarrellings so influent. 1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. ix. §2. 174 [Humility] is more operative and influent upon others, then any other vertue. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 31 I finde no office..assigned unto Dr. Cox..who was vertually influent upon all. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Def. xiii. 178 The old may have the same effects influent on our times. B. n. 1. A river or stream which flows into another or into a lake; a tributary, an affluent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [noun] succour1596 creek1622 kill1669 sidestream1715 feeder1795 tribute-river1820 tributary1822 affluent1829 confluent1849 sub-river1849 influent1859 1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 116 The Rumuma river..a southern influent or a bifurcation of the Mukondokwa. 1881 Academy 21 May 366/3 One of the largest influents of the Zambesi. 2. Ecology. An organism which affects the ecological balance of a plant or animal community. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun] colonist1839 benthos1891 land form1897 heterotroph1900 autotroph1901 epibenthos1902 specialist1902 microaerophile1903 nitrifier1903 consumer1904 nitrogen fixer1904 producer1904 indicator1906 psychrophile1906 thermophil1909 sulphuretum1925 influent1926 halobiont1928 halophile1928 mesophile1928 oligosaprobe1931 saprobe1932 eurytope1938 stenotope1938 photoautotroph1939 chemoautotroph1943 prototroph1946 mixotrophy1948 chemolithoautotroph1949 auxotroph1950 chemoheterotroph1951 chemoorganotroph1953 chemolithotroph1955 chemotroph1958 osmophile1961 psychrotroph1963 saprotroph1963 generalist1964 opportunist1967 cryophile1970 1926 V. E. Shelford in Ecology VII. 389 Professor [F. E.] Clements kindly suggested the term influent to cover those organisms which have important relations in the biotic balance and interaction. 1935 Ecology XVI. 399 Migratory species..are frequently seasonal influents classed in seasonal communities in two biomes. 1938 J. E. Weaver & F. E. Clements Plant Ecol. (ed. 2) xviii. 478 It is more convenient to employ a distinct term and call them [sc. animals] influents in reference to their abundance and corresponding importance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1430 |
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