单词 | irregular attendant |
释义 | > as lemmasirregular attendant 4. In reference to time or motion: Unequal or uneven in continuance, occurrence, or succession; occurring at variously unequal rates or intervals. Hence of an agent: Doing something at irregular intervals or times; as an irregular attendant, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular chopping1483 wavering1488 interpolate1547 suspensive1575 off and on1583 remitting1583 intermissive1586 fluttering1590 aguisha1602 intermittent1603 irregular1608 broken1629 intermitting1643 serratile1707 serrine1707 scattering1709 serratic1753 now-and-then1762 remittent1791 fitful1810 non-periodic1836 spasmodic1837 startful1837 interlusory1853 heterochronic1854 heterochronous1854 between-whiles1859 snatchy1861 sporadic1861 spasmodical1864 catchy1869 pauseful1877 aperiodic1879 scratchy1881 nervy1884 spurty1894 off-again on-again1923 on-again off-again1946 on-off1949 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 125 Every thing is presently brought to a most irregular, and confused motion. 1609 Chapman Descr. Fever in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 252 Languor-chill trembling, fits irregulare. 1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables ix. 311 When a child would catch a grass~hopper, its motions are so irregular, that he finds it very difficult at all to come near it. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 27 Her breathing was short and irregular. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iii. 93 The most curious thing about this fountain is the irregular flow of the water. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius v. 145 At irregular intervals a different kind of cloud rises. < as lemmas |
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