单词 | irresoluble |
释义 | irresolubleadj. Not resoluble. 1. Incapable of being resolved into elements, or dissolved in water, or liquefied; indissoluble; insoluble. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > insolubility irresoluble1666 indissolvable1675 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qual. in Wks. (1772) III. 105 Induring the fire, and, which is the main, irresoluble by water. 1674 R. Boyle About Excellency & Grounds Mech. Hypothesis 25 in Excellency Theol. The productions of Chymical analyses are simple bodies, and upon that account irresoluble. 1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health ii. 30 Th' irresoluble oil..in floods Of rancid bile o'erflows. 2. Incapable of being loosened and dispelled or relieved. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [adjective] > impossible to dispel or relieve irresoluble1646 1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 107 With many moe almost irresoluble scruples. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. ix. 333 The second is in the irresoluble condition of our soules after a knowne sin. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 10 A Maid laboured of irresoluble Obstructions. 1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 265 The progress of disease is slow,—phthisis scarcely making itself felt till it has stealthily got an irresoluble hold on life. 3. Incapable of being solved or explained; insoluble. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved insoluble1393 unresolvable1604 inextricable1613 indissolvable1637 unriddleable1647 irresolvable1660 unsolvible1664 insolvable1693 unsolvable1821 hen-and-egg1855 indissoluble1868 irresoluble1868 1868 J. A. Symonds Clough in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 589 Problems by their very nature irresoluble in one lifetime. Derivatives iˈrresolubleness n. the quality of being irresoluble or undissolvable. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [noun] > quality of being irresoluble irresolubleness1680 1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) iii. 179 Quercetanus himself..has this Confession of the Irresolubleness of Diamonds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1646 |
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