单词 | asp |
释义 | aspn.1 1. a. A tree of the poplar family ( Populus tremula), with greyish bark and spreading branches, the leaves of which are specially liable to the tremulous motion that characterizes all the poplars. Sometimes loosely used of other poplars. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > aspen aspc700 white poplar1542 quaking asp1549 quaking aspen1586 aspen1590 trembling poplar1698 tremble1749 American aspen1785 quaking asp1822 quaking aspen1845 mountain ash1871 c700 Epinal Gloss. 1006 Tremulus aespae, Erfurt espe..Corpus 2048 aespe. c1000 Ælfric Gloss. (Zup.) 312 Abies, æps. c1000 Gloss. in Earle Plant-n. 21 Tremulos, æspe. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2645 And quok as dooth the leefe of aspe [v.r. espe, aspis, aspes] grene. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 749 The Popler is of three sortes..white..blacke, and the thirde is called Aspe. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1650) 27 An Ivy somewhat whiter then ours, like the leafe of a Silver Aspe. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxix. 458 Trembling Poplar or Asp has leaves..smooth on both sides. 1848 G. F. Ruxton in Blackwood's Mag. 63 713 Cherry and quaking asp..belted the little brook. b. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [adjective] aspa1000 popple1229 aspenc1386 poplared1881 a1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 332 Nim æps-rinde. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 646/36 Hec tremulus, a hespetre. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.iiijv Populus is of two kyndes, the fyrste..whyte Popler or white Esptree. The seconde..an Asp tree, or a blacke popler. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xv. 824 The white poplar, otherwise called the aspe tree. 1761 B. Stillingfleet Cal. Flora 3 Asp flower buds begin to open. 2. The wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of other specific trees thornc1330 poplara1450 asp1551 angelin1670 dogwood1670 serpent-wood1681 locust wood1742 canarium1776 stave-wood1778 lacewood1803 Canary wood1820 chestnut1823 brier-wood1868 jasmine-wood1870 angelique1873 sakura1911 1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) 66 Flechers make prykke shaftes of byrche because it is heuier than espe is. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. i. 54 He commends sound ash for military arrows, and preferred it to asp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). aspn.2 Zoology. 1. A small, venomous, hooded serpent, found in Egypt and Libya; the Naja Haje. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > naja haje (Egyptian cobra) asp1340 Egyptian cobra1910 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 257 An eddre þet is yhote ine latin aspis. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. iii. 13 The venym of eddris, that ben clepid aspis, vndur her lippis. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. vi. 78 A beest named Aspis that may not be..taken but by charmyng. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. iii. 13 The poyson of Aspes. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 72v At thy breasts (as at Cleopatras) Aspisses shall be put out to nurse. 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) ix. 806 Rose the sleep-causing Aspe with swelling head. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 159 Of temper as envenomed as an asp. 1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §68 There is more poison in an ill-kept drain..than in the deadliest asp of Nile. 2. Also applied to a species of Viper ( Vipera Aspis) found in various parts of Europe, and used poetically of any venomous serpent. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake deaf addereOE adderOE aspidec1000 shadow-addera1382 chelydre1393 tyre1471 viper1526 seps?1527 aspic1530 thirsty snake1567 aspworm1587 cheliderect?1590 viper-worm1605 palmer-serpent1608 polonga1681 asp1710 thirst-serpent1731 venom-snake1845 thanatophidian1891 solenoglyph1913 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus Vipera > member of addereOE ammodyte1608 asp1710 truncheon-snake1737 viper1802 1710 J. Swift Sid Hamet 1 Till Metamorphos'd by his Grasp, It grew an all-devouring Asp. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clx. 83 The enormous asp Enforces pang on pang, and stifles gasp on gasp. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. v. i. 248 The Common Viper or Asp is a serpent to be carefully avoided. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1876 S. Birch Rede Lect. Egypt 39 Invested with the asp diadem of the crown. C2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake deaf addereOE adderOE aspidec1000 shadow-addera1382 chelydre1393 tyre1471 viper1526 seps?1527 aspic1530 thirsty snake1567 aspworm1587 cheliderect?1590 viper-worm1605 palmer-serpent1608 polonga1681 asp1710 thirst-serpent1731 venom-snake1845 thanatophidian1891 solenoglyph1913 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 205 We knowe the Aspworme by his stinging of vs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). aspn.3 In hand papermaking: a curved wooden post or prop at the edge of the vat against which a form or mould is laid at an angle to drain; = ass n.1 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > paper-making equipment > [noun] > other paper-making equipment reel1809 deckle1810 ass1823 stuff-shovel1858 grounding-machine1877 asp1919 riffler1924 1919 E. Phillpotts Storm in Teacup x. 90 Kellock clasped the deckle on to his second mould, now returned from the coucher, and dipped again, while his assistant, taking the full mould from the asp, turned it over on to the accumulating pile of sheets rising on his plank. 1947 D. Hunter Papermaking (ed. 2) vi. 178 The coucher placed the mould..against the inclined drainage-horn, or ‘asp’, which allowed the surplus water to drain back into the vat. 1947 D. Hunter Papermaking (ed. 2) xv. 437 The coucher..leans the mould against the asp or horn at the proper angle. 1988 R. A. Hills Papermaking in Brit. 1488–1988 (2015) ii. 26 The coucher took his mould and le[a]nt it against a small post, the asp, to drain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Aspn.4 Biochemistry. The amino acid aspartic acid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic compounds > [noun] > amino acids alanine1850 serine1870 amino-acid1887 histidine1896 canavanine1932 Glu1937 Gly1937 Ala1945 Asp1945 alliin1947 Asn1957 Asx1957 Glx1958 Gln1961 1945 E. Brand et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 67 1530/1 The residues of cysteine, half-cystine, asparagine, and glutamine we propose to designate by CySH, (Cy S-), (Asp-NH2) and (Glu-NH2), respectively. 1988 BioFactors 1 142/2 When Glu, Asp or Cys is the N-terminal amino acid, each can undergo post-translational argininylation. 2001 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 10396/1 The Asp-280-to-Ala mutation has no abrogative effect on reductase domain folding. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmasASP ASP n. Computing application service provider. ΚΠ 1998 PR Newswire (Nexis) 1 July New report defines role of application service providers (ASPs). 2007 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 May (Business section) 10 After failing to take off five or six years ago, ASPs are starting to come back into favour with investors. < n.1c700n.21340n.31919n.41945 as lemmas |
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