单词 | assimilative |
释义 | assimilativeadj. 1. a. Of, characterized by, or tending to assimilation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > [adjective] assimilative1528 assimilating1651 receptual1652 absorptive1664 absorbative1846 assimilatory1856 absorbing1902 osmotic1907 society > education > learning > [adjective] > assimilating ideas assimilative1846 osmotic1907 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni 2 C j b Ruddy fleshe wytnesseth fortitude of vertue assimilative. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 66 The fifth or last digestion, viz. the assimilative ferment of the solid parts of the body. 1846 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) I. 170 He made the contents of books his own by..the powerful assimilative processes of his own intellect. b. spec. in Philology (cf. assimilation n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [adjective] > assimilation regressive?1862 assimilatory1921 assimilative1936 1936 Language 12 246 In consonantal clusters it is common to find that the posterior consonant exerts an assimilative influence upon the preceding. 1946 E. A. Nida Morphol. ii. 29 If assimilative changes are quite extensive in some pattern of the language, the related sets are frequently described as ‘vocalic harmony’. 2. That may be or has been assimilated. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > of or relating to miscellaneous other properties sweet1666 nimble1671 watery1741 unvitriolized1757 greedy1758 unneutralized1758 unvitrifiable1758 free1783 fixed1800 nascent1800 inorganic1831 assimilative1837 unnitrogenized1846 inactive1848 kaligenous1854 unacceptant1866 aggressive1888 oligodynamic1893 chromotropic1899 undissociated1899 osmophoric1901 thermochromic1904 unary1923 non-stoichiometric1943 odoriphoric1944 slow-release1946 sonoluminescent1961 uniaxial1965 1837 T. S. Smith Philos. Health II. x. 160 To this crude sap..sugar and mucus, assimilative substances, are super~added. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1528 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。