单词 | ki |
释义 | kin.1 The liliaceous plant Cordyline terminalis of China and the islands of the Pacific, the root of which is baked and eaten in the Hawaiian Islands, and the fermented juice used to make an intoxicating drink. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding intoxicating drink > [noun] > palm-wine plants toddy tree1630 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 pardon-tree1705 tomboa1712 eta palm1769 nipa1779 toddy palm1810 itaa1832 jaggery palm1859 ki1860 bamboo palm1866 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 295 A kind of liquor..a deadly stuff, expressed from the ki root. 1889 Tablet 18 May 762/2 Drinking fermented ki-root beer, home made alcohol. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018). kin.2 Vital energy; circulating physical life-force, the existence and properties of which are fundamental to the theory and practice of many forms of Japanese martial art and therapeutic medicine. Cf. qi n., reiki n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun] souleOE lifeOE spiritusOE bloodOE ghostOE life and soulOE quickship?c1225 quicknessc1230 breatha1300 spirita1325 spark1382 naturec1385 sparkle1388 livelinessa1398 rational soula1398 spiracle1398 animal spirit?a1425 vital spiritc1450 soul of the world1525 candle1535 fire1576 three souls1587 vitality?1592 candlelight1596 substance1605 vivacity1611 animality1615 vividity1616 animals1628 life spring1649 archeus1651 vital1670 spirituosity1677 springs of life1681 microcosmetor1684 vital force1702 vital spark (also flame)1704 stamen1718 vis vitae1752 prana1785 Purusha1785 jiva1807 vital force1822 heartbeat1828 world-soul1828 world-spirit1828 life energy1838 life force1848 ghost soul1869 will to live1871 biogen1882 ki1893 mauri1897 élan vital1907 orgone1942 1893 G. W. Knox in Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan 20 11 Ki by no means necessarily implies personality. Sometimes it is described as if it were the essence, the inner power, of all things. It is not ‘spiritual’ in our modern and defined use of the word. 1913 K. Hoshino tr. E. Kaibara Way of Contentm. (1979) 121 The way to preserve health is to control and regulate this Ki. 1978 K. Tanahashi & R. Maurer tr. K. Uyeshiba Aikido 86 Unless you are filled with enough Ki to get the opponent into your movement, it is impossible to unbalance his body with your body-turning. 1979 S. Yamamoto Barefoot Shiatsu 41 In shiatsu we stimulate the body so it will receive and utilize ki. 1988 Black Belt Internat. No. 5. 79/3 Just about every martial art tradition has ki as a crucial element in its approach to practice. 1996 S. Lavery et al. Hamlyn Encycl. Complementary Health 22/2 Practitioners apply pressure to points of tsubo on the meridians to stimulate ‘ki’. 2005 D. Cruickshank Around World in 80 Treasures 83 Beliefs about correct orientation and propitious placing that relate to the Shinto vision of the power of earth energy and mental energy or ki. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11860n.21893 |
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