单词 | ligature |
释义 | ligaturen. 1. a. Anything used in binding or tying; a band, bandage, tie. Chiefly spec. in Surgery, a thread or cord used to tie up a bleeding artery, to strangulate a tumour, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment to stop bleeding > [noun] > ligature ligaturec1400 succincture1598 taenia1882 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] knitting13.. knot1393 ligaturec1400 embracer1548 attacha1586 ligation1598 ligament1599 writh1650 vinculum1678 alligature1755 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 82 Also it is good to..streyne þi ligature at þe ground of þi wounde, & bynde it losely at þe mouþ of þe wounde. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Hiijv Let it..be cut in the myddes of the lygature, and let the nether parte be left. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. i. 288 Whether..by Spells,..Ligatures, Philtures, Incantations, &c. This Disease..may be cured? 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 269 The Cover is..a kind of Band or Ligature to the whole Fabrick. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 102 The fillets and ligatures that..Nurses use to bind them flat unto the Head. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. i. 7 I likewise felt several slender Ligatures across my Body. 1805 J. Foster Ess. ii. ii. 132 The ligatures which the Olympic pugilists bound on their hands and wrists. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed i, in Tales Crusaders II. 17 It is impossible that my bandish or ligature, knit by these fingers, should have started. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 277 The ligature [for the artery of a sheep] should generally be made of waxed silk. 1896 Treves' Syst. Surg. I. 217 The finest sulpho~chromic catgut forms a trustworthy ligature. b. figurative. Anything binding or uniting; a bond, tie. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > that which connects or bond > a bond or tie between persons, etc. ligament1426 ligation1598 ligature1627 tie1629 necessitya1639 attachment1930 1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull Ep. Ded. 9 No ligatures of lawes can long hold them. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia Ep. Ded. sig. A2 History..the common bond and ligature, which unites present times with all ages past. 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 329 The Bishop is the band, and ligature of the Churches Unity. 1827 Examiner 689/1 The ligatures which connect him with the narrative which he delivers are very artificial. 2. = ligament n. 2. Not now in good use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun] sinec725 sinewOE stringc1000 bend1398 nerfa1400 nervea1400 cordc1400 ligamentc1400 ligaturec1400 couple1535 chord?1541 lien?1541 tendon?1541 tendant1614 artery1621 leader1708 ligamentum1713 chorda1807 vinculum1859 Tenon's capsule1868 tendo1874 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > ligament ligament1797 ligature1875 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 177 Þis hipe boon..is maad fast aboue wiþ ligaturis & pannyclis & nerues. 1648 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 225 It is said of Belshazzar, Dan. 5..that the joynts (bindings or ligatures) of his loyns were loosed. 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. v. 29 The Ligatures for the strengthning of them [nerves], that they may not flag and languish in their motions. 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 175 The [snake's] eggs were not held by a ligature, but appeared pasted together by some strong adhesive gum. 3. The action of tying; an instance of this. Also, the result of the action or operation; a tie or the place where it is made. a. Surgery. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > [noun] > by ligature ligature?1541 ligation1598 deligation1635 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iii. sig. Ljv Howe many maners of lygatures or rollynges ben there, and howe ought they to be made? 1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 93 In amputation..I finde the ligator reasonable sure, providing it be quickly done. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 212 Mr. Hamilton made three ligatures in the jugular vein of a cat. 1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. iii. 17 Ligature was known amongst the ancients for the removal of pedunculated tumours. 1896 Treves' Syst. Surg. I. 540 The ligature of a main artery in its continuity. b. gen. The action of binding up or tying. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > binding bindinga1240 ligation1598 ligature1651 bridling1837 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iv. xlviii. 406 Some doe annoint the weapon, and binde it up carefully... Neverthelesse, some say, that by the onely dipping of the weapon into the box of ointment, without any ligature, they have performed a cure. 1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses iii. 18 The fatal Noose..with most strict Ligature, squeez'd the Blood into his Face. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) viii. 137 A tight ligature was made behind each stone. 4. Music. A method of indicating the connection or binding of notes into groups, as a guide to their rendering by the executant. In ancient notation, a compound note-form expressing two or more tones to be sung to one syllable. †in ligature: (of notes) connected in this way. In modern notation: a tie n. or slur n.1 In Counterpoint: a syncopation n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > slur or tie ligature1597 tie1656 binding-note1782 slur1786 bind1880 phrasing slur1898 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 9 Phi. But how if it haue a tayle on the right side? Ma. Then it is as though it were not in Ligature and is a Long. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 9 Annot. Ligatures were deuised for the Ditties sake, so that how manye notes serued for one syllable, so many notes were tied together. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 40 A Ligature is the conioyning of simple Figures [notes] by fit strokes. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Hence syncopes are often called ligatures, because they are made by the ligature of many notes. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 183 Ligatures, or binding Notes. 1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Ligature, in Music, a binding indicated by a curved line. 1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 136 Ligature, a passage of two or more notes, sung to a single syllable. 1880 W. S. Rockstro in G. Grove Dict. Music II. 138 In some old printed books, the last note of a Ligature is placed obliquely, in which case it is always to be sung as a Breve. 5. In Writing and Printing. Two or more letters joined together and forming one character or type; a monogram. Also, a stroke connecting two letters. in ligature, combined in one character or type. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > ligature or compendium diphthong1587 ligature1693 compendium1833 society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > stroke linea1382 tittlec1384 stroke1567 minim1587 pot-hook1611 dash1615 hair-stroke1634 hook1668 foot stroke1676 stem1676 duct1699 hanger1738 downstroke?1760 hairline1846 up-stroke1848 skit1860 pot-crook1882 ligature1883 coupling-stroke1906 bow1914 ductus1922 ascender1934 society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > character formed from joining of two letters ligature1883 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 887 These Ligatures have been a long time Thorns in the Eyes of all that first learn Greek. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Ligatures [with Printers], types consisting of two letters, as ff, fi, st, &c. 1773 Swinton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 326 As for the Greeks, nothing is more common than ligatures, or monograms, on their coins. 1880 J. L. Warren Guide Study Book-plates xii. 137 The two initials..are in ligature. 1883 I. Taylor Alphabet I. v. 263 In the earlier monumental scripts the letters are separate, but in some of the Egyptian papyri certain letters are united by ligatures. 1885 A. S. Cook tr. E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. (1887) 5 The ligatures and diphthongs..are never geminated. 1896 J. C. Egbert Introd. Latin Inscriptions 67 Ligatures..are common in Gallic inscriptions from the first century a.d...Ligatures of Three Letters. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > binding > power or quality of band1600 ligature1676 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 100 Salt it is which gives ligature, weight, and constitution to things. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Fir tree They grow in moist or barren Gravel, and poor Ground, if not over sandy and light, with~out any loamy Ligature. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > suspension of consciousness ligation1598 little death1598 ligature1728 suspended animation1795 petite mort1891 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Ligature, among the mystic Divines, signifies a total Suspension of the superior Faculties or intellectual Powers of the Soul... This passive State of these contemplative People they call their Ligature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ligaturev. transitive. To bind with a ligature or bandage; spec. in Surgery to tie up (an artery, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > stop haemorrhage [verb (transitive)] > close vein or artery > by ligature to take up1566 religate1598 ligate1599 ligature1716 to tie off1903 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind up or together forbindc897 bindc1000 to-knita1300 truss1340 louka1393 to knit up1509 to wind up?1533 upbind1590 pinion1608 abligate1615 fillet1633 ligament1659 ligature1716 1716–20 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 297 All Things were prepared, her Leg ligatured, and..plunged in the warm Bath. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 118 Goat-skins..blown full and ligatured, are put under the Corners that appear most to sink. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xviii. 18 A wounded artery or vein must be ligatured above and below the wound. 1882 Carpenter in Standard 28 Sept. 3/3 The way in which infants were clothed and ligatured. 1896 Treves' Syst. Surg. I. 217 One does not require to ligature many vessels in a wound now that we have such excellent pressure forceps. Derivatives ˈligatured adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > [adjective] > tied with ligature ligated1598 deligated1827 ligatured1859 1859 Nat. Encycl. I. 150 The ligatured vessel. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 298 A ligatured artery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400v.1716 |
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