单词 | back-draught |
释义 | > as lemmasback-draught back-draught n. Brit. /ˈbakdrɑːft/ , /ˈbakdraft/ , U.S. /ˈbækˌdræft/ (a) a draught of air backward, a hood for producing this in a fire; (b) a drawing in of the breath; an act of drinking or gulping down Scottish; (c) a reverse current of water, under-tow.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > reverse back-draught1825 backwater1830 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > plate or hood to control draught cowc1736 hood1750 damping1756 damper1788 air damper1794 cowl1812 back-draught1825 mitre1890 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Back He was whaslin like a blastit stirk i' the backdraucht. 1869 Eng. Mech. 24 Dec. 344/1 A hood or ‘back draught’ is applied over the fire. 1874 G. M. Hopkins Note-bks. & Papers 13 Aug. (1937) 202 It [sc. the wave] commonly has a pitch or lurch to one side besides its backdraught. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 97 The back-draft mightily Fell on him, and..drave him out to sea. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xii. 218 Nor happen thou upon her [sc. Charybdis] when the back-draught she doth win. 1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden xii. 104 Wi' the backdraucht [he] sent a moofu' o' tea up throo his nose. back-draught (i) expressing backward direction, as back-bias, back-draught (see 2). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > cause of movement backwards back-biasa1617 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 130 Youthful lusts..like a back-bias, did draw after themselves the understanding. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 550 He doth but put a back-bias upon thee; that he might weigh thy motion to himselfe. < as lemmas |
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