| 单词 | backdraught | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasback-draught   back-draught  n.  Brit.  , U.S.   		 (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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