单词 | pene- |
释义 | pene-prefix rare. 1. Used with the sense of ‘nearly, almost, all but’ to form adjectives and nouns. ΚΠ 1810 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. §3901 The perfection, or even pene-perfection of the Methodists. ΚΠ 1876 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer ix, in Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 26 Aug. 342/4 ‘Is there any water there?’ ‘Lots,’ said the pene-felonious traveller—‘Good place to camp.’ ΚΠ 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 47 These pene-infinite [later edd. pen-infinite] insolencies, which are the most finite Infinites of misery to men. ΚΠ 1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 822 That peneomnipotent thing, public opinion. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > other types pene-lake1668 salina1697 slough1714 salt lake1763 bayou1766 lagoon1769 cut-off1773 prairie1820 maar1826 boating lake1834 serpentine1837 soda lake1839 bitter lake1843 stream-lake1867 shott1878 crater-lake1879 playa1885 oxbow lake1887 kettle-hole lake1902 mortlake1902 oxbow1902 seepage lake1934 paternoster lake1942 soda pan1976 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 54 Pene-lake, Haven, Harbour, Port, Key. peneseismic adj. Brit. , U.S. , ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [adjective] > earthquake > non-destructive peneseismic1906 1906 Geogr. Jrnl. 27 401 Outlying seismic districts are, New Zealand,..Florida, the Indus delta, the hills of Madagascar and Central Abyssinia; with the exception of the coast districts of Morocco and Algiers this is the only seismic district in Africa, a continent which is, as a whole, peneseismic or aseismic. 1921 C. Davison Man. Seismol. x. 161 Peneseismic countries, in which earthquakes are severe, but fall short of destructive power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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