| 单词 | perpetual motionist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperpetual ˈmotionist perpetual ˈmotionist n. a person who believes in the possibility of building a perpetual motion machine, or who attempts to design or build one. ΚΠ 1779 J. Watt Let. 2 Dec. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 74 Cumming has certainly exposed himself by having anything to do with Perpetual Motionists. 1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 342 A perpetual motionist wanted to explain his method. 1994 Skeptical Inquirer (Nexis) 22 June 372 Newman is the most famous of the current crop of perpetual motionists. < as lemmas |
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