单词 | pervading |
释义 | pervadingadj. That pervades; that passes or spreads through. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > pervading heady1559 rifeful1614 transfusive1677 pervading1682 pervasive1736 perfusive1817 interpenetrate1877 ambient1883 1682 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech.: 2nd Pt. 140 That liquor is very thin, and hath no viscosity to resist the pervading body. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 25 Of this vast Frame the Bearings [etc.] has thy pervading Soul Look'd thro'? 1799 ‘An Irish Emigrant’ Causes of Rebellion in Ireland Disclosed 19 What is it..that forms the general and pervading principle of the British constitution, if not the representative one? 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. ix. 32 The preliminary and pervading assumption of these pages. 1871 S. Smiles Character ii. 40 A pervading atmosphere of cheerfulness, contentment, and peace. 1923 G. Nathan World in Falseface i. 16 I can think of no better and no more convincing illustration of the pervading spell of the theatre. 1991 World Press Rev. July 10/1 That, combined with a pervading sense that the Third World's problems are insoluble, creates what international relief workers call ‘compassion fatigue’. Derivatives perˈvadingness n. the quality of pervading; usually in all-pervadingness all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Compounds 2a(b). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > pervading > quality of pervadingness1856 pervasiveness1862 1856 H. B. Wallace Literary Crit. 247 Beauty, of that particular pervadingness of essence, that rain and tempest, and the winds evolve and not efface it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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