单词 | piscine |
释义 | piscinen. 1. A pond, a pool, esp. one for swimming or bathing. Cf. piscina n. 1.In early use often with reference to the piscina probatica (see probatic adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] pound1248 pond1287 piscinaa1398 piscinea1400 stewc1440 dike1788 pondlet1839 mardle1866 tank1898 suck-hole1909 the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > for swimming piscinaa1398 natatorya1400 piscinea1400 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-pond or -tank fish-poolc950 fish-housec1000 viverc1330 stew1387 piscinaa1398 piscinea1400 fishpondc1440 trunk1440 moat1463 stagnec1470 servatorya1475 viviera1500 fish-stew1552 vivarium1600 shut1605 fish-stove1615 keep1617 estang1628 vivarya1634 nursery1772 preserve1849 whalerya1880 fish tank1957 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13761 (MED) A water þar es wit-in þair thede Þat es cald piscene [a1400 Fairf. piscine] in þair lede. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. 1186 (MED) He [was] counsailled to make a gret piscyne, With innocent blood of childre that wer pure. c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) 134 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 260 (MED) The myȝti arke, probatyk piscyne, Lawghynge aurore and of pees olyve..Why ner I connyng the for to discrive? 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) clxxii. 254 Fro the fontaynes without cam grete haboundaunce by conduytes, whiche descended in to ij pyscynes right grete by the temple, that one endureth yet in to this day and is named probatica piscina. 1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 38 Which condites serve all the Citee.., and fyll all the pyscynes. 1887 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 3 183 An elliptical piscine formed of plates of bronze. 1894 Dublin Rev. Oct. 350 A few..came to ask if they might safely bathe in the piscines. 1974 Times 27 Apr. 11/7 A brisk swim in the hotel's heated piscine. 1993 Anthropol. Today 9 11/1 Getting the local fire-brigade to create an artificial piscine in the place where the bull is to be baited. 2. = piscina n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > piscina > [noun] laverc1394 lavatory1412 lavatory stone1487 piscine1489 piscina1734 sacrarium1848 lavabo1852 lavabo basin1855 aquamanile1875 1489 W. Caxton De Roye's Doctrinal of Sapyence lxiv Yf to fore the consecracion a flye or loppe..were founde in the chalyce, it ought to be caste in to the piscine and the chalyce ought to be wasshen. 1489 W. Caxton De Roye's Doctrinal of Sapyence lxiv The asshes & the wasshyng of the beeste to be put into the pyscyne. 1733 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations I. 378 One of his [sc. the Priest's] Assistants..puts them [sc. the sacred Ashes] into the appointed Vessel, and then empties them into the Sink, call'd the Piscine. 1822 R. Nares Gloss. Piscine or Piscina. 1883 Antiquary 8 211 There is another piscine in the south wall of the church. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 127 A myrioscope, two remarkable piscines and three wellworthseeing ambries. 1996 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 21 382/2 The piscine to the left of the north-most altar has blurred and regressed to assume a form not seen since early in its carving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). piscineadj. Of or relating to fishes; of the nature of or characteristic of a fish or fishes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [adjective] piscine1670 ichthyological1716 piscatorya1777 finny1831 ichthyic1846 piscatorial1853 ichthyal1874 1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World xi. 350 In all these and many other Piscine Qualitys and Facultys the Whale, and such other grand Animals of the Sea, do excell. 1797 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 6 Science 260 These depositions..must have proved fatal to the various species of fish which were involved in them, and hence the origin of the more solid piscine remains at present found in them. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 34 Derceto was the piscine ship-goddess of the Syrians. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 183 The piscine modification of the vertebrate skeleton. 1899 E. Callow Old London Taverns i. 120 Billingsgate, the great Walhalla of all things piscine. 1932 E. Bowen To North xiii. 136 In Markie..this piscine acquiescence to the bright stillness became apparent, while to Emmeline these lucid minutes were native and kind as an element. 1994 Sci. Amer. Oct. 12/3 The scaliness and predominantly aquatic environment of the appendage [sc. the beaver's tail] persuaded the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris in the early 1700s to place it in the piscine order. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400adj.1670 |
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