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单词 repeller
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repellern.

Brit. /rᵻˈpɛlə/, U.S. /rəˈpɛlər/, /riˈpɛlər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: repel v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < repel v. + -er suffix1. With sense 2a compare earlier repellent n. In sense 2b after French repoussoir (1858 or earlier in this sense: see repoussoir n.; compare repulsory n.).
1. A person who or thing which repels something (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > defender > [noun] > repeller
repeller?1560
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > repelling > one who
repeller?1560
repulser1611
?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. Qiii Noble Princes repellers of vniust violence.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Repoulseur, a repulser, a repeller.
1686 N. Tate et al. tr. Heliodorus Æthiopian Hist. vii. 46 My Adviser in Distress, the Repeller of my Misfortunes, the Anchor of my Hopes, Calasiris, is gone.
1721 E. F. Haywood Lett. Lady of Quality to Chevalier 25 She..provokes the Insults of the disdainful Repeller.
1788 Contin. Yorick's Sentimental Journey xvi. 118 Hast thou been the avenger of thy country's wrongs;—the repeller of her enemies?
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 126 The Athenians..were the true repellers of the invader.
1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 701 The apostle of toleration, the impatient repeller of all clerical pretensions.
1918 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 38 296 Thrita..a repeller of all the foes that threaten man's existence.
1976 Times 21 Aug. 10/8 Esigie..the traditional repeller of the Idah from the very gates of Benin City.
1995 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 14 July a8 Dogs and cats are valuable repellers and controllers of four-legged and winged pests.
2. spec.
a. Medicine. = repercussive n. Cf. repel v. 1. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > medicine repelling or drawing off
repercussivea1398
repulsive?c1425
repercutive?1541
repulser1611
repeller1634
repercusser1634
repellent1661
repriment1684
repellant1689
repercutient1719
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. x. 1039 An attractive medicine is contrary to the repeller [L. repellenti].
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 232 Then apply a Repeller, as Oyl of Roses, with which mingle cutters, or Vinegar.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 43 Repellers mostly have place in the very beginnings of Inflammations.
1753 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery xxiv. 220 Strains in the hock are to be treated by soaking the parts with coolers and repellers.
1829 London Encycl. XXII. 383/2 They..should be treated with vinegar and other repellers.
b. Veterinary Medicine. A metal instrument, typically shaped like a crutch, used to reposition a foal or calf during delivery by pushing it backward.
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1878 G. Fleming Text-bk. Vet. Obstetr. 424 Continental veterinarians have for a long time resorted to a ‘crutch’ or ‘repeller’ (French, Repoussoir; German, Geburtskrücke) in conjunction with the hand.
1898 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 9 238 When the buttocks by being forced back towards the passage again interfere with adjustment of the legs, the crutch or repeller must be brought into use.
1940 W. L. Williams Vet. Obstetr. (ed. 3) 358 In the correction of this deviation, it will often prove highly advantageous to place a repeller securely against the chest of the fetus and have an assistant maintain constant repulsion.
2007 G. S. Frazer in J. C. Samper et al. Current Therapy Equine Reprod. lix. 420/2 A detorsion rod, an obstetrical snare, and a Kuhn's crutch repeller (with long nylon rope) can be useful in some instances.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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