单词 | saltate |
释义 | saltatev. 1. intransitive. To leap; to jump; to skip. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] leapc900 startOE reseOE springa1275 throwc1275 upleapc1275 launch13.. aspringc1315 sault1377 lance?a1400 sprenta1400 loupc1480 lope1483 spang1513 bendc1530 jump1530 spend1533 stend1567 vaulta1568 pract1568 exult1570 bound1593 saltate1623 subsalt1623 jet1635 spoutc1650 volt1753 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii To Dance. Saltate, Tripudiate. 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Monthly Rev.). 1865 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 299 I must here confess that they saltated to a mandolin touched by this hand. 2. Physical Geography. To move by saltation (see saltation n. 1d); also transitive (causatively). Chiefly as saltating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [adjective] > manner saltatory1908 saltating1941 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [verb (intransitive)] > manner saltate1941 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [verb (transitive)] > manner heave1728 saltate1961 1941 R. A. Bagnold Physics of Blown Sand & Desert Dunes viii. 104 The energy supplied to the saltating grains by the wind. 1961 N. D. Opdyke in A. E. M. Nairn Descript. Palaeoclimatol. iii. 47 Millet seed sand grains..show very high sphericity and roundness values due to their mode of transport which tends to round off the individual grains while they are being saltated. 1969 Nature 23 Aug. 792/2 Larger particles may be moved, not by the wind itself, but by momentum exchange with saltating grains. 1976 R. C. Selley Introd. Sedimentol. vi. 172 In a situation such as a river channel,..gravel will be rolling along the bottom, sand will sedately saltate, and silt and clay will be carried in suspension. Derivatives ˈsaltating adj. rare ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] leaping?a1400 jumping1567 saltant1601 vaultinga1616 salient1646 saltitant1654 springing1658 boundinga1667 saltating1852 upleaping1867 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1180 The species of Cyclops swim..with a saltating motion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1623 |
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