单词 | bituminous |
释义 | bituminousadj. 1. a. Of the nature of or resembling bitumen, consisting of or containing bitumen. (Sometimes with reference to the ‘burning lake’ of Hell.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > asphalt bituminous1620 asphaltic1643 bituminose1701 bituminiferous1799 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > bitumen > asphalt bituminous1620 asphaltic1643 bituminose1701 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [adjective] > of the nature of bitumen or pitch pitchy1552 bituminous1620 bituminose1701 piciform1876 bituminoid1878 1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 8 Which rise from sulphurous, bituminous, or metalline places. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. x. 133 The liquid flames of pitch and a bituminous bath. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 41 The Plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boiles out from under ground, the mouth of Hell. View more context for this quotation 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 279 In Seleucia..there was a like bituminous eruption. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iv. 95 Others swore they had smelt savours of various kinds, chiefly bituminous. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. v. 135 This coal..has a bituminous fracture. b. spec. in the scientific or technical names of various minerals, manufactures, etc., as bituminous coal, bituminous limestone, bituminous schist, bituminous shale; bituminous cement, bituminous mastic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > bitumen bituminous1830 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > bitumen bituminous1830 bituminoid1878 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 219 Bituminous shales. 1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) ii. 55 Dark-coloured bituminous schist. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 755 The bituminous or black cement for bottle-corks consists of pitch hardened by the addition of resin and brick-dust. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 119 Bituminous limestone..containing various hydrocarbon compounds, diffusing by the action of fire a bituminous odour. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 67 Bituminous coals..burn..with a brilliant flame. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [adjective] > of the nature of bitumen or pitch > full of or covered with pitchy?a1425 pitched?1440 tarrya1585 bepitched1611 bituminated1628 bituminous1658 bituminized1816 1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 112 The walls..are strong and bituminous and abound with ancient towers. 3. figurative. (Cf. sulphurous adj. 3a.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > strong, sulphurous (of language) untowen13.. largea1413 thundering1543 viperous1605 luscious1614 peppering1712 rough1750 unquotable1821 sulphurous1828 piercent1829 unrepeatable1831 bituminous1878 sultry1891 unprintable1898 four-letter1923 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 329 It is only about a hundred years since Jonathan Edwards dropped his bituminous rhetoric upon the tender sensibilities of the unconverted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1620 |
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