单词 | stabile |
释义 | stabilen. A rigid sculpture or similar construction of wire, sheet metal, etc., of a type first developed by Alexander Calder 1898–1976), American sculptor and painter, opposed to mobile n.4 1a (The name was suggested by Jean Arp.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > constructivism or kineticism > [noun] > construction stabile1943 construction1944 assemblage1961 junk art1961 junk sculpture1961 1943 J. J. Sweeney Alexander Calder 30 The sculpture which was exhibited at the Galerie Percier shows a full assimilation of his experiences... It was to this type of stationary abstract sculpture that Arp. a few months later, gave the name ‘stabiles’. 1949 Archit. Rev. 106 117 Alexander Calder's work on the ‘stabile’ is not as well known in England as is his work on the now well established ‘mobile’. In fact Calder has always done ‘still’ sculpture, and the term stabile, given to it by Hans Arp, appears to be some months older than the name mobile, which was invented by Marcel Duchamp. 1957 J. Lynch Metal Sculpture v. 105 It might be easier to define constructions, stabiles, mobiles and kinetic sculpture by what they are not. 1967 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) 31 This 46-ton ‘stabile’ is conceived and created in nickel stainless steel. 1977 P. Leach Baby & Child iii. 179 Her stabile will still be useful when she is in her cot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stabileadj. 1. Firmly established, enduring, lasting. rare.Used by a few writers to express more unequivocally the etymological sense of stable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 24 524 That stabile conviction, which terminates the sweet toil of investigation. 1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 37 236/1 The poem is divided into short chapters,..it proves the stabile popularity of the first crusade. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 153 [Johnson] You reformers will let nothing be great, nothing be stabile. 1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 688 There is nothing stabile in the world But the gods break it. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Thalassius in Songs Springtides 71 This poor flash of sense in life,..More stabile than the world's own heart's root seems, By that strong faith. 2. Fixed in position; spec. in Electro-therapeutics, held firmly upon one point or over one part (as opposed to labile adj. 4). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining in one place stablea1400 dormantc1440 standing1469 remanent?a1475 ledger1547 fixed1559 restiff1578 statary1581 permanent1588 consistent1604 stationary1631 fundamental1633 resident1653 sedentary1667 statual1752 loco-restive1796 untransmigrated1821 stabile1896 static1910 sessile1917 the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [adjective] > of electrode: held over one part stabile1896 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 364 An active electrode..is then moved over the affected region (labile application) or held firmly over one part (stabile method). 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 586 A stabile pupil on the same side as the abscess is an important sign. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1943adj.1797 |
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