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单词 stamina
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staminan.

/ˈstamɪnə/
Etymology: < Latin stāmina, plural of stāmen : see stamen n. 2. For stamina = stamens (Botany) see stamen n. 3.The senses explained below arise partly by direct metaphor from the original Latin sense ‘warp of cloth’, and partly from the frequent classical application of the word to the threads spun by the Fates (see stamen n. 2a). In some examples the two notions appear to be blended.
1.
a. (As plural) The native or original (as distinguished from the adventitious) elements and constitution of anything; the nature, structure and qualities of an organism, as existing potentially in its nascent state; the rudiments or germs from which living beings or their organs are developed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun]
birtha1250
the manner ofc1300
formc1310
propertyc1390
naturea1393
condition1393
qualitya1398
temperc1400
taragec1407
naturality?a1425
profession?a1439
affecta1460
temperament1471
essence?1533
affection1534
spirit?1534
temperature1539
natural spirit1541
character1577
complexion1589
tincture1590
idiom1596
qualification1602
texture1611
connativea1618
thread1632
genius1639
complexure1648
quale1654
indoles1672
suchness1674
staminaa1676
trim1707
tenor1725
colouring1735
tint1760
type1843
aura1859
thusness1883
physis1923
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > embryo parts > [noun] > original structure
staminaa1676
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 294 The greater and more comprehensive Rudiments and Stamina are laid..before the lesser and derivative parts are formed and compleated; as we shall have occasion to observe when we come to consider the processus generationis of Man and Brutes.
1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 191 Others have thought that the long lives of those men of the old world proceeded from the strength of their stamina, or first principles of their bodies.
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 20 They must have had some rude kind of Organical Bodies, some Stamina of Life, though never so clumsy.
1718 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. xvi. 308 In almost all kinds of Plants and Living Creatures..the former have their Origin in a Seed, and the latter in Stamina.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 156 Different Stamina or Rudiments of Teeth are to be observed.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 189 Every third man a pigmy!—from the first rudiments and stamina of their existence, never meant to grow higher.
1772 J. W. Fletcher Appeal Matter of Fact i. 15 Our original corruption..is as old as the first stamina of our frame.
1774 Cooper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 320 It..probably has its existence..originating,..in the first stamina of the embryo.
1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 568 The stamina of the teeth..are situated in the alveoli.
b. transferred and figurative. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1691 R. Baxter Of National Churches Pref. sig. A2 They may yet become the Agents and stamina of a happy concordant Reformation.
1724 D. Waterland Crit. Hist. Athanasian Creed xi. 158 Some few of the main Stamina, or chief Lines, were taken care of from the first, and made up the first Creeds: particularly the Doctrine of the Trinity briefly hinted.
1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 530 Job's whole dramatic life lies here in its Stamina.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. ix. v. 258 I am convinced there are good Stamina in the Nature of this very Man.
1779 S. Johnson Let. 21 Sept. in Boswell Life Johnson (1791) II. 300 Pope may have had from Bolingbroke the philosophick stamina of his Essay.
1795 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 104 Enmity to us..is wrought into the very stamina of its constitution.
1798 Monthly Mag. June 430 One [charity]..whose growth, from its god-like stamina, has been gigantic... This is the orphan-house.
1816 Sporting Mag. 47 295 In this group we do not see any thing very good, except certain hints, happy passages, and the stamina of possibly better pictures.
1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 238 He had the stamina of a good writer as well as sound thinker.
c. humorously. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 481/1 A bare scrag..carving could not lessen, nor helping diminish it—the stamina were left—the elemental bone still flourished.
2.
a. (As plural; rarely as singular) The congenital vital capacities of a person or animal, on which (other things being equal) the duration of life was supposed to depend; natural constitution as affecting the duration of life or the power of resisting debilitating influences. Obsolete.In 1665 Dr. R. Willis, ‘being called to consult for one of his [the Duke of York's] sons, gave his opinion in these words, mala stamina vitæ, which gave such offence, that he was never called for afterwards’ (Bishop Burnet, Hist. Own Time, ed. 1823 I. ii. 228). Cf. the following:—
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > [noun]
naturec1275
kindc1300
complexion1398
habitudec1400
disposition1477
constitution1553
corporature1555
habit1576
composition1578
temper1601
composure1628
schesis1684
stamina1701
habitus1886
1542 J. Leland Naeniae sig. Avv Atropos has illi laudes inuidit acerba, Infestaque manu vitalia stamina rupit.
1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 93 Such as have the natural Stamina of a consumptive propagation in them.c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath iii. 50 Men have survived many years such disproportionate matches... But then their stamina must be prodigiously strong.1782 H. Walpole Let. 11 July in Corr. (1965) XXXIII. 345 Though the relapse will be much more dangerous to Mr. Fox than to Mr. Fitzpatrick, whose stamina are of stouter texture.1791 W. Maxwell in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 344 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] He said..it was the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of the body, were never rectified.1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 102 Persons with strong..constitutions..are much more slowly acted upon by medicine than those with weakly constitutions... This patient being of the former stamina, may [etc.].1823 J. Gillies tr. Aristotle Rhetoric i. v. 180 If the stamina are not sound, disease will soon ensue.
b. transferred and figurative. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 91 The northern colonies are of a stronger stamina.
1812 Ann. Reg., Gen. Hist. 107 Expressing his conviction that the stamina of the nation were still unimpaired.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris (ed. 2) Pref. p. xxv Here thrive beyond parallel, by means solely of the popular stamina, institutions for..improving the condition of mankind.
1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxviii. 609 The stamina of ancient life were healthier and stronger.
3.
a. (Originally as plural; now chiefly as singular) Vigour of bodily constitution; power of sustaining fatigue or privation, of recovery from illness, and of resistance to debilitating influences; staying power.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > resistance to disease
lustc950
lustinessc1325
vigourc1386
hardinessc1405
lustihood1600
stamina1726
lustihead1748
hardihood1780
robustfulness1879
refractoriness1887
refractiveness1931
1726 J. Swift Let. to Sheridan 27 July in Misc. (1745) X. 101 I indeed think her Stamina could not last much longer, when I saw she could take no Nourishment.
1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 9 Who..avoid the least breath of air, and supply their want of stamina by care and circumspection.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxxv. 65 Some old lady Or gentleman..Who've made ‘us youth’ wait..For an estate..Still breaking, but with stamina so steady, That all the Israelites are fit to mob its Next owner for their..post-obits.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge viii. 116 Why, Sir Oliver, the man is exceedingly willing,..but his stamina is gone entirely.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. xviii. 195 Those whose constitutions had less stamina than our own.
1865 C. Dickens Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions: To be Taken for Life in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 7 Dec. 47/1 Advising him to spend his legacy in getting up his stamina.
1880 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha 181 Had he been possessed of less stamina and less vitality he must have succumbed.
1880 W. Day Racehorse in Training 225 Has he deteriorated in speed, size, or stamina?
1884 Times 28 Apr. 4/2 Lord Falmouth's horses seemed to possess more speed than stamina.
b. transferred and figurative. In various applications: Intellectual or moral robustness and vigour; capacity for perseverance or endurance; also (of things, institutions, etc.) capacity for permanence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun] > capacity for moral effort or endurance
thildc950
strengthOE
dureec1330
rankc1400
tolerance1412
adamant1445
toleration1531
validity1578
durance1579
bent1604
strongness1650
duress1651
strength1667
durableness1740
stamina1803
willpower1842
backbone1843
thewness1860
sand1867
upbearing1885
wiriness1892
gut1893
sisu1926
the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > staying power
lastingnessa1398
unweariness1611
unweariednessa1617
last1622
indefatigationa1646
unweariableness1647
unwearisomeness1649
indefatigability1651
indefatigableness1653
infatigability1709
lasting1762
stamina1803
unweariability1853
staying qualities1856
stickability1858
staying power1859
sitzfleisch1877
bounceback1959
1803 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 452 Productions, which have scarcely stamina to subsist until their fruitful parent has furnished us with a new litter.
1828 H. Alford Let. in Life, Jrnls. & Lett. (1873) 33 I have no stamina as yet of religious principle.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1230 The stamina of the soil..is..its power of endurance under any system of cropping.
1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) I. 257 I can't quarrel—I haven't stamina enough.
1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata II. xix. 252 Not..calculated to encourage the growth of intellectual stamina.
1865 Q. Rev. 117 549 The British Constitution has considerable stamina.
1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness vii. 63 It requires some stamina of character to feel this moral esteem for anyone.
1895 W. B. Thomson Reminisc. Med. Mission Work xvii. 157 The stamina of the people was tested by a persecution that lasted for thirty years.
4. (As plural and singular) Source of strength, main support, ‘backbone’. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] > a source or means of > strength or force behind war, state, nation, etc.
sinew1560
nerves1598
animal spirit1719
stamina1779
brawn1883
1779 A. Hamilton Let. 14 Sept. in Papers (1961) II. 173 The stamina of their Military Establishment, are in this country.
1781 E. Rutledge in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 389 The Continentals, whom I consider as the stamina of the army.
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman iv. 110 The stamina of immortality, if I may be allowed the phrase, is the perfectibility of human reason.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 450 The soil is the public stock, the great capital, the stamina of the nation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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