单词 | still-stand |
释义 | still-standn. 1. a. A stand-still. rare. Also spec. in Pathology. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement standinga1398 stay1525 stand1584 consistence1598 still-stand1600 station1603 standstilla1646 dead lock1781 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iii. 64 As with the tide, sweld vp vnto his height, That makes a stil stand, running neither way. View more context for this quotation 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. i. 93 And so, towards the end of 1783, matters threaten to come to a still-stand. 1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) iii. v. §2. 479 The lymph hearts remained in a (diastolic) still-stand. 1885 T. L. Brunton Text-bk. Pharmacol. xxxiii. 912 The systolic stillstand is removed, and pulsation again recommences. b. Physical Geography. A condition in which there is no crustal movement in a region or no change in sea-level. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > no movement still-stand1896 1896 W. M. Davis in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. VII. 393 The English School denies..the probability or even the possibility of a period of still-stand long enough for essentially complete subaerial denudation close to sea level, but assumes the possibility of a period of still-stand or of slight depression continuous and long enough to allow the sea waves to plane off the sinking lands. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xv. 218 The cycle [of erosion] can only move uninterruptedly to its close if it coincides with a period of still-stand, i.e. of unvarying base-level, unaffected by major climatic changes. 1966 J. Wyckoff Rock, Time, & Landforms iv. 103 All believe that the reduction of vast, lofty highlands by erosion demands time spans of the order of 25 million years, during which there is virtual stillstand—that is lack of uplift. 1972 R. A. Davis Princ. Oceanogr. xx. 322 One of the most prevalent and significant types of evidence is the presence of terraces which were formed during still-stands of sea level. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > cessation of hostilities > suspension of hostilities truce?c1225 abstinence1386 induces1490 abstinence, prorogation of war1517 surseance1523 stay1563 surceasance1587 treague1590 suspension of arms or hostilities1603 cessation1628 still-stand1637 armistice1677 ceasefire1918 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. i. 74 A still-stand or cessation of Armes was concluded on by both parties, for a fortnights time. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 41 During a still-stand of arms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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