单词 | suffusion |
释义 | suffusionn. 1. The defluxion or extravasation of a fluid or ‘humour’ over a part of the body; †concrete the fluid itself; spec. in Old Medicine, cataract. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > cataract pearla1382 suffusion1398 cataract1547 tay1547 eye-pearl1597 eye-web1657 hypophysis1706 pearl eye1844 gutta opaca1847 nuclear cataract1876 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion moisturea1387 juice1398 suck1560 recrement1578 suffusion1608 fluid1705 succus1771 liquor1886 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > flow of fluxion?1541 suffusion1728 determination1740 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xli An oynemente þat..helpeþ aȝens suffusion of yȝen. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 235 Ther is a Cataract which doth light vpon the eyes of a Hawke, whome we may tearme a suffusion. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 209 The braine [of lizards] is profitable for suffusions. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 26 So thick a drop serene hath quencht thir Orbs, Or dim suffusion veild. View more context for this quotation 1674 W. Bates Harmony Divine Attributes vii. 140 As the Eye that is clouded with a Suffusion, so that all things appear yellow to it. 1688 R. Boyle Vitiated Sight in Disquis. Final Causes Nat. Things 251 I have observed them [sc. flyes in the eye] to continue many years without being more than a bastard suffusion, as Physicians speake. 1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) Suffusion of the Eye, in a Horse, is a Sort of Pin and Web. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Jaundice is a Suffusion of Bile over the whole Body. 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 70 A Suffusion or Defluxion in their Feet. 1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) (at cited word) A suffusion, or extravasation of some humour, as of blood in the eye. 2. The action of suffusing a surface with fluid, moisture, or colour; the condition of being suffused or overspread. Also, an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > as or with something spread over > with fluid, light, or colour suffusion1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Suffusion, a suffusion, or powring vpon; a spreading abroad. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems 253 Miry clods of this accursed earth Whose dull suffusions make her often sown. 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 65 In dim suffusion lies The glance divine, that lighten'd in their eyes. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xxx. 178 The golden glow..O'er which in slight suffusion flows A frequent tinge of paly rose. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xi. 127 He had..a furious aspect, suffusion of the eyes..and perfect sleeplessness. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals viii. 218 The suffusion of the eyes with tears. 3. A colouring or tint spread over a surface, esp. over the skin by the action of the blood, etc.; frequently a flush of colour in the face, a blush. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > with blushing blushing1581 flushing1590 suffusion1700 flush1706 bloom1752 mantling1753 rouge1759 hectic1768 vermilion1787 smoking1862 mantle1897 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 513 The disk of Phœbus when he climbs on high, Appears at first but as a bloodshot Eye; And when his Chariot downward drives to Bed, His Ball is with the same Suffusion red. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 390. ⁋1 Would she not be much more modest without that ambiguous Suffusion? 1745 M. Akenside Against Suspicion in Odes ii Already in your eyes I see a pale suffusion rise. 1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 232 He..had a yellow suffusion over his skin. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 102 A beautiful suffusion of purple. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 246 The deadly paleness..gave place to a deep and rosy suffusion. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. viii. 93 The tunica adnata was of a pearl-white colour, without the slightest suffusion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1398 |
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