| 单词 | to be or come in contact |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be or come in (into) contact a. The state or condition of touching; the mutual relation of two bodies whose external surfaces touch each other. Hence to be or come in (into) contact. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity toucha1398 contingence1561 concourse1570 admotion1603 collaterage1610 contact1626 contaction1628 contiguousness1639 contingencya1646 contiguity1648 concurrence1656 osculation1669 abuttal1797 tangency1813 touching1842 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §443 The Desire of return into the Body; whereupon followeth that appetite of Contact and Conjunction. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 105 They [sc. basking shark] will permit a boat to follow them..till it comes almost within contact. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 28 It has been asserted, that the cow-pox cannot be communicated but by contact. 1807 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. I. ii. xxiii. 309 The edges of the wound in the trachea may be..kept in contact. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. v. 145 Bringing it into visual contact with the upright pilasters. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 75 So as to avoid contact with air. 1885 Whitaker's Almanack, Eclipses. First contact with the Penumbra, 1h. 50m. aft. First contact with the shadow, 2h. 59m. aft. < as lemmas |
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