单词 | transpiration |
释义 | transpirationn. The action or process of transpiring. 1. a. Exhalation through the skin or surface of the body; formerly, also, evaporation. Also concrete matter transpired. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [noun] > becoming or making into vapour > evaporation evaporationa1398 exhalation1398 consumptiona1400 vapouring1548 transpiration1562 divaporation1617 exhalinga1618 expiration1626 exhalement1646 perspiration1652 transpiring1670 aerification1790 the world > life > biology > biological processes > letting or forcing out (a substance, etc.) > [noun] expulsionc1400 ejaculation1603 expulsation1615 transpiration1707 the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of sweat > [noun] sweatingc1275 sweatc1400 resudation1578 perspiration1583 through-breathing1585 sudation1599 evaporation1626 diaphoresis1681 transpiration1707 sudorification1708 desudation1728 sudoresis1834 1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 16v, in Bulwarke of Defence Expulsed, or auoided by inuisible transpiracion, whiche is one of the forces, or benefits of nature. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xv. 75 Mercury and sulphur doe vanish away by an insensible transpiration. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 102 A viscous humour,..a plain Transpiration from the Plant. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 131 It supples and mollifies the Skin, thereby facilitating Transpiration. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xli. 130 The substance secreted appears to be a transpiration through the pores of the body. 1879 G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 204/1 The products of transpiration are always of a more or less oily nature. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxii. 338 The excessive loss of fluid by cutaneous transpiration creates a powerful thirst. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of intangible things or particles from an object through-breathing1585 aporrhœa1646 effluvium1651 transpiration1652 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox x. 248 It is probable that by some kinds of transpiration, or by the means of Spirits, things acted at a distance are conveyed to persons absent, and represented to them in their sleep. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 74 A mystery..perhaps founded in a grateful Transpiration of Spirits from one to the other. c. figurative. Outflow (of affection, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition show1569 ejection1650 effusion1659 excursion1662 sally1676 demonstrativeness1841 gushing1852 transpirationa1854 demonstration1856 gushingness1859 effusiveness1877 gushiness1937 a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iv. 268 Always beloved for the constant transpiration of an affectionate and cheerful heart. 2. Botany. The exhalation of watery vapour from the surface of the leaves and other parts of plants, in connection with the passage of water or sap through the tissues. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > exudation of moisture transpiration1551 resudation1578 perspiration1664 sudoresis1834 guttation1889 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. P ij The floures and leues..whiche.. by ventyng out or transpiration maketh rype and digesteth. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 56 These leaves having a power of keeping themselves cool by their own transpiration, they impart no heat to the air by contact. 1880 W. R. McNab Bot.: Outl. Morphol. & Physiol. iv. 99 The water that plants give off as watery vapour by transpiration through the stomata. 3. Physics. The passage of a gas or liquid under pressure through a capillary tube or porous substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > passage through of fluid under pressure transpiration1867 1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) III. 835/2 The transpiration of a gas is uninfluenced by the material of which a tube is constructed; it increases with pressure—the greater the density, the shorter the time of transpiration. 1870 E. Atkinson tr. A. Ganot Elem. Treat. Physics (ed. 4) §132 For the same gas, the rate of transpiration increases, other things being equal, directly as the pressure. 4. The action or fact of something transpiring or becoming indirectly known; also, that which transpires (i.e., in quot. 1908, happens). rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > process of becoming emergency1647 emergence1755 emersion1763 emerging1813 transpiration1827 transpiry1884 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event weird971 redeOE thingOE limpc1200 casea1250 tidingc1275 timinga1325 being?c1400 incident?1462 advenement1490 occurrent1523 accidenta1525 occurrence1539 affair1550 event1554 happening1561 événement1567 success1588 betide1590 circumstance1592 arrivage1603 eveniency1660 occurrency1671 betider1674 befalling1839 whet1849 intermezzo1851 transpiration1908 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. v. vi. 110 Causes of transpiration..disclosure, with or without treachery, on the part of one or more of the co-delinquents. 1908 Academy 7 Mar. 529/2 ‘I there prosecuted my enquiries and observed for myself what transpired’. The transpirations are disappointing. 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