单词 | burn-out |
释义 | > as lemmasburn-out burn-out n. Brit. /ˈbəːnaʊt/ , U.S. /ˈbərnˌaʊt/ (a) a complete destruction by fire; also = burn n.3 1c; (b) the fusing of a wire or other electric conductor by excess of electric current; also attributive, as burn-out fuse, burn-out alloy, one that melts at a comparatively low temperature and serves as a safeguard against damage by excess of current; (c) (the moment of) final consumption of fuel by a space rocket, etc.; also attributive; (d) originally U.S. physical or emotional exhaustion, esp. caused by stress at work; depression, disillusionment; cf. to burn oneself out at burn v.1 2c(b).ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] unlustOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 elengenessec1320 dullnessc1369 tristourc1380 murknessc1390 tristesse1390 faintness1398 ungladnessa1400 droopingc1400 heavity14.. dejectionc1450 terne?a1513 disconsolation1515 descence1526 marea1529 sadness?1537 dumpishness1548 unblessedness1549 dolorousness1553 ruefulness?1574 dolefulness1586 heartlessness1591 languishment1591 mopishness1598 soul-sickness1603 contristation1605 damp1606 gloominess1607 sableness1607 uncheerfulnessa1617 disconsolateness1624 cheerlessnessa1631 dejectedness1633 droopingness1635 disanimation1637 lowness1639 desponsion1641 disconsolacy1646 despondency1653 dispiritedness1654 chagrin1656 demission1656 jawfall1660 weightedness1660 depression1665 disconsolancy1665 grumness1675 despondence1676 despond1678 disheartenednessa1680 glumness1727 low1727 gloom1744 low-spiritedness1754 blue devils1756 black dog1776 humdudgeon1785 blue devilism1787 dispiritude1797 wishtnessc1800 downheartedness1801 blue-devilage1816 dispiritment1827 downcastness1827 depressiveness1832 dolorosity1835 lugubriosity1840 disconsolance1847 down1856 heavy-heartedness1860 lugubriousness1879 sullenness1885 low key1886 melancholia1896 burn-out1903 mokus1924 downness1927 mopiness1927 deflation1933 wallow1934 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > specific breathlessness1612 overfatigue1727 standstill1788 footsoreness1849 heat exhaustion1861 staleness1868 burn-out1903 chronic fatigue1908 driver fatigue1922 bonk1952 the wall1974 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > by fire, etc. auto-da-fé1790 burn-out1903 society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > specific firing of rockets > (moment of) final fuel consumption burn-out1903 1903 Daily Chron. 29 June 7/5 It has been a burn-out of three floors and roof destroyed. 1907 Installation News Mar. 4/1 Incipient fires and burnouts, due to the earthing of high voltage systems on building fronts, etc. 1940 W. Stegner in Atlantic Monthly June 774/1 Even without shoes he would have run across burnouts, over stretches so undermined with gopher holes that sometimes he broke through to the ankle. 1941 W. Stegner in Harper's Mag. Jan. 160/1 The topless Ford lurched, one wheel at a time, through the deep burnout. 1952 Jrnl. Brit. Interplan. Soc. 11 10 Ideal performance of multi-stage vehicles is secured if..the burnout weights of each stage form a geometric progression. 1953 Time 14 Sept. 89/2 The three tons of fuel lasted less than three minutes. At ‘burnout’, Carl was at 75,000 ft. 1957 Spaceflight 1 64/2 Four wings provide the lift necessary for controlled flight and four small fins at the rear are used for steering after burn-out. 1975 H. J. Freudenberger in Psychotherapy XII. 73/1 Some years ago, a few of us who had been working intensively in the free clinic movement began to talk of a concept which we referred to as ‘burn-out’. 1978 Hospital & Community Psychiatry XXIX. 233 (heading) Characteristics of staff burnout in mental health settings. 1986 Sun 3 Nov. 19/4 It has happened so often, it is now known in medical circles as ‘AIDS burnout’. < as lemmas |
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