单词 | upswelling |
释义 | upswellingn. (up- prefix 3d.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension > swelling or swollenness > swelling up raisinga1425 puffing1495 upswelling1548 uprising1598 heave1833 1548 N. Bodrugan Epitome Title to Souereigntie Scotl. 248 In tempestious vp~swellynges of water. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. xiv. 260 That water..filleth up that place.., wherby [it]..is enforced to an up-swelling. 1878 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. ii. v. 253 The amount of upswelling..is fully adequate to account for the upheaval of the greatest mountain-chains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2019). upswellingadj. (up- prefix 3c(b).) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing in intensity or degree risinga1398 upcreeping1611 acuationa1655 heightening1774 strengthening1794 upswelling1855 exalting1859 intensifying1863 enhancive1889 1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 74 The personal unhappiness, the private wrong,..give way before the upswelling sympathy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasupswelling upswelling n. Brit. /ˈʌpswɛlɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˈəpˌswɛlɪŋ/ Π 1899 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 317 Upwellings of molten basalt. < n.1548adj.1855 as lemmas |
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