单词 | upthrow |
释义 | upthrown. 1. a. Geology and Mining. An upward dislocation of a stratum or seam. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > upthrust or downcast upcast1793 throw1796 upthrow1807 downcast1810 upcast dyke1810 downthrow1820 upthrust1942 1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 66 A high rock, caused by what is called an up-throe of the metals. 1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 66 This up-throe running westward, forms a sort of ridge. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 268 Up-leap, a fault which appears as an up-throw. 1888 J. Prestwich Geol. II. 95 An elevation of the strata on one side, and..depression on the other, which are called by the miners the upthrow and the downthrow. b. Amount of upward displacement. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > upthrow amount upthrow1889 1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 228/1 A small fault, with five feet upthrow. 2. Geology. An upheaval of part of the earth's crust or surface; an uplift. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > upheaval ridging1499 upheaving1821 upthrow1833 upheaval1838 upheavement1841 uplifting1845 upthrust1846 uplift1853 upraisal1865 bradyseism1896 upwarping1954 updoming1964 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 338 The sudden upthrow of another system of parallel chains of mountains. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 727 By the upthrow, rocks of the Lower Silurian have been carried up to the level of those of the Subcarboniferous. 1884 Geikie in Nature 13 Nov. 31 In the great upthrow, it is this sandstone platform which has been pushed over the limestones. 3. An outburst or manifestation. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > throwing up upthrowing1825 upthrow1855 upcast1890 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of outbreakinga1387 breaking-out1552 outbreak1562 eruption1598 storm1602 out-breach1609 fulmination1623 outflying1641 outburst1657 float1763 overboiling1767 irruption1811 gush1821 outflash1831 outflush1834 shooting forth1837 outbursting1838 blow-off1842 outblaze1843 upburst1843 upthrow1855 upbreak1856 spurt1859 outlash1868 spitfire1886 Brock's benefit1948 1855 M. Pattison in Oxf. Ess. 274 The Wycliff movement,..that last upthrow of Latin philosophy. 4. The action of throwing up or casting upwards. ΚΠ 1898 Daily News 23 Sept. 2/3 The up-throw with which a marksman jerks his rifle from his shoulder after a successful shot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). upthrowv. 1. a. transitive. To throw or cast upwards; to toss or fling up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > cast or throw up upcastc1386 upbraida1525 toss1526 to cast up1557 plunge1567 uphurl1582 to toss up1588 upthrowc1614 sky1802 uptoss1828 c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas ii. in Wks. (1898) I. 276 Both heards of Hart and Hinde..with feet the dust vpthroe. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxvii The fountain..That in the middle of the court up-threw A stream. a1759 W. Collins in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. (1788) 1 ii. 72 A pigmy-folk..Whose bones the delver with his spade upthrows. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xxix. 133 Fifty tons of water were upthrown By them per hour. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids x. 844 [He] both his hands upthrew Toward heaven. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look up > turn (eyes) upwards abraidOE to-heavec1200 reara1382 upcast1390 blenkc1400 raisea1425 shore1581 upthrow1600 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvii. lxxv. 310 Of Almerike the image..that vpthrew His eies, like one that vs'd to contemplate. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > pull out or up > violently tear out or up ruska1300 off-teara1393 ripa1400 whop14.. rivea1425 ravec1450 reavec1450 esrache1477 to plough out1591 uptear1593 outrive1598 ramp1607 upthrow1627 tear1667 to tear up1709 evulse1827 efforce1855 tear-out1976 1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 168 The Tempest so outragious grew, That it whole hedgerowes by the roots vp threw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1807v.1600 |
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