| 单词 | bursting point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbursting point bursting point n. the internal pressure at which an enclosed vessel will explode; usually transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > pressure > internal pressure likely to cause explosion pent1674 bursting point1902 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience x. 236 The tension of subliminal memories reaching the bursting-point. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. iv. 81 Their columns had been stuffed to bursting-point with superlatives. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise i. 9 A small, inconvenient cubicle, crowded at the moment to bursting-point. 1944 R. Lehmann Ballad & Source iii. 168 There came the bursting point of a complexity of hideous fears and pressures. < as lemmas |
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