单词 | proruption |
释义 | proruption/prəʊˈrʌpʃn/rare before 19th cent noun The action or an act of bursting forth. In later use chiefly: (Geography ) the protrusion of part of a country, etc., out from the main body of territory; an instance of this; a region which protrudes in this way. OriginMid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Browne (1605–1682), physician and author. From post-classical Latin proruption-, proruptio action of bursting forth from classical Latin prōrupt-, past participial stem of prōrumpere + -iō. |
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