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单词 efflux
释义 ef·flux
\ˈeˌfləks\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Latin effluxus, past participle of effluere
1.
 a. : something that emanates in or as if in a stream : effusion
  < many wished to touch the relics and so absorb their healing effluxes — E.H.Short >
  < used secretly to think ourselves the Wordsworth and Coleridge of an endless efflux of lyrical ballads — Christopher Morley >
 b.
  (1) : an emanation supposed by Empedocles and the Sophists to be continually given off by external objects and to be the cause of our perception of them
  (2) : emanation 1b
2.
 a. : the action or process of flowing or seeming to flow out
  < large underground efflux of salt water from the lake — Geographical Journal >
  < the influx and efflux of gold — R.F.Harrod >
  < the annual efflux of men and women for work — V.G.J.Sheddick >
 b. : a lapse or passing of time
  < the influx and efflux of life, which we call the seasons — A.C.Benson >
  < for a brief second, for an inexpressibly curtailed efflux of time — Anthony Powell >
 also : end, expiration
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