释义 |
gout1 /gowt/ noun- A disease in which excess of uric acid in the blood is deposited as urates in the joints, etc, with swelling esp of the big toe
- A related disease of poultry affecting the viscera
- A swelling of the stalk in wheat and other grasses, caused by goutfly larvae
- A drop, spot (archaic)
ORIGIN: OFr goutte, from L gutta a drop, the disease once supposed to be caused by a defluxion of humours goutˈiness noun goutˈy adjective - Relating to gout
- Diseased with or subject to gout
goutˈfly noun A fly (genus Chlorops) whose larvae cause gout by boring in wheat, etc goutˈweed or goutˈwort noun An umbelliferous weed (Aegopodium podagraria), long supposed to be good for gout, also called bishˈop('s)weed or goatˈweed bishop1 /bishˈəp/ noun- In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches and in the Anglican Communion, a senior clergyman consecrated for the spiritual direction of a diocese, usu under an archbishop
- In the early Christian, and certain modern Protestant, churches, a spiritual overseer of a local church or group of churches
- In chess, any of four pieces, two on each side, usu with a top in the shape of a mitre, that can move in a diagonal line over any number of empty squares
- A hot drink of mulled red wine flavoured with bitter oranges
- Any of several kinds of colourful African weaver bird (also bishˈop-bird)
transitive verb- To confirm (joc)
- To appoint to the office of bishop
- To supply with bishops (rare)
- To let (milk, etc) burn while cooking (N Eng dialect)
ORIGIN: OE biscop, from L episcopus, from Gr episkopos overseer, from epi upon, and skopeein to view bishˈopdom noun - Episcopal order
- Bishops collectively
bishˈopess noun - A bishop's wife
- A female bishop (joc)
bishˈopric noun - The office and jurisdiction of a bishop
- A diocese
bishop's cap noun A genus (Mitella) of the saxifrage family, with one-sided inflorescences bishop's court noun The court of a diocesan bishop bishop sleeve noun A full sleeve drawn in tightly at the wrist bishˈopweed or bishop's weed noun Goutweed the bishop has put his foot in it (obsolete) It has burnt while cooking |