| 单词 |
maculation |
| 释义 |
maculation|mækjuːˈleɪʃən|
[ad. L. maculātiōn-em agent-n. f. maculāre maculate v. Cf. F. maculation.]
1. The action of spotting or staining; the condition of being spotted or defiled.
a1450Cov. Myst. xiv. (Shaks. Soc.) 138 If he be gilty, sum maculacion Pleyne in his face xal shewe it owth. Ibid. 141, I nevyr knew of mannys maculacion, But evyr have lyved in trew virginite. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. iv. 66, I will throw my Gloue to death himselfe, That there's no maculation in thy heart. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Fr. Gerund I. 531 The nigrescent maculation of their pristine niveous candour. 1853G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 34, I waged a blind and ineffectual warfare all night, to the loss of my rest and the maculation of my countenance. 1887Stevenson Mem. & Portraits vi. 102 It was from the maculation of sheep's blood that he had come..to cleanse himself.
2. In scientific use: The state of being marked with maculæ; a particular arrangement or pattern of maculæ.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxxv. III. 650 Numerous Libellulinæ emulate the Heliconian butterflies by their maculation. 1879Proctor Pleas. Ways Sci. ii. 40 The doctrine that an intimate association exists between solar maculation (or spottiness) and terrestrial meteorological phenomena. 1884Science IV. 44/2 The maculation is normally noctuidous, and the wings are ample. 1888Amer. Nat. XXII. 642 Patches of vividly red Poppies, with fine black maculations, like eyes, edged with white. |
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单词 maculated 释义 maculated, ppl. a.|mkjletd|[f. maculate v. + -ed1]1. Spotted, stained,......