Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 102
Astragalus (n.) (Arch.) See {Astragal}, 1.
Astragalus (n.) 紫雲英屬 Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae [syn: {Astragalus}, {genus Astragalus}].
Astragalus (n.) 【解】距骨 The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint [syn: {anklebone}, {astragal}, {astragalus}, {talus}].
Astrakhan (a.) Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin.
Astrakhan (n.) The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.
Astral (a.) Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.
Astrand (adv. & a.) Stranded.
Astray (adv. & a.) (adv.) 離開正確的路；迷路；離開正道；不對頭 (a.) [F] 迷路的；離開正道的；不對頭的 Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
Ye were as sheep going astray. -- 1 Pet. ii. 25.
Astray (adv.) Away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray".
Astray (adv.) Far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn: {wide}, {astray}].
Astricted (imp. & p. p.) of Astrict.
Astricting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astrict.
Astrict (v. t.) 綁，束縛，限制，使收縮 To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
Astrict (v. t.) To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit.
Astrict (v. t.) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4.
Astrict (a.) Concise; contracted.
Astriction (n.) 束縛，限制 The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
Astriction (n.) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance on the animal economy.
Astriction (n.) 便秘 Constipation.
Astriction (n.) 收斂 [作用]，澀味 Astringency.
Astriction (n.) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll.
Astrictive (a.) Binding; astringent. -- n. An astringent. -- As*tric"tive*ly, adv.
Astrictive (n.) An astringent.
Astrictory (a.) Astrictive. [R.]
Astride (adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. -- Sir W. Scott.
Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. -- Longfellow.
Astride (adv.) With one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride, astraddle].
Astride (adv.) With the legs stretched far apart.
Astriferous (a.) Bearing stars. [R.] -- Blount.
Astringed (imp. & p. p.) of Astringe.
Astringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astringe.
Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
Astringe (v. t.) To bind by moral or legal obligation.
Astringency (n.) 收斂性，嚴酷 The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
Astringent (a.) 收斂性的，嚴酷的，澀的 Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
Astringent (a.) Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
Astringent (n.) 收斂劑 A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
Astringently (adv.) 收斂性地 In an astringent manner.
Astringer (n.) 馴鷹師 A falconer who keeps a goshawk.
Compare: Falconer
Falconer (n.) [ C ] 養獵鷹者；訓練獵鷹者 A person who keeps and often trains falcons for hunting.
Compare: Goshawk
Goshawk (n.) [ C ] 【鳥】蒼鷹 A large type of hawk (= a type of bird that catches and eats other birds or animals).
Astro- () The combining form of the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star.
Astrofel (n.) Alt. of Astrofell.
Astrofell (n.) A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort. -- Spenser.
Astrogeny (n.) The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens. -- H. Spencer.
Astrognosy (n.) The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars. -- Bouvier.
Astrogony (n.) Same as Astrogeny. -- As`*tro*gon"ic, a.
Astrography (n.) The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
Astroite (n.) A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone. [Obs.] [Written also astrite and astrion.]
Astrolabe (n.) (Astron.) 【天】星盤；古代的天體觀測儀 An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
Note: Among the ancients, it was essentially the armillary sphere. A graduated circle with sights, for taking altitudes at sea, was called an astrolabe in the 18th century. It is now superseded by the quadrant and sextant.
Astrolabe (n.) A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere. -- Whewell.
Astrolabe (n.) An early form of sextant.
Compare: Sextant
Sextant (n.) （船舶或飛機精確定位用的）六分儀 An instrument with a graduated arc of 60° and a sighting mechanism, used for measuring the angular distances between objects and especially for taking altitudes in navigation and surveying.
Astrolabe (n.) A compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant.
Astrolater (n.) A worshiper of the stars. -- Morley.
Compare: Worship
Worship (n.) [Mass noun] [U] 崇拜；敬仰；敬神；禮拜，禮拜儀式 The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.
‘Worship of the Mother Goddess.’
‘Ancestor worship.’
Worship (n.) Religious rites or ceremonies, constituting a formal expression of reverence for a deity.
‘The church was opened for public worship.’
Worship (n.) Great admiration or devotion shown towards a person or principle.
‘The worship of celebrity and wealth.’
Worship (n.) [Archaic] Honour given to someone in recognition of their merit.
Worship (n.) (His/ Your Worship) (British) [As title] Used in addressing or referring to an important or high-ranking person, especially a magistrate or mayor.
‘We were soon joined by His Worship the Mayor.’
Worship (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 崇拜；敬重；愛慕；信奉 Show reverence and adoration for (a deity).
‘The Maya built jungle pyramids to worship their gods.’
Worship (v.) [No object ] (v. i.) 敬神，拜神；做禮拜 Take part in a religious ceremony.
‘The family worshipped at Trinity Church.’
Worship (v.) [With object] Feel great admiration or devotion for.
‘She adores her sons and they worship her.
Compare: Worshiper
Worshipper (US worshiper) (n.) 禮拜者，參拜者；崇拜者 [C] A person who shows reverence and adoration for a deity.
‘Viking warriors, worshippers of Thor and Odin.’
‘Three thousand worshippers attend the mosque.’
Worshipper (US worshiper) (n.) A person who feels great admiration or devotion for someone or something.
‘Edward was an unrepentant worshipper of power.’
Astrolatry (n.) 天體崇拜 The worship of the stars.
Astrolatry (n.) The worship of planets or stars [syn: {astrolatry}, {worship of heavenly bodies}].
Astrolithology (n.) 隕石學 The science of aerolites.
Astrologer (n.) 占星家 [C] One who studies the stars; an astronomer. [Obs.]
Astrologer (n.) One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.
Astrologer (n.) Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon [syn: {astrologer}, {astrologist}].
Astrologer (n.) (Dan. 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27, etc.) Heb. 'ashshaph', an enchanter, one who professes to divine future events by the appearance of the stars. This science flourished among the Chaldeans. It was positively forbidden to the Jews (Deut. 4:19; 18:10; Isa. 47:13).
Astrologian (n.) An astrologer.
Astrologic (a.) Alt. of Astrological.
Astrological (a.) 占星的，占星學的 Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologic learning." -- Hudibras. "Astrological prognostication." -- Cudworth. -- As`tro*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Astrological (a.) Relating to or concerned with astrology; "astrological chart".
Astrologize (v. t. & i.) To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.
Astrology (n.) 占星術，占星學 [U] In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.
Note: Astrology was much in vogue during the Middle Ages, and became the parent of modern astronomy, as alchemy did of chemistry. It was divided into two kinds: judicial astrology, which assumed to foretell the fate and acts of nations and individuals, and natural astrology, which undertook to predict events of inanimate nature, such as changes of the weather, etc.
Astrology (n.) A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon [syn: {astrology}, {star divination}].
Astrology (n.) The study of the movements and positions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars in the belief that they affect the character and lives of people.
Astromantic (a.) 占星的，占星學的 Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [R.] -- Dr. H. More.
Astrometeorology (n.) [氣象] 天體氣象學 (一門研究天體對氣象影響的學科) The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather.
Astrometer (n.) 天體測量儀 An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
Astrometry (n.) 天體測定；天體測量學 The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.
Astrometry (n.) The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies.
Astronaut (a.) [C] 太空人，宇航員；太空旅行者 A person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia cosmonaut.
Syn: spaceman, cosmonaut.
Astronaut (n.) A person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut].
Astronomer (n.) 天文學家 [C] An astrologer. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Astronomer (n.) One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.
An undevout astronomer is mad. -- Young.
Astronomer (n.) A physicist who studies astronomy [syn: astronomer, uranologist, stargazer].
Astronomian (n.) 占星家 An astrologer.
Astronomic (a.) Astronomical.
Astronomical (a.) 天文學的；天文的；（指數量）龐大的 Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- {As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly}, adv.
{Astronomical clock}. See under {Clock}.
{Astronomical day}. See under {Day}.
{Astronomical fractions}, {Astronomical numbers}. See under {Sexagesimal}.
Astronomical (a.) Relating or belonging to the science of astronomy; "astronomic telescope" [syn: {astronomic}, {astronomical}].
Astronomical (a.) Inconceivably large [syn: {astronomic}, {astronomical}, {galactic}].
Astronomical (a.) (Scientific) [ Before noun ] 天文學的；天文的，天體的 Connected with astronomy.
// The Royal Astronomical Society.
// Astronomical observations/ instruments.
Astronomical (a.) (Large) (Informal also astronomic,) 極為巨大的；天文數字的 An astronomical amount is extremely large.
// An astronomical rent/ bill/ price/ fee.
Astronomize (v. i.) 觀察天文 To study or to talk astronomy.
Astronomy (n.) (Obsolete) 占星術，占星學 Astrology.
Astronomy (n.) 天文學 The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena.
Astronomy (n.) A treatise on, or text-book of, the science.
Astronomy (n.) The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole [syn: {astronomy}, {uranology}].
Astronomy (n.) [ U ] (C2) 天文學 The scientific study of the universe and of objects that exist naturally in space, such as the moon, the sun, planets, and stars.
Astrophel (n.) See Astrofel.
Astrophotography (n.) 天體照相術 The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.
Astrophysical (a.) Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.
Astrophyton (n.) (Zool.) A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.
Astrophyton (n.) Includes many of the basket stars [syn: Astrophyton, genus Astrophyton].
Astroscope (n.) 天球儀；星宿儀 An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
Astroscope (n.) Originally: any of several instruments for assisting an observer in identifying stars and constellations, specifically one consisting of a pair of inscribed cones. In recent use: an instrument for observing stars; an astronomical telescope.
Astroscopy (n.) Observation of the stars. [Obs.]
Astrotheology (n.) Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. -- Derham.
Astructive (a.) Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive.
Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner.
Astrut (a. & adv.) In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait.
Astucious (a.) Subtle; cunning; astute.
Astucity (n.) Craftiness; astuteness.
Astun (v. t.) To stun.
Asturian (a.) Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain.
Asturian (n.) A native of Asturias.
Astute (a.) 敏銳的，精明的，機敏的；狡猾的，詭計多端的 Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Syn: Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. -- {As*tute"ly}, adv. -- {As*tute"ness}, n.
Astute (a.) Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" [syn: {astute}, {sharp}, {shrewd}].
Astute (a.) Having or showing an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever.
Astute (a.) Having or showing shrewdness and perspicacity <an astute observer> <astute remarks>; also : Crafty, Wily. (adv.) -- astutely (n.) -- Astuteness
Noncolumned (a.) (Arch.) Not having columns. [Narrower terms: {astylar}; {unpillared}] {columned}.
Syn: uncolumned.
Astylar (a.) 【建】無柱式的 Without columns or pilasters. -- Weale.
Compare: Pillared
Pillared (a.) 有柱的；成柱狀的；Pillar的動詞過去式、過去分詞 See P illar
Pillar (n.) (n.) [C] 柱，柱子；柱狀物（如水柱，石柱，氣柱等）；【喻】棟樑，臺柱 (v. t.) 用柱支持（或加固，裝飾） A tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument.
Pillar (n.) Something shaped like a pillar.
‘A pillar of rock.’
Pillar (n.) A solid mass of coal left to support the roof of a mine.
Pillar (n.) A person or thing regarded as reliably providing essential support for something.
‘He was a pillar of his local community.’
From pillar to post (ph.) From one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner.
‘They were pushed from pillar to post from the moment they left their homes.’
Astyllen (n.) (Mining) A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.
Asunder (adv.) 成數部分（或數塊），化為碎片；位置上互相隔開，分離地 Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.
I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder. -- Zech. xi. 10.
As wide asunder as pole and pole. -- Froude.
Asunder (adv.) Into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn: {apart}, {asunder}].
Asunder (a.) Widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole".
Asunder (adv.) (Literary) 破成碎塊，散成碎片；分開，離散 Into forcefully separated pieces.
// Their lives were torn asunder by the tragedy.
Syn: Apart
Apart (adv.) (Separated) (B1) （指空間或時間）相隔，相距 Separated by a distance or by time.
// Stand with your feet wide apart.
// How far apart should the speakers be?
// We were asked to stand in two lines three metres apart.
// The two lines of children moved slowly apart.
// The garage, large enough for two cars, is set apart from (= not joined to) the house.
// I forget the exact age difference between Mark and his brother - they're two or three years apart.
Apart (adv.) (Separated) (B2) 成碎片；成零碎；破裂 Into smaller pieces.
// My jacket is so old it's falling apart.
// I took the motor apart (= separated it into pieces) to see how it worked.
Apart (adv.) (Except)
Apart from (B1) 除了；不考慮，不算；此外 Except for or not considering.
// He works until nine o'clock every evening, and that's quite apart from the work he does over the weekend.
// Apart from the salary/ Salary apart, it's not a bad job.
// Apart from you and me/ You and me apart, I don't think there was anyone there under 30.
Apart (a.) [ After verb ] (B2) （夫妻或親人）分離的，不住一起的 Living or staying in a different place from the person that you are married to or have a close relationship with.
// When you're apart you rely so heavily on the phone.
Asura (n.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
Asura (n.) Earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura.
Aswail (n.) (Zool.) The sloth bear ({Melursus labiatus}) of India.
Asweve (v. t.) To stupefy. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Aswing (adv.) In a state of swinging.
Aswoon (adv.) In a swoon. -- Chaucer.
Aswooned (adv.) In a swoon.
Compare: Swoon
Swoon (v.) [No object] (Literary) (v. i.) 昏厥，昏倒；狂喜，心醉神迷 Faint, especially from extreme emotion.
‘Frankie's mother swooned and had to be helped to the headmaster's office.’
Swoon (v.) [No object] Be overcome with admiration, adoration, or other strong emotion.
‘You can have them swooning over you with a few well-placed words.’
Swoon (n.) (Literary) [C] 昏厥，昏倒；狂喜，心醉神迷 An occurrence of fainting.
‘I fell down in a swoon.’
Asylums (n. pl. ) of Asylum.
Asyla (n. pl. ) of Asylum.
Asylum (n.) 避難；政治避難權，庇護權 [U]；避難所，庇護所 [C] A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
So sacred was the church to some, that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary. -- Ayliffe.
Note: The name was anciently given to temples, altars, statues of the gods, and the like. In later times Christian churches were regarded as asylums in the same sense.
Asylum (n.) Any place of retreat and security.
Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom. -- Southey.
Asylum (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
Asylum (n.) A shelter from danger or hardship [syn: {refuge}, {sanctuary}, {asylum}].
Asylum (n.) A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person [syn: {mental hospital}, {psychiatric hospital}, {mental institution}, {institution}, {mental home}, {insane asylum}, {asylum}].
Asylum (n.) A place, of refuge where debtors and criminals fled for safety.
Asylum (n.) At one time, in Europe, churches and other consecrated places served as asylums, to the disgrace of the law. These never protected criminals in the United States. It may be questioned whether the house of an ambassador (q.v.) would not afford protection temporarily, to a person who should take refuge there.
Asymmetral (a.) Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical.
Asymmetric (a.) 不對稱的，不勻稱的； 【邏】非對稱的 Alt. of Asymmetrical.
Asymmetrical (a.) 不均勻；不對稱的 Incommensurable. [Obs.]
Asymmetrical (a.) Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical. -- Huxley.
Asymmetrical (a.) Characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components [syn: {asymmetrical}, {asymmetric}] [ant: {symmetric}, {symmetrical}].
Asymmetrical (a.) Irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline" [syn: {asymmetrical}, {crooked}].
Asymmetrically (adv.) 不對稱地；不平衡地 In an asymmetrical manner; "they were asymmetrically arranged" [ant: Symmetrically].
Asymmetrous (a.) Asymmetrical. [Obs.] -- Barrow.