Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 17
Aconitic (a.) 【植】烏頭屬植物的 Of or pertaining to aconite.
Aconitic (a.) (Chem.) Pert. to or designating a crystalline tribasic acid, C6H6O6, obtained from aconite and other plants. It is a carboxyl derivative of itaconic acid. Both the natural forma from plants and the form prepared chemically have the trans-configuration. It is used in the manufacture of itaconic acid (propylene dicarboxylic acid). -- MI11
Syn: 1-propene-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, equisetic acid, citridic acid, achilleic acid.
Aconitine (n.) (Chem.) 烏頭鹼 An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.
Aconitum (n.) 烏頭屬又名附子屬 The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. -- Shak.
Aconitum (n.) Genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal [syn: Aconitum, genus Aconitum].
Acontia (n. pl.) (Zool.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnid[ae]), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actini[ae] when irritated.
Acontias (n.) (Zool.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
Acopic (a.) (Med.) Relieving weariness; restorative. AS
Acorn (n.) 橡實，橡子 The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
Acorn (n.) (Naut.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
Acorn (n.) (Zool.) See Acorn-shell.
Acorn (n.) Fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base.
Acorn cup (n.) The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
Compare: Involucre
Involucre (n.) 【解】包皮，被膜 (Anatomy) A membranous envelope.
Involucre (n.) 【植】總苞 (Botany) A whorl or rosette of bracts surrounding an inflorescence (especially a capitulum) or at the base of an umbel.
Acorned (a.) Furnished or loaded with acorns.
Acorned (a.) Fed or filled with acorns.
Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
Acosmism (n.) A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
Acosmist (n.) One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God.
Acotyledon (n.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
Acotyledonous (a.) Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
Acouchy (n.) A small species of agouti (Dasyprocta acouchy).
Acoumeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
Acoumetry (n.) The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
Acoustic (a.) 聽覺的，聲學的，音響學的 Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
Acoustic (n.) A medicine or agent to assist hearing.
Acoustic (a.) 聲音的；聽覺的 Relating to sound or hearing
// The microphone converts acoustic waves to electrical signals for transmission.
Acoustic (a.) （樂器）原聲的，自然聲的 Used to refer to a musical instrument that is not made louder by electrical equipment.
// An acoustic guitar.
Acoustic (n.) [ C ] [ Usually plural ] （建築物、房間的）傳音效果，音響效果 The way in which the structure of a building or room affects the qualities of musical or spoken sound.
// The concert was recorded in a church that is famous for its acoustics.
Acoustic neurinomas (n.) 聽神經瘤又稱為聽神經許旺細胞瘤或vestibular schwannoma，是許旺氏細胞瘤沿著第八對腦神經生長的結果。在成人，聽神經瘤佔了顱內腫瘤總數約8%，不過在cerebral-pontine angle tumor這一部份卻佔了80~90%。而在小孩則僅少見於神經線纖維瘤病的病人身上。 Benign tumor of the hearing nerve (eighth nerve). A progressively enlarging, benign tumor, usually within the internal auditory canal or hearing nerve.
Acoustical (a.) 聽覺的，聲學的 Of or pertaining to acoustics.
Acoustically (adv.) 聽覺上 In relation to sound or to hearing.
Acoustician (n.) 聲學家 One versed in acoustics.
Acoustics (n.) 音響學，音響效果，聲學 The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.
Acquaint (a.) Acquainted. [Obs.]
Acquainted (imp. & p. p.) of Acquaint.
Acquainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquaint.
Acquaint (v. t.) 使認識，介紹；使了解，使熟悉 To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.
Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it. -- Locke.
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. -- Isa. liii. 3.
Acquaint (v. t.) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act.
Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love. -- Shak.
I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland. -- Shak.
Acquaint (v. t.) To familiarize; to accustom. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.
To be acquainted with, To be possessed of personal knowledge of; to be cognizant of; to be more or less familiar with; to be on terms of social intercourse with.
Syn: To inform; apprise; communicate; advise.
Acquaint (v.) Cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint].
Acquaint (v.) Make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings" [syn: familiarize, familiarise, acquaint].
Acquaint (v.) Inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move".
Acquaint sb/ yourself with sth (Formal) (-- Phrasal verb with acquaint) (v.) 使認識；使瞭解；使熟悉；使知悉 To make someone or yourself familiar with something
// Take time to acquaint yourself with the rules.
// The Broadcasting Museum offers workshops to acquaint children with the world of radio.
Acquaintable (a.) 和藹可親的，友善的，殷勤的 Easy to be acquainted with; affable.
Compare: Affable
Affable (a.) 和藹可親的；友善的；容易交談的 Friendly and easy to talk to.
// He struck me as an affable sort of a man.
// She was quite affable at the meeting.
Acquaintance (n.) 認識，瞭解；相識的人，熟人 A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
Acquaintance (n.) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Acquaintanceship (n.) 相識，相熟，認識 A state of being acquainted; acquaintance.
Acquaintant (n.) An acquaintance.
Compare: Acquaintance
Acquaintance (n.) (C1) [ C ] 相識的人，熟人；泛泛之交 A person that you have met but do not know well.
// A business acquaintance.
Acquaintance (n.) [ U ] (Formal) （用在某些表達方式中表示）認識，結識 Used in some expressions about knowing or meeting people.
// It was at the Taylors' party that I first made his acquaintance (= first met him).
// I wasn't sure about Darryl when I first met her, but on further acquaintance (= knowing her a little more) I rather like her.
Acquaintance (n.) [ U ] (Formal) （對某一學科的）所知，瞭解 Knowledge of a subject.
// Sadly, my acquaintance with Spanish literature is rather limited.
Acquainted (a.) Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
Acquainted (a.) (Formal) [ After verb ] 相識的；認識的；熟悉的 Knowing or being familiar with a person.
// "Do you know Daphne?" "No, I'm afraid we're not acquainted."
// I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman in question.
Be acquainted with sth 瞭解的；熟悉的；知曉的 To know or be familiar with something, because you have studied it or have experienced it before.
// Police said the thieves were obviously well acquainted with the alarm system at the department store.
Acquaintedness (n.) (Rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
Acquaintedness (n.) (Rare) The state of being acquainted with someone or something, familiarity.
Compare: Familiaruty
Familiaruty (n.) [ U ] (Knowledge) 通曉；熟知，熟悉 A good knowledge of something, or the fact that you know it so well.
// Ellen's familiarity with pop music is astonishing.
// I love the familiarity of my old chair.
Acquest (n.) 【廢】取得；【律】取得財產（不是繼承的財產） Acquisition; the thing gained. [R.] -- Bacon.
Acquest (n.) (Law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. -- Bouvier.
Acquiesced (imp. & p. p.) of Acquiesce.
Acquiescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquiesce.
Acquiesce (v. i.) 默認；默許；默從，勉強同意 To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to.
Acquiesce (v. i.) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
Acquiescence (n.) 默認；默許；默從 [U] [（+in/ to）] A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
Acquiescence (n.) (Crim. Law) Submission to an injury by the party injured.
Acquiescence (n.) (Crim. Law) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. -- Wharton.
Acquiescence (n.) Acceptance without protest.
Acquiescence (n.) Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" [syn: {assent}, {acquiescence}].
Acquiescence (n.) Contracts. The consent which is impliedly given by one or both parties, to a proposition, a clause, a condition, a judgment, or to any act whatever.
Acquiescence (n.) When a party is bound to elect between a paramount right and a testamentary disposition, his acquiescence in a state of things which indicates an election, when he was aware of his rights will be prima facie evidence of such election. Vide 2 Ves. Jr. 371; 12 Ves. 136 1 Ves. Jr. 335; 3 P. Wms. 315. 2 Rop. Leg. 439.
Acquiescence (n.) The acts of acquiescence which constitute an implied election, must be decided rather by the circumstances of each case than by any general principle. 1 Swanst. R. 382, note, and the numerous cases there cited.
Acquiescence (n.) Acquiescence in the acts of an agent, or one who has assumed that character, will be equivalent to an express authority. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1309; Kent, Com. 478; Story on Eq. Sec. 255; 4 W. C. C. R. 559; 6 Miss. R. Sec. 193; 1 John. Cas. 110; 2 John. Cas. 424 Liv. on Ag. 45; Paley on, Ag. by Lloyd, 41 Pet. R. 69, 81; 12 John. R. 300; 3 Cowen's R. 281; 3 Pick. R. 495, 505; 4 Mason's R. 296. Acquiescence differs from assent. (q.v.)
Acquiescency (n.) 默認；默許 The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
Acquiescent (a.) 默認的；默默順從的，甘心接受的 Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
Acquiescent (a.) Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority" [syn: {acquiescent}, {biddable}].
Acquiescently (adv.) 默認地；順從地；默許地 In an acquiescent manner.
Acquiet (v. t.) 使安靜；使平息 To quiet. [Obs.]
Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. -- Sir A. Sherley.
Acquirability (n.) 可取得 The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] -- Paley.
Acquirable (a.) 可取得的 Capable of being acquired.
Acquired (imp. & p. p.) of Acquire.
Acquiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquire.
Acquire (v. t.) 取得，獲得；學到；養成；（雷達等）捕獲（目標） To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. -- Barrow.
Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. -- Blackstone.
Syn: To obtain; gain; attain; procure; win; earn; secure. See Obtain.
Acquire (v.) Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" [syn: get, acquire].
Acquire (v.) Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" [syn: assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take].
Acquire (v.) Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire].
Acquire (v.) Locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar.
Acquire (v.) Win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" [syn: acquire, win, gain] [ant: lose].
Acquire (v.) Gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" [syn: learn, larn, acquire].
Acquire (v.) Gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" [syn: develop, acquire, evolve].
Aquired (a.) (Biol.) 已取得的，已獲得的，已成習慣的，後天的 Gotten through environmental forces. Contrasted with {inherited}. acquired characteristics cannot be passed on noninheritable (vs. inheritable), nonheritable.
Syn: Nurtural.
Acquired (a.) Gotten through environmental forces; "acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on".
Acquirement (n.) 取得；學得；才能；學識；成就，造詣 The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." -- Addison.
His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. -- Hayward.
Syn: {Acquisition}, {Acquirement}.
Usage: Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.
Acquirement (n.) An ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill}, {accomplishment}, {acquirement}, {acquisition}, {attainment}].
Acquirer (n.) （對別人公司的）收買者，兼併者 A person who acquires.
Acquirer (n.) A person who acquires something (usually permanently).
Acquirer (n.) A corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock.
Acquirer (n.) The financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card.
Acquirer (n.) A credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee [syn: merchant bank, acquirer].
Acquiry (n.) 取得；學得；才能；學識；成就，造詣 Acquirement. [Obs.] -- Barrow
Acquisite (a.) 習得的；養成的 Acquired. [Obs.] -- Burton.
Acquisition (n.) 獲得，取得 [U]；獲得物；增添的人（或物）[C] The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition or loss of a province. -- Macaulay.
Acquisition (n.) Specifically: (Business, Finance) The purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.
Syn: buyout, takeover.
Acquisition (n.) The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
Syn: See {Acquirement}.
Acquisition (n.) The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another".
Acquisition (n.) Something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum".
Acquisition (n.) The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" [syn: {learning}, {acquisition}].
Acquisition (n.) An ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill}, {accomplishment}, {acquirement}, {acquisition}, {attainment}].
Acquisition (n.), Property, contracts, descent. The act by which the person procures the property of a thing.
Acquisition (n.) An acquisition, may be temporary or perpetual, and be procured either for a valuable consideration, for example, by buying the same; or without consideration, as by gift or descent.
Acquisition (n.) Acquisition may be divided into original and derivative. Original acquisition is procured by occupancy, 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 490; 2 Kent. Com. 289; Menstr. Leg. du Dr. Civ. Rom. Sec. 344 ; by accession, 1 Bouv. Inst. n. Sec. 499; 2 Kent., Com. 293; by intellectual labor, namely, for inventions, which are secured by patent rights and for the authorship of books, maps, and charts, which is protected by copyrights. 1. Bouv. Inst. n. 508.
Acquisition (n.) Derivative acquisitions are those which are procured from others, either by act of law, or by act of the parties. Goods and chattels may change owners by act of law in the cases of forfeiture, succession, marriage, judgment, insolvency, and intestacy. And by act of the parties, by gift or sale. Property may be acquired by a man himself, or by those who are in his power, for him; as by his children while minors; 1 N. Hamps. R. 28; 1 United States Law Journ. 513 ; by his apprentices or his slaves. Vide Ruth. Inst. ch. 6 & 7; Dig. 41, 1, 53; Inst. 2,9; Id. 2,9,3.
Acquisitive (a.) 想獲得的，貪得的 Acquired.
Acquisitive (a.) Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.
Acquisitively (adv.) 貪得無厭地 In the way of acquisition.
Acquisitiveness (n.) 貪得無厭 The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
Acquisitiveness (n.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
Acquisitor (n.) 取得人 One who acquires.
Acquist (n.) 獲得，取得 [U]；獲得物；增添的人（或物）[C] Acquisition; gain. -- Milton.
Acquit (p. p.) Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] -- Shak.
Acquitted (imp. & p. p.) of Acquit.
Acquitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquit.
Acquit (v. t.) 宣判無罪；表現；完成，履行；償，解除 To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. -- I. Taylor.
Acquit (v. t.) To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.
Acquit (v. t.) Reflexively: (a.) To clear one's self. -- Shak.
Acquit (v. t.) Reflexively: (b.) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
Syn: To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See Absolve.
Acquit (v.) Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate] [ant: convict].
Acquit (v.) Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry].
Acquitment (n.) 宣告無罪，無罪開釋 [C] [U]；（職責、義務等的） 履行 [U] Acquittal. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Acquittal (n.) 履行，開釋，釋放 The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
Acquittal (n.) (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
Acquittance (n.)（債務的）清償；清欠收據 The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
Acquittance (n.) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers. -- Shak.
Acquittance (v. t.) To acquit. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Acquittance (n.) A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation [syn: acquittance, release].
Acquittance, contracts. An agreement in writing to discharge a party from an engagement to pay a sum of money. It is evidence of payment. It differs from a release in this, that the latter must be under seal, while an acquittance need not be under seal. Poth. Oblig. n. 781. In Pennsylvania, a receipt, (q.v.) though not under seal, has nearly the same effect as a release. 1 Rawle, R. 391. Vide 3 Salk. 298, pl. 2; Off. of Ex. 217 ; Co. Litt. 212 a, 273 a.
Acquitter (n.) One who acquits or releases.
Acrania (n.) (Physiol.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
Acrania (n.) pl. (Zool.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.
Acranial (a.) Wanting a skull. Acrase
Acrase (v. t.) Alt. of Acraze.
Acraze (v. t.) To craze. [Obs.] -- Grafton.
Acraze (v. t.) To impair; to destroy. [Obs.] -- Hacket. Acrasia
Acrasia (n.) Alt. of Acrasy.
Acrasy (n.) Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.] -- Farindon.
Acraspeda (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.
Acre (n.) Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.]
Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
Note: The acre was limited to its present definite quantity by statutes of Edward I., Edward III., and Henry VIII.
Broad acres, Many acres, much landed estate. [Rhetorical]
God's acre, God's field; the churchyard.
I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial ground, God's acre. -- Longfellow.
Acre (n.) A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
Acre (n.) A territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru.
Acre (n.) A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean [syn: Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho].
Acre, () Is the translation of a word (tse'med), which properly means a yoke, and denotes a space of ground that may be ploughed by a yoke of oxen in a day. It is about an acre of our measure (Isa. 5:10; 1 Sam. 14:14).
Acre, () measures. A quantity of land containing in length forty perches, and four in breadth, or one hundred and sixty square perches, of whatever shape may be the land. Serg. Land Laws of Penn., 185. See Cro. Eliz. 476, 665; 6 Co. 67; Poph. 55; Co. Litt. 5, b, and note 22.
Acreable (a.) Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce.
Acreage (n.) Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.
Acreage (n.) An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on" [syn: acreage, land area].
Acred (a.) Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.
Acrid (a.) （味道等）刺激的；辣的，苦的；（言詞等）刻薄的；譏刺的 Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.