Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 3
Abduction (n.) 綁架，拐騙，劫持；<生理> 外展；<律> 誘拐罪；<邏> 不明推論式 The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. -- Roget.
Abduction (n.) (Physiol.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
Abduction (n.) (Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
Abduction (n.) (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Abduction (n.) The criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife.
Abduction (n.) (Physiology) Moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body.
Abduction, () The process of inference to the best explanation.
"Abduction" is sometimes used to mean just the generation of hypotheses to explain observations or conclusionsm, but the former definition is more common both in philosophy and computing.
The semantics and the implementation of abduction cannot be reduced to those for deduction, as explanation cannot be reduced to implication.
Applications include fault diagnosis, plan formation and default reasoning.
Negation as failure in logic programming can both be given an abductive interpretation and also can be used to implement abduction. The abductive semantics of negation as failure leads naturally to an argumentation-theoretic interpretation of default reasoning in general.
[Better explanation? Example?]
["Abductive Inference", John R. Josephson ]. (2000-12-07)
Abduction, () crim. law. The carrying away of any person by force or fraud.
This is a misdemeanor punishable by indictment. 1 East, P.C. 458; 1 Russell, 569. The civil remedies are recaption, (q.v.) 3 Inst. 134; Hal. Anal. 46; 3 Bl. Com 4; by writ of habeas corpus; and an action of trespass, Fitz. N. B. 89; 3 Bl. Com 139, n. 27; Roscoe, Cr. Ev. 193.
Abduction (n.) Movement away from midline of body in frontal plane; applied to hip, shoulder, fingers, thumb, and foot.
Abductor (n.) 誘拐者；綁架者；劫持者；【生理】外展肌 One who abducts.
Abductor (n.) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
Abductor (n.) Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) [syn: kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher].
Abductor (n.) A muscle that draws a body part away from the median line [syn: abductor, abductor muscle].
Abeam (adv.) 正橫著（指與船的龍骨或飛機機身成直角）；正對著船舷（或機身）中部；向著船舷（或機身） On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.
Abeam (adv.) At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
Abear (v. t.) (Obsolete) 忍受；忍耐；容忍<廢> To bear; to behave. [Obs.]
So did the faery knight himself abear. -- S penser.
Abear (v. t.) To put up with; to endure. [Prov.] -- Dickens.
Abearance (n.) Behavior. [Obs.] -- Blackstone.
Abearance, () Behaviour; as, a recognizance to be of good abearance, signifies to be of good behaviour. 4 Bl. Com.,251, 256.
Abearing (n.) Behavior. [Obs.] -- Sir. T. More.
Abecedarian (n.) 初學者；啟蒙老師 One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
Abecedarian (n.) One engaged in teaching the alphabet. -- Wood.
Abecedarian, Abecedary (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. -- Hook.
Abecedarian (a.) Alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers).
Abecedarian (n.) A novice learning the rudiments of some subject.
Abecedarian (n.) A 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge.
Abecedarian (a.) Alt. of Abecedary.
Abecedary (a.) 照ABC次序的；初步的 Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc., Compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. -- Hook.
Abecedary (n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. [R.]
Abed (adv.) In bed, or on the bed.
Not to be abed after midnight. -- Shak.
Abed (adv.) To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child). -- Shak.
Compare: Childbed
Childbed (n.) 分娩 Archaic term for Childbirth.
Compare: Childbirth
Childbirth (n.) [Mass noun] 分娩 The process of giving birth to a child.
‘She died in childbirth.’
Abed (adv.) In bed.
Abegge () Same as Aby. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Abele (n.) 【植】銀白楊 The white poplar ({Populus alba).
Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. -- Mrs. Browning. Abelite Abelian
Abele (n.) A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces [syn: white poplar, white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba].
Abelian (n.) Alt. of Abelonian.
Abelite (n.) Alt. of Abelonian.
Abelonian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.
Abelmosk (n.) (Bot.) An evergreen shrub ({Abelmoschus moschatus -- formerly Hibiscus moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow. The seeds produce ambrette-seed oil.
Abelmosk (n.) Bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus [syn: abelmosk, musk mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus].
Compare: Siskin
Siskin (n.) (Zool.) A small green and yellow European finch ({Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine.
Siskin (n.) (Zool.) The American pinefinch ({Spinus pinus); -- called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.
Note: The name is applied also to several other related species found in Asia and South America.
Siskin green, a delicate shade of yellowish green, as in the mineral torbernite.
Aber-de-vine (n.) (Zool.) The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.
Aberr (v. i.) To wander; to stray. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. Aberrance
Aberrance (n.) 偏離正道，脫離常軌；異常；反常 Alt. of Aberrancy.
Aberrance (n.) the state or condition of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.
Syn: aberrance, aberration, deviance
Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), The deviation of a curve from a circular form.
Aberrance (n.) A state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance].
Aberrancy (n.) State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.
Aberrancy (n.) An aberrant state or condition.
Aberrance, Aberrancy (n.) The state or condition of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.
Syn: aberrance, aberration, deviance
{Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), The deviation of a curve from a circular form.
Aberrancy (n.) A state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: {aberrance}, {aberrancy}, {aberration}, {deviance}].
Aberrant (a.) 越軌的 Wandering; straying from the right way.
Aberrant (a.) 異常的 Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
Aberrate (v. i.) To go astray; to diverge.
Aberration (n.) 離開正道，脫離常軌；過失，犯規；【醫】精神錯亂；心理失常 The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. "The aberration of youth." -- Hall. "Aberrations from theory." -- Burke.
Aberration (n.) A partial alienation of reason. "Occasional aberrations of intellect." -- Lingard.
Aberration (n.) (Astron.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.
Aberration (n.) (Opt.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
Aberration (n.) (Physiol.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
Aberration (n.) (Law) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.
Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; alienation; mania; dementia; hallucination; illusion; delusion. See {Insanity}.
Aberration (n.) A state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn: {aberrance}, {aberrancy}, {aberration}, {deviance}].
Aberration (n.) A disorder in one's mental state.
Aberration (n.) An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image [syn: {aberration}, {distortion}, {optical aberration}].
Aberration (n.) [ C or U ] (Formal) （暫時的）脫離常規；反常現象；異常行為 A temporary change from the typical or usual way of behaving.
// In a moment of aberration, she agreed to go with him.
// I'm sorry I'm late - I had a mental aberration and forgot we had a meeting today.
Aberrational (a.) Characterized by aberration.
Aberuncate (v. t.) To weed out.
Aberuncator (n.) A weeding machine.
Abetted (imp. & p. p.) of Abet.
Abetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abet.
Abet (v. t.) 教唆 To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.
Abet (v. t.) 鼓勵，幫助 To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.
Abet (v. t.) 捐獻 To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
Abet (n.) Act of abetting; aid.
Abetment (n.) The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.
Abettal (n.) Abetment.
Abetter (n.) Alt. of Abettor.
Abettor (n.) One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.
Abevacuation (n.) A partial evacuation.
Abeyance (n.) 中止，暫擱，停止 Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.
Abeyance (n.) Suspension; temporary suppression.
Abeyance (n.) Temporary cessation or suspension [syn: {abeyance}, {suspension}].
Abeyance (n.) [ U ] (Formal) 擱置；暫時中止；暫緩 A state of not happening or being used at present.
// Hostilities between the two groups have been in abeyance since last June.
// The project is being held in abeyance until agreement is reached on funding it.
Abeyancy (n.) Abeyance. [R.] -- Hawthorne.
Abeyant (a.) Being in a state of abeyance.
Abeyant (a.) Inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened" [syn: abeyant, dormant].
Abhal (n.) The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.
Abhominable (a.) Abominable.
Note: [A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc.].
This is abhominable, which he [Don Armado] would call abominable. -- Shak. Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1.
Abhominal (a.) Inhuman. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Abhorred (imp. & p. p.) of Abhor.
Abhorring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abhor.
Abhor (v. t.) 憎惡，痛恨 To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. -- Rom. xii. 9.
Abhor (v. t.) To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.]
It doth abhor me now I speak the word. -- Shak.
Abhor (v. t.) (Canon) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. -- Shak.
Syn: To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See {Hate}.
Abhor (v. i.) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from [Obs.] "To abhor from those vices." -- Udall.
Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. -- Milton.
Abhor (v.) Find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn: {abhor}, {loathe}, {abominate}, {execrate}].
Abhor (v.) [T] [Not continuous] (-rr-) (Formal) 憎惡；憎恨；厭惡 To hate a way of behaving or thinking, often because you think it is not moral.
// I abhor all forms of racism.
Abhorrence (n.) 厭惡，嫌惡（感）[U]；最討厭的東西 [C] Extreme hatred or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike.
Abhorrence (n.) Hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination}, {detestation}, {execration}, {loathing}, {odium}].
Abhorrency (n.) Abhorrence. [Obs.] -- Locke.
Abhorrent (a.) 令人憎恨的，可惡的，厭惡的，相反的，不一致的 Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts.
Abhorrent (a.) Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to.
Abhorrent (a.) Detestable.
Abhorrent (a.) Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: {abhorrent}, {detestable}, {obscene}, {repugnant}, {repulsive}].
Abhorrent (a.) (Formal) 令人憎惡的；使人厭惡的；可惡的 Morally very bad.
// An abhorrent crime.
// Racism of any kind is abhorrent to me.
Abhorrently (adv.) 令人厭惡地 With abhorrence.
Abhorrer (n.) 憎惡者；厭惡者 One who abhors. -- Hume.
Abhorrer (n.) A signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred.
Abhorrible (a.) Detestable. [R.]
Abhorring (n.) Detestation.
Abhorring (n.) Object of abhorrence.
Abib (n.) 猶太曆年第七月（現行的稱呼是Nisan；亦作 Nissan.）；猶太寺曆第一月 The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called {Nisan}. --Kitto.
Abib (n.) An ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain (Ex. 13:4; 23:15); the first of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, and the seventh of the civil year. It began about the time of the vernal equinox, on 21st March. It was called Nisan, after the Captivity (Neh. 2:1). On the fifteenth day of the month, harvest was begun by gathering a sheaf of barley, which was offered unto the Lord on the sixteenth (Lev. 23:4-11).
Abib (n.) Green fruit; ears of corn.
Abidance (n.) 持續；遵守；居住 The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).
The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. -- Fuller.
A judicious abidance by rules. -- Helps.
Abidance (n.) Acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity].
Abidance (n.) The act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency, residence, abidance].
Abidance (n.) The act of abiding (enduring without yielding).
Abode (imp. & p. p.) of Abide.
Abid () of Abide.
Abiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abide.
Abide (v. i.) 持續；【古】逗留，住 [（+at/ in）] To wait; to pause; to delay.
Abide (v. i.) To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
Abide (v. i.) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Abide (v. t.) （常用於否定句和疑問句）忍受，容忍；頂住 To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. "I will abide the coming of my lord." -- Tennyson.
Abide (v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
Abide (v. t.) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
Abide (v. t.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
Abide (v.) Dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: {bide}, {abide}, {stay}].
Abide (v.) Put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: {digest}, {endure}, {stick out}, {stomach}, {bear}, {stand}, {tolerate}, {support}, {brook}, {abide}, {suffer}, {put up}].
Abide (v.) Can't abide sb/ sth (Phrasal verb:)（因為厭惡而）不能忍受，無法容忍 If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much.
// I can't abide her.
// He couldn't abide laziness.
Abide (v.) (Live) [ I usually + adv/ prep ] (Old use) 居住；逗留；停留 To live or stay somewhere.
// He abided in the wilderness for forty days.
Phrasal verb:
Abide by sth (- Phrasal verb with abide) (v.) (Formal) 遵守，遵循（協議、決定或規章） To accept or obey an agreement, decision, or rule.
// Competitors must abide by the judge's decision.
Abider (n.) One who abides, or continues. [Obs.] "Speedy goers and strong abiders." --Sidney.
Abider (n.) One who dwells; a resident. -- Speed.
Abiding (a.) 永久的，持久的，不變的 Continuing; lasting.
Abiding (a.) Unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" [syn: {abiding}, {enduring}, {imperishable}].
Abidingly (adv.) 持續地;不變地 Permanently. -- Carlyle.
Abies (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.
Abies (n.) True firs [syn: Abies, genus Abies].
Abietene (n.) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.
Abietic (a.) Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. -- Watts.
Abietin (n.) Alt. of Abietine.
Abietine (n.) (Chem.) 松香素；松香烯 A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. -- Watts.
Abietinic (a.) 松脂酸的 Of or pertaining to abietin; as, abietinic acid.
Abietite (n.) A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).
Abigail (n.) 侍女，丫頭 A lady's waiting-maid. -- Pepys.
Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in. -- Leslie.
Abigail (n.) Father (i.e., "leader") of the dance, or "of joy." (1.) The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chr. 2:16,17). She was the mother of Amasa (2 Sam. 17:25).
Abigail (n.) The wife of the churlish Nabal, who dwelt in the district of Carmel (1 Sam. 25:3). She showed great prudence and delicate management at a critical period of her husband's life. She was "a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance." After Nabal's death she became the wife of David (1 Sam. 25:14-42), and was his companion in all his future fortunes (1 Sam. 27:3; 30:5; 2 Sam. 2:2). By her David had a son called Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3), elsewhere called Daniel (1 Chr. 3:1).
Abigail (n.) The father's joy
Abiliment (n.) Habiliment. [Obs.]
Abilities (n. pl. ) of Ability.