Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 38
Aim (n.) 瞄準；瞄準的方向 [U]；目標，目的 [C] [（+of）] The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
Each at the head leveled his deadly aim. -- Milton.
Aim (n.) The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
To be the aim of every dangerous shot. -- Shak.
Aim (n.) Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
How oft ambitious aims are crossed! -- Pope.
Aim (n.) Conjecture; guess. [Obs.]
What you would work me to, I have some aim. -- Shak.
To cry aim (Archery), To encourage. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Syn: End; object; scope; drift; design; purpose; intention; scheme; tendency; aspiration.
Aim (n.) An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design].
Aim (n.) The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target].
Aim (n.) The action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired".
Aim (n.) The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies [syn: bearing, heading, aim].
Aim (v.) Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim, direct].
Aim (v.) Propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose].
Aim (v.) Move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim].
Aim (v.) Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public [syn: calculate, aim, direct].
Aim (v.) Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct, point].
Aim (v.) Direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun".
Aim (v.) Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for].
AIM, () Association of Imaging Manufacturers (org.)
AIM, () ATM / Ascend Inverse Multiplexing [protocol] (ATM)
AIM, () Advanced Invar Mask (Display, ViewSonic)
AIM, () Alternate Input Method (OS/2)
AIM, () AOL Instant Messenger [protocol] (AOL, IM)
AIM, () Apple, IBM, Motorola [consortium] (Apple, IBM, Motorola, org.)
AIM, () Automatic Interface Management (Brother)
AIM, (n.) The task we set our wishes to.
"Cheer up! Have you no aim in life?"
She tenderly inquired.
"An aim? Well, no, I haven't, wife; The fact is -- I have fired."
Aimer (n.) One who aims, directs, or points.
Aimless (a.) Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life. {Aim"less*ly}, adv. -- {Aim"less*ness}, n.
Aimlessly (adv.) 漫無目的地，無目標地 Without aim; in an aimless manner; "he wandered around aimlessly".
Aino (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.
Ain't () A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.
Air (n.) The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
Note: By the ancient philosophers, air was regarded as an element; but modern science has shown that it is essentially a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, with a small amount of carbon dioxide, the average proportions being, by volume: oxygen, 20.96 per cent.; nitrogen, 79.00 per cent.; carbon dioxide, 0.04 per cent. These proportions are subject to a very slight variability. Air also always contains some vapor of water.
Air (n.) Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile. "Charm ache with air." -- Shak.
He was still all air and fire. [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.] -- Macaulay
Air (n.) A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
Air (n.) Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air. [Obs.]
Air (n.) Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play. -- Pope.
Air (n.) Odoriferous or contaminated air.
Air (n.) That which surrounds and influences.
The keen, the wholesome air of poverty. -- Wordsworth.
Air (n.) Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
You gave it air before me. -- Dryden.
Air (n.) Intelligence; information. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Air (n.) (Mus.) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.
Air (n.) (Mus.) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.
Air (n.) The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. "His very air." -- Shak.
Air (n.) Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style.
It was communicated with the air of a secret. -- Pope.
Air (n.) pl. An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs. -- Thackeray.
Air (n.) (Paint.) The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. -- New Am. Cyc.
Air (n.) (Paint.) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air. -- Fairholt.
Air (n.) (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a compound term. In most cases it might be written indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the first element of the compound term, with or without the hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder; air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath. (a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
Air bath. (b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, A machine for compressing air to be used as a motive power.
Air crossing, A passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, An air-tight cushion which can be inflated; also, a device for arresting motion without shock by confined air.
Air fountain, A contrivance for producing a jet of water by the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, A furnace which depends on a natural draft and not on blast.
Air line, A straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, (a.); as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), An intermediate chamber between the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a pneumatic caisson. -- Knight.
Air port (Nav.), A scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit air.
Air spring, A spring in which the elasticity of air is utilized.
Air thermometer, A form of thermometer in which the contraction and expansion of air is made to measure changes of temperature.
Air threads, Gossamer.
Air trap, A contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, A pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated air from a room.
Air valve, A valve to regulate the admission or egress of air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler and allows air to enter.
Air way, A passage for a current of air; as the air way of an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air. (a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as rumors.
In the air. (b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
In the air. (c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
On the air, Currently transmitting; live; -- used of radio and television broadcasts, to indicate that the images and sounds being picked up by cameras and microphones are being broadcast at the present moment.
To take air, To be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, To go abroad; to walk or ride out.
Aired (imp. & p. p.) of Air
Airing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Air
Air (v. t.) To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room.
It were good wisdom . . . that the jail were aired. -- Bacon.
Were you but riding forth to air yourself. -- Shak.
Air (v. t.) To expose for the sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.
Airing a snowy hand and signet gem. -- Tennyson.
Compare: Ostentatious
Ostentatious (a.) 豪華的；鋪張的；（人）炫耀的，賣弄的 Characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.
‘A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious.’
Compare: Ostentatiously
Ostentatiously (adv.) 鋪張地；招搖地；炫耀地 In a pretentious or showy way designed to impress.
‘She was known for dressing ostentatiously in designer clothes.’
‘He ostentatiously announced on national television that he was leaving.’
Compare: Glamorous
Glamorous (a.) 富有魅力的；迷人的 Having glamour.
‘One of the world's most glamorous women.’
Compare: Glamour
Glamour (n.) (US Glamor) [Mass noun] [U] 魅力，誘惑力；迷人的美；妖豔 An attractive or exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing.
‘The glamour of Monte Carlo.’
[As modifier ] ‘The glamour days of Old Hollywood.’
Glamour (n.) Beauty or charm that is sexually attractive.
‘Pile hair up for evening glamour.’
‘George had none of his brother's glamour.’
Glamour (n.) [British as] [As modifier ] Denoting or relating to sexually suggestive or mildly pornographic photography or publications.
‘A glamour model’
Glamour (n.) [Archaic ] Enchantment; magic.
‘That maiden, made by glamour out of flowers.’
Glamour (n.) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) [syn: glamor, glamour].
Glamour (v. t.) 使著魔；迷住；迷惑；使有魅力；美化 [（+up）] Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something [syn: hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx].
Air (n.) To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.
Air (n.) A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air".
Air (n.) The region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air".
Air (n.) A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" [syn: air, aura, atmosphere].
Air (n.) A slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" [syn: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air].
Air (n.) The mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air" [syn: atmosphere, air].
Air (n.) Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles).
Air (n.) A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase].
Air (n.) Medium for radio and television broadcasting; "the program was on the air from 9 til midnight"; "the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people" [syn: air, airwave].
Air (n.) Travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" [syn: air travel, aviation, air].
Air (v.) Expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" [syn: air out, air, aerate].
Air (v.) Be broadcast; "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M.".
Air (v.) Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit].
Air (v.) Make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [syn: publicize, publicise, air, bare].
Air (v.) Expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry; "Air linen".
Air (v.) Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms" [syn: vent, ventilate, air out, air].
AIR () Adobe Intergrated Runtime (Adobe)
AIR () Automatic Image Refinement (Canon), "A.I.R."
AIR () A future infrared standard from IrDA. AIR will provide in-room multipoint to multipoint connectivity.
AIR () Supports a data rate of 4 Mbps at a distance of 4 metres, and 250 Kbps at up to 8 metres. It is designed for cordless connections to multiple peripherals and meeting room collaboration applications.
See also IrDA Data and IrDA Control (1999-10-14)
Air () The atmosphere, as opposed to the higher regions of the sky (1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 9:2; 16:17). This word occurs once as the rendering of rndering the Hebrew _ruah_ (Job 41:16); elsewhere it is the of _shamaiyim_, usually translated "heavens."
The expression "to speak into the air" (1 Cor. 14:9) Is a proverb denoting to speak in vain, as to "beat the air" (1 Cor. 9:26) denotes to labour in vain.
AIR, (n.) A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.
Air bed () A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.
Air bladder (ph.) (Anat.) 氣泡；氣囊 An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.
Air bladder (ph.) 氣泡；氣囊 A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.
Airborne (a.) 空運的；空中傳播的，風媒的；【軍】空降的；空氣傳播的 Conveyed by or through air, as dust or pollen; as, a clean room is needed to avoid airborne contaminants.
Airborne (a.) In flight; flying; -- said of an airplane.
Airborne (a.) (Mil.) Carried directly to the site of battle by aircraft; -- said of combat troops, as, an airborne division.
Airborne (a.) Moved or conveyed by or through air.
Airborne (a.) 在空中的；空氣傳播的；空運的；飛行中的 In the air, or carried by air or wind or by an aircraft.
// The airborne radioactive particles have covered a huge area of Russia.
// Airborne troops were dropped by parachute behind enemy lines.
// The old plane had great difficulty getting airborne (= rising into the air).
Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Air-built (a.) Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.
Air cell () A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
Air cell () A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.
Air chamber () A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.
Air chamber () A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
Air cock () A faucet to allow escape of air.
Aircraft carrier (n.) 航空母艦 An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.[1] Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Aircraft carriers are expensive to build and are critical assets. Carriers have evolved since their inception in the early twentieth century from wooden vessels used to deploy balloons to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighter planes, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft.
Air-drawn (a.) Drawn in air; imaginary.
Air drill () A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.
Air engine () An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
Airer (n.) One who exposes to the air.
Airer (n.) A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.
Air gas () See under Gas.
Air gun () A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.
Air hole () A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.
Air hole () A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
Airily (adv.) In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.
Airiness (n.) The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.
Airiness (n.) Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
Airing (n.) A walk or a ride in the open air; a short excursion for health's sake.
Airing (n.) An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.
Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.
Airless (a.) Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.
Air level () Spirit level. See Level.
Airlike (a.) Resembling air.
Airling (n.) A thoughtless, gay person.
Airometer (n.) A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.
Air pipe () A pipe for the passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe.
Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.
Air poise () An instrument to measure the weight of air.
Air pump () A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.
Air pump () A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.
Air sac () One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.
Air shaft () A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.
Air-slacked (a.) Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
Air stove () A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building.
Air-tight (a.) 密閉的，不透氣的，無懈可擊的 So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder. -- said of containers.
Air-tight (a.) Of such close construction as to have little leakage of air in or out; -- said of structures.
Air-tight (a.) So thoroughly convincing as to be insusceptible to doubt; having no apparent counterarguments; -- of arguments or assertions an airtight alibi an airtight argument.
Syn: airtight, uncontradictable, undeniable.
Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. [Colloq. U. S.]
Airtight (a.) Having no weak points; "an airtight defense"; "an airtight argument" [syn: {airtight}, {air-tight}].
Airtight (a.) Not allowing air or gas to pass in or out [syn: {airtight}, {air-tight}, {gas-tight}].
Airtightness (n.) (in British) 氣密性,，密封度,，密封性,，不透氣性 The quality of being airtight.
Air vessel (n.) A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels.
Airward (adv.) Alt. of Airwards
Airwards (adv.) Toward the air; upward.
Airy (a.) 空氣的，幻想的，輕快的 Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
Airy (a.) Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
Airy (a.) Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
Airy (a.) Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
Airy (a.) Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
Airy (a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.
Airy (a.) Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
Airy (a.) Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
Airy (a.) Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
Airy (a.) Open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn: {aired}, {airy}].
Airy (a.) Not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [syn: {airy}, {impractical}, {visionary}, {Laputan}, {windy}].
Airy (a.) Having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains".
Airy (a.) Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: {aeriform}, {aerial}, {airy}, {aery}, {ethereal}].
Aisle (n.) [C] （戲院，列車，教堂等座席間的）通道，走道；（教堂的）側廊 A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.
Aisle (n.) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.
Aisle (n.) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.
Aisle (n.) A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
Aisle (n.) Passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores [syn: {aisle}, {gangway}].
Aisle (n.) Part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns.
Aisled (a.) Furnished with an aisle or aisles.
Aisless (a.) Without an aisle.
Ait (n.) An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
Ait (n.) Oat.
Aitch (n.) The letter h or H.
Aitchbone (n.) The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone.
Aitiology (n.) See Aetiology.
Ajar (adv.) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
Ajar (adv.) In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
Ajog (adv.) On the jog.
Ajutage (n.) A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain.
Ake (n. & v.) See Ache.
Akene (n.) Same as Achene.
Aketon (n.) 鎖子甲 See Acton.