Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 47
Almadia (n.) Alt. of Almadie.
Almadie (n.) (Naut.) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
Almadie (n.) (Naut.) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
Almagest (n.) The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.
Almagra (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver. Almayne, Almain
Almain (n.) Alt. of Alman.
Almayne (n.) Alt. of Alman.
Alman (n.) A German. -- Shak.
Alman (a.) German. -- Shak.
Alman (n.) The German language. -- J. Foxe.
Alman (n.) A kind of dance. See Allemande.
Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, A sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.
Alma Mater (n.) A college or seminary where one is educated.
Alma mater (n.) 母校 Your alma mater is a school you graduated from.
Almanac (n.) A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.
Nautical almanac, An almanac, or year book, containing astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners.
Almanac (n.) An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year [syn: almanac, farmer's calendar].
Almanac (n.) An annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
Almanac. () A table or calendar, in which are set down the revolutions of the seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, the most remarkable conjunctions, positions and phenomena of the heavenly bodies, the months of the year, the days of the month and week, and a variety of other matter.
Almanac. () The courts will take judicial notice of the almanac; for example, whether a certain day of the month was on a Sunday or not. Vin. Ab. h.t.; 6 Mod. 41; Cro. Eliz. 227, pl. 12; 12 Vin. Ab. Evidence (A, b, 4.) In dating instruments, some sects, the Quakers, for example, instead of writing January, February, March, &c., use the terms, First month, Second month, Third month, &c., and these are equally valid in such writings. Vide 1 Smith's Laws of Pennsylvania, 217.
Almandine (n.) (Min.) The common red variety of garnet. Alme
Almandine (n.) A purple variety of the ruby spinel.
Almandine (n.) A deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate [syn: almandite, almandine].
Alme (n.) Alt. of Almeh
Almeh (n.) An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.
The Almehs lift their arms in dance. -- Bayard Taylor.
Almendron (n.) The lofty Brazil-nut tree.
Almery (n.) See Ambry. [Obs.]
Almesse (n.) See Alms. [Obs.] Almightful
Almightful (a.) Alt. of Almightiful.
Almightiful (a.) All-powerful; almighty. [Obs.] -- Udall.
Almightily (adv.) With almighty power.
Almightiness (n.) Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. -- Jer. Taylor.
Almighty (a.) 全能的；有無限權力的；【口】極度的，非常的 (adv.) 【口】非常，很 Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.
I am the Almighty God. -- Gen. xvii. 1.
Almighty (a.) Great; extreme; terrible. [Slang]
Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. -- De Quincey.
{The Almighty}, (n.) 全能的神 The omnipotent God. -- Rev. i. 8.
Compare: Omnipotent
Omnipotent (a.) Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent.
God's will and pleasure and his omnipotent power. -- Sir T. More.
Omnipotent (a.) Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as, omnipotent love. -- Shak.
The Omnipotent, The Almighty; God. -- Milton.
Omnipotent (a.) Having unlimited power [syn: almighty, all-powerful, omnipotent].
Omnipotent (a.) [Z] 全能的；有無限權力（或力量）的 (Of a deity) Having unlimited power.
‘God is described as omnipotent and benevolent.’
Omnipotent (a.) Having great power and influence.
‘An omnipotent sovereign.’
Almighty (a.) Having unlimited power [syn: {almighty}, {all-powerful}, {omnipotent}].
Almighty (n.) Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: {Godhead}, {Lord}, {Creator}, {Maker}, {Divine}, {God Almighty}, {Almighty}, {Jehovah}].
Almner (n.) An almoner. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Almner (n.) An archaic word for almoner.
Compare: Almoner
Almoner (n.) (pl. -s) [C] 施賑吏；指負責分發救濟品之人。該職位首先設立於教堂之中。在英國，施賑勳爵〔Lord Almoner〕通常是位主教，為王室官員，理論上其主要職能是分發皇家救濟，而實際上他只負責在受難節〔Good Friday〕前日的濯足節〔Maundy Thursday〕上對皇家救濟進行禮節性〔ceremonial〕分發。儘管先前其地位重要，但在英國現在他幾乎是一個閒職。In Britain, an almoner is a social worker who works in a hospital. [old-fashioned]
Almoner (n.) One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
Almoner (n.) A social worker in a hospital. [Chiefly Brit.]
Almoner (n.) An official in a hospital whose job it is to calculate how much a patient must pay for treatment. [Chiefly Brit.]
Almoner (n.) An official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients [syn: almoner, medical social worker].
Almond (n.) 杏仁，杏核；杏樹 [C]；杏仁狀的東西 [C] The fruit of the almond tree.
Note: The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled, thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the products of different varieties of the one species, Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia.
Almond (n.) The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
Almond (n.) Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One of the tonsils.
Almond oil, Fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds.
Oil of bitter almonds, A poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde.
Imitation oil of bitter almonds, Nitrobenzene.
Almond tree (Bot.), The tree bearing the almond.
Almond willow (Bot.), A willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow ({Salix amygdalina). -- Shenstone.
Almond (n.) Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California [syn: almond, sweet almond, Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Amygdalus communis].
Almond (n.) Oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree.
Almond (n.) One of the tonsils.
Compare: Tonsil
Tonsil (n.) (Anat.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.
Tonsil (n.) Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx [syn: tonsil, palatine tonsil, faucial tonsil, tonsilla].
Tonsil (n.) 【解】扁桃腺 [C] [P1] Either of two small masses of lymphoid tissue in the throat, one on each side of the root of the tongue.
Compare: Lymphoid
Lymphoid (a.) (Anat.) Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.
Lymphoid (a.) Resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues.
Lymphoid (a.) [Anatomy Medicine] 淋巴的 Relating to or denoting the tissue responsible for producing lymphocytes and antibodies. This tissue occurs in the lymph nodes, thymus, tonsils, and spleen, and dispersed elsewhere in the body.
Almond furnace (n.) A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. -- Chambers.
Compare: Furnace
Furnace (n.) To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace. [Obs. or R.]
He furnaces The thick sighs from him. -- Shak.
Furnace (n.) An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.
Note: Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when the fire is urged only by the natural draught; as blast furnaces, when the fire is urged by the injection artificially of a forcible current of air; and as reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to the chimney, is thrown down by a low arched roof upon the materials operated upon.
Furnace (n.) A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline. -- Deut. iv. 20.
Bustamente furnace, A shaft furnace for roasting quicksilver ores.
Furnace bridge, Same as Bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
Furnace cadmiam or Furnace cadmia, The oxide of zinc which accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting zinciferous ores. -- Raymond.
Furnace hoist (Iron Manuf.), A lift for raising ore, coal, etc., to the mouth of a blast furnace.
Hydrocarbon (n.) (Chem.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, A burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.
Furnace (n.) An enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
Furnace, () Chald. attun, a large furnace with a wide open mouth, at the top of which materials were cast in (Dan. 3:22, 23; comp. Jer. 29:22). This furnace would be in constant requisition, for the Babylonians disposed of their dead by cremation, as did also the Accadians who invaded Mesopotamia.
Furnace, () Heb. kibshan, a smelting furnace (Gen. 19:28), also a lime-kiln (Isa. 33:12; Amos 2:1).
Furnace, () Heb. kur, a refining furnace (Prov. 17:3; 27:21; Ezek. 22:18).
Furnace, () Heb. alil, a crucible; only used in Ps. 12:6.
Furnace, () Heb. tannur, oven for baking bread (Gen. 15:17; Isa. 31:9; Neh. 3:11). It was a large pot, narrowing towards the top. When it was heated by a fire made within, the dough was spread over the heated surface, and thus was baked. "A smoking furnace and a burning lamp" (Gen. 15:17), the symbol of the presence of the Almighty, passed between the divided pieces of Abraham's sacrifice in ratification of the covenant God made with him. (See OVEN.)
Furnace, () Gr. kamnos, a furnace, kiln, or oven (Matt. 13:42, 50; Rev. 1:15; 9:2).
Furnace (n.) [C] 火爐，熔爐；（建築物內的）暖氣爐 An enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g. for smelting metals.
Furnace (n.) [North American] An appliance fired by gas or oil in which air or water is heated to be circulated throughout a building in a heating system.
Furnace (n.) Used to describe a very hot place.
‘Her car was a furnace.’
Almondine (n.) See Almandine.
Compare: Almandine
Almandine (n.) (Min.) The common red variety of garnet. Alme
Almandine (n.) A purple variety of the ruby spinel.
Almandine (n.) A deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate [syn: almandite, almandine].
Almoner (n.) One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
Almoner (n.) A social worker in a hospital. [Chiefly Brit.]
Almoner (n.) An official in a hospital whose job it is to calculate how much a patient must pay for treatment. [Chiefly Brit.]
Almoner (n.) An official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients [syn: almoner, medical social worker].
Almonership (n.) The office of an almoner.
Almonries (n. pl. ) of Almonry.
Almonry (n.) The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.
Almose (n.) Alms. [Obs.] -- Cheke.
Almost (adv.) Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. -- Acts xxvi. 28.
Almost never, Hardly ever; scarcely ever.
Almost nothing, Scarcely anything.
Almost (adv.) (Of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh].
Almry (n.) See Almonry. [Obs.]
Alms (n. sing. & pl.) 施舍（物），救濟（品）；施舍金 [M]；【廢】好事，善舉 Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
A devout man . . . which gave much alms to the people. -- Acts x. 2.
Alms are but the vehicles of prayer. -- Dryden.
Tenure by free alms. See Frankalmoign. -- Blackstone.
Note: This word alms is singular in its form (almesse), and is sometimes so used; as, "asked an alms." -- Acts iii. 3. "Received an alms." -- Shak. It is now, however, commonly a collective or plural noun. It is much used in composition, as almsgiver, almsgiving, alms bag, alms chest, etc.
Alms (n.) Money or goods contributed to the poor.
Alms, () Not found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New. The Mosaic legislation (Lev. 25:35; Deut. 15:7) tended to promote a spirit of charity, and to prevent the occurrence of destitution among the people. Such passages as these, Ps. 41:1; 112:9; Prov. 14:31; Isa. 10:2; Amos 2:7; Jer. 5:28; Ezek. 22:29, would also naturally foster the same benevolent spirit.
In the time of our Lord begging was common (Mark 10:46; Acts 3:2). The Pharisees were very ostentatious in their almsgivings (Matt. 6:2). The spirit by which the Christian ought to be actuated in this duty is set forth in 1 John 3:17. A regard to the state of the poor and needy is enjoined as a Christian duty (Luke 3:11; 6:30; Matt. 6:1; Acts 9:36; 10:2, 4), a duty which was not neglected by the early Christians (Luke 14:13; Acts 20:35; Gal. 2:10; Rom. 15:25-27; 1 Cor. 16:1-4). They cared not only for the poor among themselves, but contributed also to the necessities of those at a distance (Acts 11:29; 24:17; 2 Cor. 9:12). Our Lord and his attendants showed an example also in this (John 13:29).
In modern times the "poor-laws" have introduced an element which modifies considerably the form in which we may discharge this Christian duty.
Alms, () In its most extensive sense, this comprehends every species of relief bestowed upon the poor, and, therefore, including all charities. In a more, limited sense, it signifies what is given by public authority for the relief of the poor. Shelford on Mortmain, 802, note (x); 1 Dougl. Election Cas. 370; 2 Id. 107; Heywood on Elections, 263.
Almsdeed (n.) An act of charity. -- Acts ix. 36.
Almsfolk (n.) Persons supported by alms; almsmen. [Archaic] -- Holinshed.
Almsgiver (n.) A giver of alms.
Almsgiver (n.) A person who gives alms.
Almsgiving (n.) 施捨；救濟 The giving of alms.
Almsgiving (n.) Making voluntary contributions to aid the poor [syn: alms-giving, almsgiving].
Almshouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
Almsman (n.) A recipient of alms. -- Shak.
Almsman (n.) A giver of alms. [R.] -- Halliwell.
Almucantar (n.) (Astron.) A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.
Almucanter staff, An ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.
Almuce (n.) Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
Almude (n.) A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons. Almug
Almug (n.) Alt. of Algum.
Algum (n.) (Script.) A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
Note: Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who takes it to be the red sandalwood of China and the Indian Archipelago. -- W. Smith.
Algum (n.) Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). -- 2 Chron. ii. 8.
Algum, () (2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10,11), the same as almug (1 Kings 10:11).
Alnage (n.) (O. Eng. Law) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.
Alnager (n.) A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.
Aloes (n. pl. ) of Aloe.
Aloe (n.) pl. The wood of the agalloch. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Aloe (n.) (Bot.) [capitalized] A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.
Aloe (n.) pl. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative. [Plural in form but syntactically singular.] AS
American aloe, Century aloe, The agave. See Agave.
Aloe (n.) Succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa.
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Compare: Agalloch
Agalloch, Agallochum (n.) A soft, resinous wood ({Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.
Aloes wood () See Agalloch.
Aloetic (a.) Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
Aloetic (n.) A medicine containing chiefly aloes.
Aloft (adv.) 在上面，在高處；在空中；【海】在桅頂（或帆索高處） On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft." -- Milton.
Aloft (adv.) (Naut.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
Aloft (prep.) Above; on top of. [Obs.]
Fresh waters run aloft the sea. -- Holland.
Aloft (adv.) At or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail."
Aloft (adv.) Upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft."
Aloft (adv.) At or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft."
Aloft (adv.) In the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine."
Alogian (n.) (Eccl.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. -- Shipley.
Alogy (n.) Unreasonableness; absurdity. [Obs.]
Aloin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter purgative principle in aloes.
Alomancy (n.) Divination by means of salt. [Spelt also halomancy.] -- Morin.
Alone (a.) Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
Alone on a wide, wide sea. -- Coleridge.
It is not good that the man should be alone. -- Gen. ii. 18.
Alone (a.) Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
Man shall not live by bread alone. -- Luke iv. 4.
The citizens alone should be at the expense. -- Franklin.
Alone (a.) Sole; only; exclusive. [R.]
God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. -- Bentley.
Alone (a.) Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. -- Shak.
Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun.
To let alone or To leave alone, To abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.
Alone (adv.) Solely; simply; exclusively.
Alone (adv.) Without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only].
Alone (adv.) Without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo" [syn: alone, solo, unaccompanied].
Alone (a.) Isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone."
Alone (a.) Lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary].
Alone (a.) Exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only" [syn: alone(p), only].
Alone (a.) Radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history" [syn: alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled].
Alone (a.) In bad company.
In contact, lo! the flint and steel, By spark and flame, the thought reveal That he the metal, she the stone, Had cherished secretly alone. Booley Fito
Alonely (adv.) Only; merely; singly. [Obs.]
This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. -- Latimer.
Alonely (a.) Exclusive. [Obs.] -- Fabyan.
Aloneness (n.) A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [R.] -- Bp. Montagu.
Aloneness (n.) A disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness].
Along (prep.) By the length of, as distinguished from across. "Along the lowly lands." -- Dryden.
The kine . . . went along the highway. -- 1 Sam. vi. 12.
Along () (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
Along of, Along on, Often shortened to Long of, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] "On me is not along thin evil fare." -- Chaucer. "And all this is long of you." -- Shak. "This increase of price is all along of the foreigners." -- London Punch.
Along (adv.) By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. -- Dryden.
Along (adv.) In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
We will go along by the king's highway. -- Numb. xxi. 22.
He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. -- Coleridge.
Along (adv.) In company; together.
He to England shall along with you. -- Shak.
{All along}, All through the course of; during the whole time; throughout. "I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper." -- Addison.
{To get along}, To get on; to make progress, as in business. "She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I." -- Mrs. Stowe.
Along (adv.) With a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" [syn: along, on].
Along (adv.) In accompaniment or as a companion; "his little sister came along to the movies"; "I brought my camera along"; "working along with his father."
Along (adv.) To a more advanced state; "the work is moving along"; "well along in their research"; "hurrying their education along"; "getting along in years."
Along (adv.) In addition (usually followed by `with'); "we sent them food and some clothing went along in the package"; "along with the package came a bill"; "consider the advantages along with the disadvantages."
Along (adv.) In line with a length or direction (often followed by `by' or `beside'); "pass the word along"; "ran along beside me"; "cottages along by the river."
Alongshore (adv.) Along the shore or coast.
Alongshoreman (n.) See Longshoreman.
Compare: Longshoreman
Longshoreman (n.; pl. Longshoremen.) [Abbrev. fr. alongshoreman.] [C]【美】碼頭（或港口）工人；從事船舶裝卸（或近海漁業等）的人 One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
Longshoreman (n.) A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper].
Alongside (adv.) 在旁邊；沿著；靠攏著；並排地 Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
Alongside (adv.) Side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" [syn: aboard, alongside].
Alongside (prep.) (North American alongside of) 在……旁邊；沿著……的邊；與……並排靠攏著 Close to the side of; next to.
‘She was sitting alongside him.’
Alongside (prep.) Together and in cooperation with.
‘I worked alongside him for many weeks.’
Alongside (prep.) At the same time as or in coexistence with.
‘Alongside the development of full-time courses there had to be provision for the part-time student.’
Alongst (prep. & adv.) Along. [Obs.]
Aloof (adv.) 分開地；避開地；冷漠地 [（+from）] At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Our palace stood aloof from streets. -- Dryden.
Aloof (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. -- I. Taylor.
Aloof (prep.) Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. -- Milton.
Aloof (n.) (Zool.) Same as Alewife.
Aloof (adv.) In an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough."
Aloof (a.) 遠離的；冷漠的，不關心的 Remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn: aloof, distant, upstage].
Aloofness (n.) 冷漠，高傲，超然離群 State of being aloof. -- Rogers (1642).
The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. -- Thoreau. Alopecy
Aloofness (n.) Indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance" [syn: distance, aloofness].
Aloofness (n.) A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner [syn: aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness].
Alopecia (n.) Alt. of Alopecy.
Alopecy (n.) (Med.) Loss of the hair; baldness. AS
Alopecist (n.) A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
Alose (v. t.) To praise. [Obs.]
Alose (n.) (Zool.) The European shad ({Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad ({Alosa sapidissima formerly Clupea sapidissima). See Shad. Alouatta
Alouatte (n.) (Zool.) One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.
Aloud (adv.) With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice. -- Isa. lviii. 1.
Aloud (adv.) Using the voice; not silently; "please read the passage aloud"; "he laughed out loud" [syn: aloud, out loud].
Aloud (adv.) With relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly].
Alow (adv.) Below; in a lower part. "Aloft, and then alow." --Dryden.
Alp (n.) A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. -- Milton.
Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. -- Pope.
Alp (n.) Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. "The Alps doth spit." -- Shak.
Alp (n.) Any high mountain.
ALP, () Access Linux Platform (Linux, PDA, Palm)
ALP, () Assembly Language Processor (IBM)
ALP, () A list processing extension of Mercury Autocode.
["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962]. (1995-01-24)