Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 9
Abusable (a.) That may be abused.
Abusable (a.) Able to be abused.
Abusage (n.) Abuse. [Obs.] -- Whately (1634).
Abused (imp. & p. p.) of Abuse.
Abusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abuse.
Abuse (v. t.) 濫用，侮辱，虐待，辱罵；弊病，陋習 To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority.
This principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots rapidly into popularity. -- Froude.
Abuse (v. t.) To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.
Abuse (v. t.) To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.
The . . . tellers of news abused the general. -- Macaulay.
Abuse (v. t.) To dishonor. "Shall flight abuse your name?" -- Shak.
Abuse (v. t.) To violate; to ravish. -- Spenser.
Abuse (v. t.) To deceive; to impose on. [Obs.]
Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object. -- Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To maltreat; injure; revile; reproach; vilify; vituperate; asperse; traduce; malign.
Abuse (n.) Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language.
Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. -- Madison.
Compare: Misuse
Misuse (v.) [With object] 錯用，誤用；濫用；盜用 Use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.
‘He was found guilty of misusing public funds.’
Misuse (v.) [With object] Treat (someone or something) badly or unfairly.
‘We felt that we had been deceived and misused.’
Misuse (n.) [Mass noun] 錯用，誤用；濫用；盜用 The wrong or improper use of something.
‘Drugs of such potency that their misuse can have dire consequences.’
[Count noun ]‘A misuse of power.’
Abuse (n.) 濫用；妄用；誤用；指濫用特權、職務，收受賄賂等有虧職守之行為 Physical ill treatment; injury. "Rejoice . . . at the abuse of Falstaff." -- Shak.
Abuse (n.) A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service.
Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. -- Macaulay.
Abuse (n.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.
The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows. -- Macaulay.
Abuse (n.) Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child. [Obs.]
Or is it some abuse, and no such thing? -- Shak.
Abuse of distress (Law), A wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer.
Syn: Invective; contumely; reproach; scurrility; insult; opprobrium.
Usage: Abuse, Invective. Abuse is generally prompted by anger, and vented in harsh and unseemly words. It is more personal and coarse than invective. Abuse generally takes place in private quarrels; invective in writing or public discussions. Invective may be conveyed in refined language and dictated by indignation against what is blameworthy. -- C. J. Smith.
Abuse (n.) Cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" [syn: maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse].
Abuse (n.) A rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification].
Abuse (n.) Improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" [syn: misuse, abuse].
Abuse (v.) Treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat].
Abuse (v.) Change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse].
Abuse (v.) Use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout].
Abuse (v.) Use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs".
Abuseful (a.) Full of abuse; abusive. [R.] "Abuseful names." -- Bp. Barlow.
Compare: Abusive
Abusive (a.) 辱罵的；濫用的 Extremely offensive and insulting.
‘The goalkeeper was sent off for using abusive language.’
‘He became quite abusive and swore at her.’
Abusive (a.) Engaging in or characterized by habitual violence and cruelty.
‘Abusive parents.’
‘An abusive relationship.’
Abusive (a.) Involving injustice or illegality.
‘The abusive and predatory practices of businesses.’
Abuser (n.) 濫用者；虐待者 One who abuses [In the various senses of the verb].
Abuser (n.) Someone who abuses [syn: abuser, maltreater].
Compare: Maltreater
Maltreater (n.) 濫用者，施虐者 Someone who abuses. [syn: {abuser}, {maltreater}].
Abusion (n.) 墮落 Evil or corrupt usage; abuse; wrong; reproach; deception; cheat. -- Chaucer.
Abusion (n.) (pl. -s) (Obsolete) Abuse, Misuse. Specifically: Abuse of the truth: Deception.
Abusion (n.) (In British) Morally wrong, corrupt, or deceptive use.
Compare: Deceptive
Deceptive (a.) 迷惑的，騙人的；虛偽的；欺詐的 Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.
‘He put the question with deceptive casualness.’
Compare: Casualness
Casualness (n.) 隨便；漫不經心 A casual manner.
Compare: Casual
Casual (a.) 偶然的，碰巧的；隨便的，漫不經心的 Relaxed and unconcerned.
‘A casual attitude to life.’
Casual (a.) Made or done without much thought or premeditation.
‘A casual remark.’
Casual (a.) Done or acting in a desultory way.
‘To the casual observer, rugby looks something like football.’
Casual (a.) Done or acting without sufficient care or thoroughness.
‘The casual way in which victims were treated.’
Casual (a.) Not regular or permanent.
Casual (a.) Employed or established on a temporary or irregular basis.
‘A casual worker.’
‘Casual jobs.’
Casual (a.) (Of a sexual relationship or encounter) Occurring between people who are not regular or established sexual partners.
‘They don't do one-night stands or casual flings.’
Casual (a.) [Attributive ] Happening by chance; accidental.
‘He pretended it was a casual meeting.’
Casual (a.) Without formality of style or manner, in particular (of clothing) suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions.
‘A casual short-sleeved shirt.’
‘An ideal coat for casual occasions.’
Casual (n.) 臨時工人 [C]；便裝；便鞋 [P] A person who does something irregularly.
‘A number of casuals became regular customers.’
Casual (n.) [British ] A worker employed on an irregular or temporary basis.
‘The business employs eight full-time sales staff and ten casuals.’
Casual (n.) [Historical] A person admitted to a workhouse for a short period.
Casual (n.) [Casuals] [British] Clothes or shoes suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions.
‘She designs women's casuals.’
Casual (n.) [British ] A youth belonging to a subculture characterized by the wearing of expensive casual clothing and frequently associated with football hooliganism.
Compare: Deception
Deception (n.) [Mass noun] 欺騙，欺詐 [U]；受騙 [U]；騙人的事物；詭計 [C] The action of deceiving someone.
‘Obtaining property by deception.’
Deception (n.) [Mass noun] [Count noun] A thing that deceives.
‘A range of elaborate deceptions.’
Abusive (a.) 辱罵的，濫用的，陋習的 Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
Abusive (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
Abusive (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
Abusive (a.) Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
Abusively (adv.) 辱罵地；濫用地；虐待地 In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
Abusiveness (n.) 濫用（辱駡） The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
Abutted (imp. & p. p.) of Abut
Abutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abut
Abut (v. i.) 鄰接，毗鄰，緊靠，接近 To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.
Abutilon (n.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.
Abutment (n.) 【建】橋礅；橋基；橋臺；毗鄰；接界處 State of abutting.
Abutment (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presses; as:
Abutment (n.) (Arch.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut. -- Gwilt.
Abutment (n.) (Mech.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc.
Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.
Abutment (n.) Point of contact between two objects or parts.
Abutment (n.) A masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge.
Abuttal (n.) 鄰接；（用複數）地界 The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland. -- Spelman.
Abutter (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.
Abutter (n.) The owner of contiguous property.
Abuzz (a.) In a buzz; buzzing. [Colloq.] -- Dickens.
Abuzz (a.) Noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal" [syn: abuzz, buzzing].
Abought (imp. & p. p.) of Abye
Aby (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Abye
Abye (v. t. & i.) To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. [Obs.]
Syn: expiate
Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. -- Shak.
Abye (v. t. & i.) To endure; to abide. [Obs.]
But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. -- Spenser.
Abye (v.) Make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: expiate, aby, abye, atone].
Abysm (n.) An abyss; a gulf. "The abysm of hell." -- Shak.
Abysm (n.) A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) [syn: abyss, abysm].
Abysmal (a.) 深不可測的，無底的 Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.
Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. -- Carlyle.
Abysmal (a.) very great; limitless; "abysmal misery"; "abysmal stupidity".
Abysmal (a.) Resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean" [syn: {abysmal}, {abyssal}, {unfathomable}].
Abysmal (a.) (Bad) 極壞的；糟透的 Very bad.
// Abysmal working conditions.
// The food was abysmal.
// The standard of the students' work is abysmal.
Abysmally (adv.) 極壞地； 極度地；極大地 To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." -- G. Eliot.
Abysmally (adv.) In a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly].
Abyss (n.) 深淵；深坑；深處 [C]；任何深不可測的事物；（智力等的）深邃 [C] [U]；【宗】（創世之前的）混沌 A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. -- Milton.
The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. -- Dryden.
Abyss (n.) Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
The abysses of metaphysical theology. -- Macaulay.
In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. -- Burke.
Abyss (n.) (Her.) The center of an escutcheon.
Note: This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths the wicked were punished. -- Encyc. Brit.
Abyss (n.) A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) [syn: abyss, abysm].
Abyssal (a.) 深淵的；深不可測的 Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.
Compare: Unfathomable
Unfathomable (a.) 深不可測的；不可理解的 Incapable of being fully explored or understood.
‘Her grey eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion.’
Unfathomable (a.) (Of water or a natural feature) Impossible to measure the extent of.
‘Mountains of unfathomable scale.’
Abyssal zone (Phys. Geog.), One of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.
Abyssal (a.) Relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters.
Abyssal (a.) Resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean" [syn: abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable].
Abyssinian (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.
Abyssinian gold, An alloy of 90.74 parts of copper and 8.33 parts of zink. -- Ure.
Abyssinian (n.) A native of Abyssinia.
Abyssinian (n.) A member of the Abyssinian Church.
Abyssinian (n.) A small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat [syn: Abyssinian, Abyssinian cat].
Locust tree (n.) (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus Robinia ({Robinia Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.
Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymen[ae]a, of which Hymen[ae]a Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree ({Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.
Honey locust tree (Bot.), A tree of the genus Gleditschia ({Gleditschia triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust.
Water locust tree (Bot.), A small swamp tree ({Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.
Acacia (n.) (Antiq.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
Acacias (n. pl. ) of Acacia.
Acaciae (n. pl. ) of Acacia.
Acacia (n.) [Capitalized] A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
Acacia (n.) (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. AS Acacin
Acacia (n.) Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
Acacia, () (Heb. shittim) Ex. 25:5, R.V. probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the "shittah" tree (Isa. 41:19). Its wood is called shittim wood (Ex. 26:15,26; 25:10,13,23,28, etc.). This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a gnarled and thorny tree. It yields the gum-arabic of commerce. It is found in abundance in the Sinaitic peninsula.
Acacin (n.) Alt. of Acacine
Acacine (n.) Gum arabic.
Academe (n.) An academy. [Poetic] -- Shak.
Academe (n.) The academic world [syn: academia, academe]
Academe (n.) An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.
Academial (a.) Academic. [R.]
Academian (n.) A member of an academy, university, or college.
Academic (a.) 專科院校的，研究院的，學會的；學術的，理論的 Alt. of Academical
Academical (a.) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
Academical (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. "Academic courses." -- Warburton. "Academical study." -- Berkeley.
Academic (n.) One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.
Academic (n.) A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
Academic (a.) Associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns."
Academic (a.) Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question."
Academic (a.) Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects [syn: academic, donnish, pedantic].
Academic (n.) An educator who works at a college or university [syn: academician, academic, faculty member].
Academically (adv.) In an academical manner.
Academically (adv.) In regard to academic matters; "academically, this is a good school."
Academicals (n. pl.) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.
Academician (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
Academician (n.) A collegian. [R.] -- Chesterfield.
Academician (n.) Someone elected to honorary membership in an academy.
Academician (n.) A scholar who is skilled in academic disputation [syn: academician, schoolman].
Academician (n.) An educator who works at a college or university [syn: academician, academic, faculty member].
Academicism (n.) A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
Academicism (n.) A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
Academicism (n.) Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: scholasticism, academicism, academism].
Academism (n.) The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] -- Baxter.
Academism (n.) Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety [syn: scholasticism, academicism, academism].
Academist (n.) An Academic philosopher.
Academist (n.) An academician. [Obs.] -- Ray.
Academies (n. pl. ) of Academy.
Academy (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head.
Academy (n.) An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.
Academy (n.) A place of training; a school. "Academies of fanaticism." -- Hume.
Academy (n.) A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
Academy (n.) A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
Academy figure (Paint.), A drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.
Academy (n.) A secondary school (usually private).
Academy (n.) An institution for the advancement of art or science or literature [syn: academy, honorary society].
Academy (n.) A school for special training.
Academy (n.) A learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge.
Academy (n.) [From Academe] A modern school where football is taught.
Academy (n.) [ C ] 研究院；學會；專科學院 An organization intended to protect and develop an art, science, language, etc., or a school that teaches a particular subject or trains people for a particular job.
// A military/ police academy.
// The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Acadian (a.) Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." -- Longfellow.
Acadian (n.) A native of Acadie.
Acadian epoch (Geol.), An epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology.
Acadian owl (Zool.), A small North American owl ({Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.
Acadian (n.) An early French settler in the Maritimes.
Acajou (n.) (Bot.) The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.
Acajou (n.) (Bot.) The mahogany tree; also, its timber. Acaleph
Acalephs (n. pl. ) of Acalephan.
Acalephans (n. pl. ) of Acalephan.
Acaleph (n.) Alt. of Acalephan.
Acalephan (n.) (Zool.) One of the Acalephae.
Acalephae (n. pl.) 水母（古名） A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.
Acalephoid (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae or jellyfishes. Acalycine
Acalycine (a.) Alt. of Acalysinous.
Acalysinous (a.) (Bot.) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.
Acanth (n.) Same as Acanthus.
Acantha (n.) (Bot.) A prickle.
Acantha (n.) (Zool.) A spine or prickly fin.
Acantha (n.) (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. -- Dunglison.
Acantha (n.) Any sharply pointed projection [syn: spur, spine, acantha].
Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant.
Acanthaceous (a.) (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.
Acanthine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.