Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 96
Asinego (n.) Alt. of {Assinego}.
Assinego (n.) 愚蠢的人 A stupid fellow. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Asinego (n.) (pl. - es) (Obsolete) 小驢 A little ass.
Asinego (n.) (Obsolete) 笨蛋，傻子，白痴 Fool.
Asinine (a.) 驢的；驢子似的；愚鈍的；頑固的 Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. "Asinine nature." -- B. Jonson.
"Asinine feast." -- Milton.
Asinine (a.) Devoid of intelligence [syn: {asinine}, {fatuous}, {inane}, {mindless}, {vacuous}].
Asininity (n.) 愚鈍 The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.
Asininity (n.) The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness.
Asiphonate (a.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.
Asiphonate (n.) An asiphonate mollusk.
Asiphonea (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonida.
Asiphonata (n. pl.) Alt. of Asiphonida.
Asiphonida (n. pl.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.
Asitia (n.) Want of appetite; loathing of food.
Asked (imp. & p. p.) of Ask.
Asking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ask.
Ask (v. t.) 問；詢問 [+wh-] [O6] [O1]；請求准許；要求 [+to-v] [O2] [O1] [+that]；索（價）；要求得到 [（+for/ of）] To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. -- Judg. xviii. 5.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. -- John xv. 7.
Ask (v. t.) To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?
Ask me never so much dowry. -- Gen. xxxiv. 12.
To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. -- Luke xii. 48.
An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. -- Addison.
Ask (v. t.) To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. -- John ix. 21.
He asked the way to Chester. -- Shak.
Ask (v. t.) To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
Ask (v. t.) To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons. -- Fuller.
Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See {Beg}.
Ask (v. i.) 問；詢問；問候 [（+about）]；要求；請求 [（+for）] To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
Ask, and it shall be given you. -- Matt. vii. 7.
Ask (v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.
Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? -- Gen. xxxii. 29.
Ask (n.) (Zool.) A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.] Askance
Compare: Newt
Newt (n.) 【動】蠑螈；【美】【俚】笨蛋；新手 A small slender-bodied amphibian with lungs and a well-developed tail, typically spending its adult life on land and returning to water to breed.
Triturus and other genera, family Salamandridae: numerous species.
Compare: Lizard
Lizard (n.) 【動】蜥蜴；類蜥蜴爬行動物 [C] A reptile that typically has a long body and tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and a rough, scaly, or spiny skin.
Suborder Lacertilia (or Sauria), order Squamata: many families.
Flat out like a lizard drinking (ph.) (Informal) Going or working as hard or as fast as possible.
‘The leaders of the race were flat out like a lizard drinking.’
Compare: Askance
Askance (adv.) (Also Askant) 懷疑地；不讚許地；斜著眼睛；斜 With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval.
‘The reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition.’
‘A waiter looked askance at his jeans.’
Ask (v.) Inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" [syn: {ask}, {inquire}, {enquire}].
Ask (v.) Make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan".
Ask (v.) Direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question".
Ask (v.) Consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" [syn: {ask}, {require}, {expect}].
Ask (v.) Address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother".
Ask (v.) Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask}, {postulate}, {need}, {require}, {take}, {involve}, {call for}, {demand}] [ant: {eliminate}, {obviate}, {rid of}].
Ask (v.) Require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage".
ASK (Acronyms) Akademische Software Kooperation (org., Karlsruhe, Germany)
ASK (Acronyms) Amplitude Shift Keying.
Askance (adv.) 懷疑地；不讚許地；斜著眼睛；斜視地 Alt. of Askant.
Askant (adv.) Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
They dart away; they wheel askance. -- Beattie.
My palfrey eyed them askance. -- Landor.
Both . . . were viewed askance by authority.
Askance (v. t.) To turn aside. [Poet.]
O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! -- Shak.
Askance (adv.) With suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer".
Askance (adv.) With a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes".
Askance (adj.) (Used especially of glances) 傾斜着，特別是眼睛 Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" [syn: {askance}, {askant}, {asquint}, {squint}, {squint-eyed}, {squinty}, {sidelong}].
Asker (n.) 發問者；請求者 One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer. -- Shak.
Asker (n.) (Zool.) An ask; a water newt. [Local Eng.]
Effet (n.) The common newt; -- called also {asker}, {eft}, {evat}, and {ewt}.
Asker (n.) Someone who asks a question [syn: {inquirer}, {enquirer}, {questioner}, {querier}, {asker}].
Askew (adv. & a.) 歪，歪斜地；歪扭地 Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. -- Spenser.
Askew (adv.) Turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry" [syn: {askew}, {awry}, {skew- whiff}].
Askew (adj.) Turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" [syn: {askew}, {awry(p)}, {cockeyed}, {lopsided}, {wonky}, {skew-whiff}].
Asking (n.) The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
Asking (n.) The publishing of banns.
Aslake (v. t. & i.) To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
Aslant (adv. & a.) Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
Aslant (prep.) In a slanting direction over; athwart.
Asleep (a. & adv.) (a.) [Z] [F] 睡著的；已死的 (adv.) 進入睡眠狀態；進入靜止狀態 In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Fast asleep the giant lay supine. -- Dryden.
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. -- Milton.
Asleep (a. & adv.) In the sleep of the grave; dead.
Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. --1 Thess. iv. 13.
Asleep (a. & adv.) Numbed, and, usually, tingling. -- Udall.
Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call it, asleep. -- Bacon.
Asleep (adv.) Into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"
Asleep (adv.) In the sleep of death
Asleep (a.) In a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel" [ant: {awake(p)}].
Asleep (a.) Lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [syn: {asleep(p)}, {benumbed}, {numb}].
Asleep (a.) Dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: {asleep(p)}, {at peace(p)}, {at rest(p)}, {deceased}, {departed}, {gone}].
Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
Aslug (adv.) Sluggishly.
Asmear (a.) Smeared over.
Asmonean (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
Asmonean (n.) One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
Asoak (a.) Soaking.
Asomatous (a.) Without a material body; incorporeal.
Asonant (a.) Not sounding or sounded.
Asp (n.) Same as Aspen.
Asp (n.) A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.
Aspalathus (n.) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
Aspalathus (n.) A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosae. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.
Asparagine (n.) A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.
Asparaginous (a.) Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.
Asparagus (n.) (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.
Asparagus (n.) The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.
Note: This word was formerly pronounced sparrowgrass; but this pronunciation is now confined exclusively to uneducated people.
Asparagus beetle (Zool.), A small beetle ({Crioceris asparagi) injurious to asparagus.
Asparagus (n.) Plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable [syn: asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales].
Asparagus (n.) Edible young shoots of the asparagus plant.
Aspartic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.
Aspect (n.) An IPSE developed by an Alvey project, using Z to specify the object-management system and tool interface. (1996-03-25)
Aspect (n.) Algebraic specification of abstract data types.
A strict functional language that compiles to C.
Versions of ASpecT are available for Sun, Ultrix, NeXT, Macintosh, OS/2 2.0, Linux, RS/6000, Atari, Amiga. (1996-03-25)
Aspect (n.) In aspect-oriented programming, a modular unit of control over emergent entities. (1999-08-31)
Aspect (n.) 方面，觀點 [C] [（+of）]；方向，方位 [C]；外觀，樣子 [C] [U] The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] "The basilisk killeth by aspect." -- Bacon.
His aspect was bent on the ground. -- Sir W. Scott.
Compare: Basilisk
Basilisk (n.) 巴西利斯克（basilisk），又叫蛇尾雞或者翼蜥，在希臘和歐洲的傳說裡，是所有蛇類之王，並且能以眼神致人於死。根據Pliny the Elder的Naturalis Historia，巴西利斯克是一種有劇毒的小蛇，其爬行過的土地會留下有毒的黏液，而他的凝視同樣也是致命的。
關於巴西利斯克的形象，有三種不同的描述：巨大的蜥蜴、巨大的蛇或是一隻三尺高、有著蛇尾巴和牙齒的公雞。據說它的頭上有法冠或皇冠狀的羽飾，故被稱為「國王」，一般把它定位在一種雞身蛇尾的怪物（cockatrice）。關於巴西利斯克還有一個另人難以置信的傳說，據說它是從公雞所孵化的蛇蛋出生（和雞身蛇尾怪的傳言－由蛇孵化的雞蛋－剛好相反）的。在中世紀的歐洲，巴西利斯克和公雞的形象才慢慢重疊，Geoffrey Chaucer就曾在其著作Canterbury Tales中描繪巴西利斯克（其稱之為basilicok）的樣子。
鄉野傳說和故事也不斷為巴西利斯克的致命能力加油添醋，如將其描述成一隻會吐火的巨大的野獸、光以它的聲音就能殺人等等，甚至有作家說他不只光碰觸就能殺人，還能以碰觸受害者接觸的東西來殺害他－如他手中所握的劍。巴西利斯克也是瑞士城市巴塞爾(Basel)的守護生物。
In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk , [1] from the Greek βασιλίσκος basilískos, "little king"; Latin regulus) is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king who can cause death with a single glance. According to the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk of Cyrene is a small snake, "being not more than twelve fingers in length", [2] that is so venomous, it leaves a wide trail of deadly venom in its wake, and its gaze is likewise lethal. Its weakness is the odor of the weasel, which, according to Pliny, was thrown into the basilisk's hole, recognizable because some of the surrounding shrubs and grass had been scorched by its presence. It is possible that the legend of the basilisk and its association with the weasel in Europe was inspired by accounts of certain species of Asiatic snakes (such as the king cobra) and their natural predator, the mongoose.
Aspect (n.) Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." -- Dryden.
[Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. -- Pope.
Aspect (n.) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. "The aspect of affairs." -- Macaulay.
The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish. -- T. Burnet.
Aspect (n.) Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
Aspect (n.) Prospect; outlook. [Obs.]
This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended. -- Evelyn.
Aspect (n.) (Astrol.) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth. -- Milton.
Note: The aspects which two planets can assume are five; sextile, ?, when the planets are 60[deg] apart; quartile, or quadrate, ?, when their distance is 90[deg] or the quarter of a circle; trine, ?, when the distance is 120[deg]; opposition, ?, when the distance is 180[deg], or half a circle; and conjunction, ?, when they are in the same degree. Astrology taught that the aspects of the planets exerted an influence on human affairs, in some situations for good and in others for evil.
Aspect (n.) (Astrol.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect. -- Shak.
The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects. -- Bacon.
Aspect (n.) (A["e]ronautics) A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above; more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through which it is moving or to a current. If an immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost, or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more effective than short broad ones of the same area.
{Aspect of a plane} (Geom.), The direction of the plane.
Aspect (v. t.) To behold; to look at. [Obs.]
Aspect (n.) A distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" [syn: {aspect}, {facet}].
Aspect (n.) A characteristic to be considered.
Aspect (n.) The visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: {view}, {aspect}, {prospect}, {scene}, {vista}, {panorama}].
Aspect (n.) The beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb.
Aspect (n.) The feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: {expression}, {look}, {aspect}, {facial expression}, {face}].
Aspectable (a.) Capable of being seen; visible. "The aspectable world." -- Ray. "Aspectable stars." -- Mrs. Browning.
Aspectable (a.) (In British) Having the ability to be seen.
Aspectable (a.) Having a pleasing and seemly appearance worthy of being looked at.
Aspectant (a.) (Her.) Facing each other.
Aspected (a.) Having an aspect.
Aspection (n.) The act of viewing; a look. [Obs.]
Aspen (n.) A toy language for teaching compiler construction.
["ASPEN Language Specifications", T.R. Wilcox, SIGPLAN Notices 12(11):70-87, Nov 1977]. (1994-11-30)
Aspen (n.) Alt. of Asp.
Asp (n.) (Bot.) 山楊；（北美）大齒楊，顫楊 One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.
Aspen (a.) 山楊的；【詩】顫抖的，搖晃的 Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. -- Gay.
Aspen (n.) Any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind.
ASPEN (Acronyms) Automatic System for Performance Evaluation of the Network.
Asper (a.) Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
Asper (n.) The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.
Asper (n.) A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
Asperated (imp. & p. p.) of Asperate.
Asperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Asperate.
Asperate (v. t.) 使粗糙 To make rough, harsh or uneven.
The asperated part of its surface. -- Boyle.
Asperate (a.) (Archaic) 粗糙的 Somewhat rough or harsh to the touch : Asperous.
Asperate (v. t.) (Archaic) To make rough or harsh.
Asperation (n.) A harshness, an unpleasantness.
Asperation (n.) The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. -- Bailey.
Asperges (n.) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
Asperges (n.) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Aspergill (n.) Alt. of Aspergillum.
Aspergillum (n.) The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
Aspergillum (n.) See Wateringpot shell.
Aspergilliform (a.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.
Asperifoliate (a.) Alt. of Asperifolious.
Asperifolious (a.) Having rough leaves.
Asperitas (cloud) (n.) 糙面雲 Asperitas (formerly known as Undulatus asperatus) is a cloud formation first popularized and proposed as a type of cloud in 2009 by Gavin Pretor-Pinney of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Added to the International Cloud Atlas as a supplementary feature in March of 2017, it is the first cloud formation added since cirrus intortus in 1951.[2] The name translates approximately as "roughness".[3]
The clouds are closely related to undulatus clouds.[3] Although they appear dark and storm-like, they almost always dissipate without a storm forming.[4] The ominous-looking clouds have been particularly common in the Plains states of the United States, often during the morning or midday hours following convective thunderstorm activity.[5] [3][4]
Asperities (n. pl. ) of Asperity.
Asperity (n.) （表面的）粗糙；（氣候的）嚴酷；艱苦的條件；（聲音、語調、態度、脾氣的）粗暴 Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to {smoothness}. "The asperities of dry bodies." -- Boyle.
Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
Asperity (n.) Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to {mildness}. "Asperity of character." -- Landor.
It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. -- Johnson.
Asperity (n.) Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
The acclivities and asperities of duty. -- Barrow.
Syn: Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness; tartness. See {Acrimony}.
Asperity (n.) Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" [syn: {asperity}, {grimness}, {hardship}, {rigor}, {rigour}, {severity}, {severeness}, {rigorousness}, {rigourousness}].
Asperity (n.) Harshness of manner [syn: {asperity}, {sharpness}] [ant: {bluntness}, {dullness}].
Aspermatous (a.) Aspermous.
Aspermous (a.) Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.
Asperne (v. t.) To spurn; to despise. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
Asperous (a.) Rough; uneven. -- Bolye.
Aspersed (imp. & p. p.) of Asperse.
Aspersing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Asperse.
Asperse (v. t.) 誹謗，中傷；（天主教）灑聖水於 To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust. -- Heywood.
Asperse (v. t.) To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.
With blackest crimes aspersed. -- Cowper.
Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify.
Usage: To {Asperse}, {Defame}, {Slander}, {Calumniate}. These words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the character of another. To asperse is figuratively to cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the imputation of blemishes or faults which render it offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in common the sense of circulating reports to a man's injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying slight faults into serious errors or crimes.
Asperse (v.) Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse}, {denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}].
Asperse (v. t.) Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
Aspersed (a.) Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface.
Aspersed (a.) Bespattered; slandered; calumniated.
Asperser (n.) One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.
Aspersion (n.) 誹謗，中傷；汙衊；（天主教）灑聖水 A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. -- Jer. Taylor.
Aspersion (n.) The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers. -- Grote.
Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. -- Dryden.
Aspersion (n.) A disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" [syn: {aspersion}, {slur}].
Aspersion (n.) An abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: {aspersion}, {calumny}, {slander}, {defamation}, {denigration}].
Aspersion (n.) The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: {aspersion}, {sprinkling}].