Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 119
Contrist (v. t.) To make sad. [Obs.]
To deject and contrist myself. -- Sterne.
Contristate (v. t. & i.) To make sorrowful. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Contrite (n.) A contrite person. -- Hooker.
Contrite (v.) In a contrite manner.
Contrite (a.) 悔罪的；痛悔的；表示悔罪的；因悔悟而起的 Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.]
Contrite (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.
A contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. -- Ps. li. 17.
Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. -- Milton.
Syn: Penitent; repentant; humble; sorrowful.
Contrite (a.) Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses [syn: {contrite}, {remorseful}, {rueful}, {ruthful}].
Contriteness (n.) 悔悟 Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.
Contriteness (n.) Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation [syn: {attrition}, {contrition}, {contriteness}].
Contrition (n.) 完全悔悟，悔改，悔罪 The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing. [Obs.]
The breaking of their parts into less parts by contrition. -- Sir I. Newton.
Contrition (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance.
My future days shall be one whole contrition. -- Dryden.
Syn: repentance; penitence; humiliation; compunction; self-reproach; remorse.
Usage: Contrition, Attrition, repentance. -- Contrition is deep sorrow and self-condemnation, with through repetance for sin because it is displeasing to God, and implies a feeling of love toward God. Attrition is sorrow for sin, or imperfect repentance produced by fear of punishment or a sense of the baseness of sin. Repentance is a penitent renunciation of, and turning from, sin; thorough repentance produces a new life. Repentance is often used as synonymous with contrition. See Compunction.
Contrition (n.) Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation [syn: attrition, contrition, contriteness].
Contriturate (v. t.) To triturate; to pulverize. [R.]
Compare: Triturate
Triturate (v. t.) [Technical] 磨碎；把……研成粉末；【生理】咀嚼 Grind to a fine powder.
‘Insoluble materials were triturated with lactose.’
Triturate (v. t.) Chew or grind (food) thoroughly.
‘The gizzard is a part of the alimentary canal where food is triturated and broken up.’
Compare: Pulverize
Pulverize (v. t.) 使成粉末；研磨；把（液體）噴成霧；【口】把……徹底摧毀；粉碎 Reduce to fine particles.
‘The brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment.’
Pulverize (v. t.) [British informal] Defeat utterly.
Contrivable (a.) 可設計的；可發明的；可圖謀的 Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.
A perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable. -- Bp. Wilkins.
Contrivance (n.) 發明物；裝置，器械 [C]；發明；設計；發明（或設計）才能 [U]；計謀，手段 [P] The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. -- Paley.
Contrivance (n.) The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. -- Burke.
Syn: Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device.
Contrivance (n.) A device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget].
Contrivance (n.) The faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem".
Contrivance (n.) An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge].
Contrivance (n.) An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable."
Contrivance (n.) Any improvised arrangement for temporary use [syn: lash-up, contrivance].
Contrivance (n.) The act of devising something [syn: devisal, contrivance].
Contrived (imp. & p. p.) of Contrive.
Contriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contrive.
Contrive (v. t.) 發明；設計；策劃，圖謀 To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. -- Tillotson.
Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. -- Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch.
Contrive (v. i.) 謀劃 To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
The Fates with traitors do contrive. -- Shak.
Thou hast contrived against th very life Of the defendant. -- Shak.
Contrive (v.) Make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: {plan}, {project}, {contrive}, {design}].
Contrive (v.) Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: {invent}, {contrive}, {devise}, {excogitate}, {formulate}, {forge}].
Contrive (v.) Put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: {project}, {cast}, {contrive}, {throw}].
Contrivement (n.) Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs.]
Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great fabric. -- Glanvill.
Active to meet their contrivements. -- Sir G. Buck.
Compare: Contrivance
Contrivance (n.) 發明物；裝置，器械 [C]；發明；設計；發明（或設計）才能 [U] The use of skill to bring something about or create something.
‘The requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym’
Contrivance (n.) A device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality.
‘The often tiresome contrivances of historical fiction.’
Contrivance (n.) A thing which is created skillfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose.
‘An assortment of electronic equipment and mechanical contrivances.’
Contriver (n.) 發明者，創製者，籌劃者 One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. -- Swift.
Contriver (n.) A person who makes plans [syn: {planner}, {contriver}, {deviser}].
Control (n.) 支配；控制；調節；抑制 [U] [（+of/ over）]；控制手段（或措施）；統制 [P1] [（+on/ over）] A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. "Speak without control." -- Dryden.
Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
The House of Commons should exercise a control over all the departments of the executive administration. -- Macaulay.
Control (n.) (Mach.) The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight; specifically (A["e]ronautics), the mechanism controlling the rudders and ailerons.
Control (n.) (Climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of any particular place, as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
Control (n.) (Technology) in research, an object or subject used in an experimental procedure, which is treated identically to the primary subject of the experiment, except for the omission of the specific treatment or conditions whose effect is being investigated. If the control is a group of living organisms, as is common in medical research, it is called the {control group}.
Note: For most experimental procedures, the results are not considered valid and reliable unless a proper control experiment is performed. There are various types of control used in experimental science, and often several groups of subjects serve as controls, being subjected to different variations of the experimental procedure, or controlling for several variables being tested. When the effects caused by an experimental treatment are not consistent and obvious, statistical analysis of the results is typically used to determine if there are any significant differences between the effects of different experimental conditions.
Control (n.) (Technology) The part of an experimental procedure in which the controls [6] are subjected to the experimental conditions.
Control (n.) The group of technical specialists exercising control by remote communications over a distant operation, such as a space flight; as, the American Mission Control for manned flights is located in Houston.
{Board of control}. See under {Board}.
Controlled (imp. & p. p.) of Control.
Controlling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Control.
Control (v. t.) 控制；支配；管理；克制；抑制 To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.]
This report was controlled to be false. -- Fuller.
Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a scepter to control the world. -- Shak.
I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control.
Control (v. t.) To assure the validity of an experimental procedure by using a {control [7]}.
Syn: To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.
Control (n.) Power to direct or determine; "under control."
Control (n.) A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; "measures for the control of disease"; "they instituted controls over drinking on campus."
Control (n.) (Physiology) Regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters."
Control (n.) A standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment; "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw" [syn: {control condition}, {control}].
Control (n.) The activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable."
Control (n.) The state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: {dominance}, {ascendance}, {ascendence}, {ascendancy}, {ascendency}, {control}].
Control (n.) Discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself" [syn: {restraint}, {control}] [ant: {unrestraint}].
Control (n.) Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French" [syn: {command}, {control}, {mastery}].
Control (n.) A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" [syn: {control}, {controller}].
Control (n.) A spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance.
Control (n.) The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls."
Control (v.) Exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" [syn: {control}, {command}].
Control (v.) Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: {control}, {hold in}, {hold}, {contain}, {check}, {curb}, {moderate}].
Control (v.) Handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" [syn: {operate}, {control}].
Control (v.) Control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line" [syn: {manipulate}, {keep in line}, {control}].
Control (v.) Check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?" [syn: {control}, {verify}].
Control (v.) Verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account."
Control (v.) Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: {see}, {check}, {insure}, {see to it}, {ensure}, {control}, {ascertain}, {assure}].
Control (v.) Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?" [syn: {master}, {control}].
Control
Ctrl, () A control key on a keyboard used to input control characters.
Control
Ctrl, () A component in a graphical user interface, e.g. an Active-X control.
Controllability (n.) 操縱性 Capability of being controlled; controllableness.
Controllable (a.) 可管理（控制，抑制）的，能操縱的 Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.
Passion is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore, . . . not always controllable by reason. -- South.
Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled [syn: controllable, governable].
Controllableness (n.) 操縱性 Capability of being controlled.
Controller (n.) [C] 主計員；查帳員；主計官；主管，管理人；管制者 One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.
The great controller of our fate Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate. -- Dryden.
Controller (n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts. [More commonly written controller.]
Controller (n.) (Naut.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
Controller (n.) (Elec.) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or system; specif.:
Controller (n.) An electromagnet, excited by the main current, for throwing a regulator magnet into or out of circuit in an automatic device for constant current regulation.
Controller (n.) A kind of multiple switch for gradually admitting the current to, or shutting it off from, an electric motor; as, a car controller for an electric railway car.
Controller (n.) (Mach.) A lever controlling the speed of an engine; -- applied esp. to the lever governing a throttle valve, as of a steam or gasoline engine, esp. on an automobile.
Controller (n.) Someone who maintains and audits business accounts [syn: accountant, comptroller, controller].
Controller (n.) A person who directs and restrains [syn: restrainer, controller].
Controller (n.) A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" [syn: control, controller].
Controller () Part of a computer, typically a separate circuit board, which allows the computer to use certain kinds of peripheral devices. A disk controller is used to connect hard disks and floppy disks, a network controller is used for Ethernet. Other controllers are: keyboard controller, interrupt controller and graphics controller. (1998-03-16)
Controllership (n.) 主計員或管理員之職位或任期 The office of a controller.
Controllership (n.) The position of controller.
Controlment (n.) 控制 The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.
You may do it without controlment. -- Shak.
Compare: Superintendence
Superintendence (n.) 指揮；主管；監督 The management or arrangement of an activity or organization; supervision.
‘The school was under the superintendence of the nuns of the convent.’
Compare: Supervision
Supervision (n.) 管理；監督 [U] The action of supervising someone or something.
‘She let them work without supervision.’
Controlment (n.) Opposition; resistance; hostility. [Obs.]
Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment. -- Shak.
Controversal (a.) Turning or looking opposite ways. [Obs.]
The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. -- Milton.
Controversal (a.) Controversial. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Controversary (a.) Controversial. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Controverse (n.) Controversy. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Controverse (v. t.) To dispute; to controvert. [Obs.] "Controversed causes." -- Hooker.
Controverser (n.) 辯論者；爭議人，爭論者 A disputant. [Obs.]
Controversial (a.) 爭論的；可疑的；好議論的 Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.
Whole libraries of controversial books. -- Macaulay.
Controversial (a.) Marked by or capable of arousing controversy; "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action" [ant: {noncontroversial}, {uncontroversial}].
Controversial (a.) (B2) 有爭議的；引起爭議的 Causing disagreement or discussion.
// A controversial issue/ decision/ speech/ figure.
// The book was very controversial.
Controversialist (n.) 爭論者 One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.
He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. -- Macaulay.
Controversialist (n.) A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy [syn: disputant, controversialist, eristic].
Controversialist (n.) [ C ] 善辯者；好辯者，愛爭論者 A person who likes to disagree with other people and say things that make people angry or think about a subject.
// A religious controversialist.
Controversially (adv.) 頗有爭議地；引起爭議地 In a controversial manner.
Controversially (adv.) Involving controversy; "criticism too polemically stated" [syn: {controversially}, {polemically}] [ant: {uncontroversially}].
Controversion (n.) 爭論，辯論；爭議 [U] [C]；【律】民事糾紛 [C] Act of controverting; controversy. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Controversor (n.) A controverser. [Obs.]
Controversies (n. pl. ) of Controversy.
Controversy (n.) 爭論，辯論；爭議 [U] [C]；【律】民事糾紛 [C] Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
This left no room for controversy about the title. -- Locke.
A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing. -- Johnson.
Controversy (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.
The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. -- Jer. xxv. 31.
Controversy (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right. [Obs.]
When any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment. -- 2 Sam. xv. 2.
Syn: Dispute; debate; disputation; disagreement; altercation; contention; wrangle; strife; quarrel.
Controversy (n.) A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing].
Controversy () A dispute arising between two or more persons. It differs from case, which includes all suits criminal as well as civil; whereas controversy is a civil and not a criminal proceeding. 2 Dall. R. 419, 431, 432; 1 Tuck. Bl. Com. App. 420, 421; Story, Const. Sec. 1668.
Controversy () By the constitution of the United States the judicial power shall extend to controversies to which the United States shall be a party. Art. 2, 1. The meaning to be attached to the word controversy in the constitution, is that above given.
Controversy (n.) A battle in which spittle or ink replaces the injurious cannon-ball and the inconsiderate bayonet.
In controversy with the facile tongue -- That bloodless warfare of the old and young -- So seek your adversary to engage That on himself he shall exhaust his rage, And, like a snake that's fastened to the ground, With his own fangs inflict the fatal wound. You ask me how this miracle is done? Adopt his own opinions, one by one, And taunt him to refute them; in his wrath He'll sweep them pitilessly from his path. Advance then gently all you wish to prove, Each proposition prefaced with, "As you've So well remarked," or, "As you wisely say, And I cannot dispute," or, "By the way, This view of it which, better far expressed, Runs through your argument." Then leave the rest To him, secure that he'll perform his trust And prove your views intelligent and just. Conmore Apel Brune.
Controversy (n.) [ C or U ] (C1) 爭議；爭論；爭辯 A lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people.
// There was a big controversy surrounding/ over the use of drugs in athletics.
// The policy has caused fierce/ heated controversy ever since it was introduced.
Controverted (imp. & p. p.) of Controvert.
Controverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Controvert.
Controvert (v. t.) 反駁；駁斥；就……展開爭論 (v. i.) 爭論；辯論 To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.
Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. -- Macaulay.
Controvert (v.) Be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn: oppose, controvert, contradict].
Controvert (v.) Prove to be false or incorrect [syn: refute, rebut, controvert].
Controvert (v.) [ T ] (Formal) 辯駁，反駁 To say or show that something is not true.
// This theory was subsequently controverted by several researchers in the same field.
Controverter (n.) 辯駁者；爭論者 One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern. -- B. Jonson.
Controvertible (a.) 可爭論的；可質疑的 Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. -- Con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv.
Controvertist (n.) One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.
How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic! -- Campbell. Contubernal
Contubernal (a.) Alt. of Contubernial.
Contubernial (a.) Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.
Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben contubernial with the Lord, thy King. -- Chaucer.
Contumacious (a.) 不聽命令的；（尤指對法庭命令）抗拒的 Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. -- Hammond.
Contumacious (a.) (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. -- Blackstone.
Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n.
Contumacious (a.) Wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment".
Contumacious (a.) (Specialized) (Law) （尤指對法庭命令）抗拒的 Refusing to obey or respect the law in a way that shows contempt.
// The court has the power to apply sanctions for contumacious conduct.
Contumacious (a.) (Old use) (Disapproving) 不聽命令的 Refusing to obey or show respect.
Contumacies (n. pl. ) of Contumacy.
Contumacy (n.) 拒不服從，倔強 Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. -- Strype.
Contumacy (n.) (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.
Syn: Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.
Contumacy (n.) Willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court.
Contumacy (n.) Obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority.
Contumacy, () Civil law. The refusal or neglect of a party accused to appear and answer to a charge preferred against him in a court of justice. This word is derived from the Latin contumacia, disobedience. 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 455; Ayl. Parer. 196; Dig. 50, 17, 52; Code Nap. art. 22.
Contumacy, () Contumacy is of two kinds, actual and presumed: actual contumacy is when the party before the court refuses to obey some order of the court; presumed contumacy is the act of refusing or declining to appear upon being cited. 3 Curt. Ecc. R. 1.
Contumelious (a.) 侮慢的 Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. -- Shak.
Curving a contumelious lip. -- Tennyson.
Contumelious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n.
Contumelious (a.) Arrogantly insolent.
Contumely (n.) 無禮；傲慢；侮辱；謾罵 Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. -- Shak.
Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. -- Burke.
Contumely (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].
Contused (imp. & p. p.) of Contuse.
Contusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contuse.
Contuse (v. t.) To beat, pound, or together.
Roots, barks, and seeds contused together. -- Bacon.
Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
Contused wound, A wound attended with bruising. Contused
Contuse (v.) Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee" [syn: bruise, contuse].
Contusion (n.) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.
Contusion (n.) (Med.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.
Contusion (n.) An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration [syn: bruise, contusion].
Contusion (n.) The action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion."
Contusion (), Med. jurisp. An injury or lesion, arising from the shock of a body with a large surface, which presents no loss of substance, and no apparent wound. If the skin be divided, the injury takes the name of a contused wound. Vide 1 Ch. Pr, 38; 4 Carr. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; 6 Carr. & P. 684; 2 Beck's Med. Jur. 178.
Conundrum (n.) 謎語；難題；機智問答 A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.
Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. -- J. Philips.
Conundrum (n.) A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.
Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on conundrums like that? -- W. Black.
Conundrum (n.) A difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser].
Conure (n.) (Zool.) 錐尾鸚鵡 An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet.
Conus (n.) A cone.
Conus (n.) (Zool.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4.
Conusable (a.) Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. [Obs.] -- Bp. Barlow.
Conusant (a.) (Law) See Cognizant.
Conusor (n.) (Law) See Cognizor.
Conusor, () The same as cognizor; one who passes or acknowledges a fine of lands or tenements to another. See Consignor.
Convalesced (imp. & p. p.) of Convalesce [R.]
Convalescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convalesce.
Convalesce (v. i.) 漸癒；恢復健康 To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.
Convalesced (a.) Convalescent. [R.]
He found the queen somewhat convalesced. -- J. Knox. Convalescence
Convalesce (v.) Get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" [syn: recuperate, recover, convalesce] [ant: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop].
Convalesce (v.) [ I ] To rest in order to get better after an illness.
// After your operation, you'll need to convalesce for a week or two.
Convalescence (n.) Alt. of Convalescency.
Convalescence (n.) [ S or U ] A period in which you convalesce.
Convalescency (n.) The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.
Convalescence (n.) Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury [syn: convalescence, recuperation, recovery].
Convalescent (a.) 康復中的；恢復期的；調養的；供康復中病人的 Recovering from sickness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.
Convalescent (a.) Of or pertaining to convalescence.
Convalescent (n.) 復原期的病人 [C] One recovering from sickness.
Convalescent (a.) Returning to health after illness or debility; "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed" [syn: convalescent, recovering].
Convalescent (n.) A person who is recovering from illness.
Convalescently (adv.) In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.
Convallamarin (n.) (Chem.) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley ({Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.
Convallaria (n.) (Bot. & Med.) 鈴蘭屬 The lily of the valley.
Convallaria (n.) Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley [syn: Convallaria, genus Convallaria].
Convallarin (n.) (Chem.) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.
Convection (n.) 傳送；【物】對流 The act or process of conveying or transmitting.
Convection (n.) (Physics) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes.
Liquids are generally heated by convection -- when heat is applied from below. -- Nichol.
Convection (n.) The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion.
Convection (n.) (Meteorology) The vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere.
Convective (a.) 傳送性的；對流的 Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity. -- Faraday.
Convectively (adv.) 對流地 In a convective manner. -- Hare.
Convellent (a.) Tending to tear or pull up. [Obs.]
The ends of the fragment . . . will not yield to the convellent force. -- Todd & Bowman.