Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 34
Deranged (imp. & p. p.) of Derange
Deranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Derange
Derange (v. t.) 擾亂；使狂；使（精神）錯亂 To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.
Derange (v. t.) To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts. -- Blair.
Derange (v. t.) To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.
Syn: To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
Derange (v.) Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane; "The death of his parents unbalanced him" [syn: unbalance, derange].
Derange (v.) Throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt" [syn: perturb, derange, throw out of kilter].
Deranged (a.) Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.
Derangement (n.) 精神錯亂；擾亂 The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.
Syn: Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity; lunacy; madness; delirium; mania. See Insanity.
Derangement (n.) A state of mental disturbance and disorientation [syn: derangement, mental unsoundness, unbalance].
Derangement (n.) The act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living" [syn: upset, derangement, overthrow].
Deranger (n.) One who deranges.
Deray (n.) Disorder; merriment. [Obs.]
Derbio (n.) (Zool.) A large European food fish ({Lichia glauca).
Derby (n.) A race for three-old
horses, run annually at Epsom (near
Derby Day, The day of the annual race for the Derby stakes, -- Wednesday of the week before Whitsuntide.
Derby (n.) A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.
Derby (n.) 圓頂窄邊禮帽 A felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim [syn: bowler hat, bowler, derby hat, derby, plug hat].
Derby, CO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado
Population (2000): 6423
Housing Units (2000): 2145
Land area (2000): 1.638168 sq. miles (4.242835 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.638168 sq. miles (4.242835 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20275
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.838785 N, 104.917082 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Derby, CO
Derby
Derby, CT -- U.S. city in Connecticut
Population (2000): 12391
Housing Units (2000): 5568
Land area (2000): 4.981069 sq. miles (12.900910 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.401503 sq. miles (1.039887 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.382572 sq. miles (13.940797 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19480
Located within: Connecticut (CT), FIPS 09
Location: 41.323005 N, 73.084331 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 06418
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Headwords:
Derby, CT
Derby
Derby, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 131
Housing Units (2000): 63
Land area (2000): 0.263253 sq. miles (0.681822 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.263253 sq. miles (0.681822 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20125
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.930972 N, 93.456913 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50068
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Headwords:
Derby, IA
Derby
Derby, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 17807
Housing Units (2000): 6407
Land area (2000): 7.445740 sq. miles (19.284376 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011333 sq. miles (0.029352 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.457073 sq. miles (19.313728 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17800
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.552407 N, 97.261492 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67037
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Headwords:
Derby, KS
Derby
Derbyshire
spar (n.)
(Min.) 螢石 A
massive variety of fluor spar, found in
Derdoing (v. t.) Doing daring or chivalrous deeds.
Dere (v. t.) To hurt; to harm; to injure.
Dere (n.) Harm.
Dereine (v. t.) Alt. of Dereyne
Dereyne (v. t.) Same as Darraign.
Derelict (a.) 被拋棄了的；無主的；玩忽職守的 Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.
The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. -- Jer. Taylor.
Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. -- Burke.
A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties. -- J. Buchanan.
Derelict (n.) (Law) 遺棄物；玩忽職守者 A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
Derelict (n.) (Law) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
Derelict (a.) Worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone].
Derelict (a.) Forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" [syn: abandoned, derelict, deserted].
Derelict (a.) Failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" [syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss].
Derelict (a.) In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down].
Derelict (n.) A person without a home, job, or property.
Derelict (n.) A ship abandoned on the high seas [syn: abandoned ship, derelict].
Derelict, () common law. This term is applied in the common law in a different sense from what it bears in the civil law. In the former it is applied to lands left by the sea.
Derelict, () When so left by degrees the derelict land belongs to the owner of the soil adjoining but when the sea retires suddenly, it belongs to the government. 2 Bl. Com. 262 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 239; 1 Sumn. 328, 490 1 Gallis. 138; Bee, R. 62, 178, 260; Ware, R. 332.
Dereliction (n.) 遺棄；怠慢；水位降低；玩忽職守 The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Dereliction (n.) The state of being left or abandoned.
Dereliction (n.) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
Dereligionize (v. t.) To make irreligious; to turn from religion. [R.]
He would dereligionize men beyond all others. -- De Quincey.
Dereling (n.) Darling. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Derf (a.) Strong; powerful; fierce.
Derided (imp. & p. p.) of Deride
Deriding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deride
Deride (v. t.) 嘲笑；嘲弄 To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
Derider (n.) 愚弄者；嘲笑者 One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.
Deridingly (adv.) 嘲笑地；嘲弄地 By way of derision or mockery.
De rigueur (a.) Prescribed or required by fashion, etiquette, or custom : proper.
De rigueur (a.) [A fter verb ] (Formal) （在時尚、習慣等方面）必需的，必備的，不可缺少的 Demanded by fashion, custom, etc.
// Where I work, suits are de rigueur for all employees.
Derision (n.) 嘲笑；嘲弄 [U]；被嘲笑；受嘲弄 [U]；嘲笑的對象，笑柄 [C] The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. -- Ps. ii. 4.
Satan beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in derision called. -- Milton.
Derision (n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
I was a derision to all my people. -- Lam. iii. 14.
Syn: Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.
Derision (n.) Contemptuous laughter.
Derision (n.) The act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: derision, ridicule].
Derisive (a.) 嘲笑的；可付之一笑的 Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. "Derisive taunts." -- Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n.
Derisive (a.) Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting].
Derisory (a.) 可笑的；微不足道的；嘲笑的 Derisive; mocking.
Derivable (a.) 可誘導的；可推論的 That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources.
Derivably (adv.) By derivation.
Derival (n.) Derivation. [R.]
Derivate (a.) 引出的；派生的 Derived; derivative.
Derivate (n.) 派生物；衍生物；【語】派生詞 A thing derived; a derivative.
Derivate (v. t.) To derive.
Derivation (n.) 誘導；來歷；起源調查；語言的衍生 A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Derivation (n.) The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
Derivation (n.) The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.
Derivation (n.) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
Derivation (n.) That from which a thing is derived.
Derivation (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
Derivation (n.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
Derivation (n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
Derivational (a.) 誘導的；得來的；轉來的；衍生的；引出的 Relating to derivation.
Derivative (a.) 引出的；派生的 Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word.
Derivative (n.) 派生物；衍生物；【語】派生詞 That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another.
Derivative (n.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root.
Derivative (n.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord.
Derivative (n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).
Derivative (n.) A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process.
Derivative (n.) A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane, benzene, etc.
Derived (imp. & p. p.) of Derive
Deriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Derive
Derive (v. t.) 取得，得到 [（+from）]；衍生出，導出 [（+from）]；引申出，推知 [（+from）] To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.]
For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they [the workman] derive it by other drains. -- Holland.
Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. -- Spenser.
Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. -- Jer. Taylor.
Derive (v. t.) To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
From these two causes . . . an ancient set of physicians derived all diseases. -- Arbuthnot.
Derive (v. t.) (Chem.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
Syn: To trace; deduce; infer.
Derive (v. i.) 起源，由來 [（+from）]；衍生，導出 [（+from）] To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. -- Shak.
Power from heaven Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed. -- Prior.
Derive (v.) Reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive].
Derive (v.) Obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" [syn: derive, gain].
Derive (v.) Come from; "The present name derives from an older form".
Derive (v.) Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state [syn: derive, educe].
Derive (v.) Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive, come, descend].
Derivement (n.) That which is derived; deduction; inference. [Obs.]
I offer these derivements from these subjects. -- W. Montagu.
Deriver (n.) One who derives.
Derk (a.) Dark. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
-derm (n.) A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.
Derm (v. t.) The integument of animal; the skin.
Derm (v. t.) See Dermis.
Derma (n.) See Dermis.
Dermal (a.) Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.
Dermal (a.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.
Dermaptera (n.) Alt. of Dermapteran
Dermapteran (n.) (Zool.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran. Dermatic
Dermatic (a.) Alt. of Dermatine
Dermatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the skin.
Dermatitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the skin.
Dermatitis (n.) Inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters.
Dermatogen (n.) (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
Dermatogen (n.) (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.
Dermatography (n.) An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin.
Dermatoid (a.) Resembling skin; skinlike. Dermatologic.
Dermatologist (n.) One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology; especially, a physician with specialized training in dermatology, licensed to practise as a specialist in treating diseases of the skin.
Dermatologist (n.) A doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin [syn: dermatologist, skin doctor].
Dermatology (n.) The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.
Dermatology (n.) The branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
Dermatopathic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure.
Dermatophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.
Dermestes (n.) (Zool.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.
Dermestoid (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle. -- Pop. Sci. Monthly.
Dermic (a.) Relating to the derm or skin.
Dermic (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis; dermal.
Underneath each nail the deep or dermic layer of the integument is peculiarly modified. -- Huxley.
Dermic remedies (Med.), Such as act through the skin.
Dermic (a.) Of or relating to or located in the dermis [syn: dermal, dermic].
Dermis (n.) (Anat.) The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix.
Dermis (n.) The deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: dermis, corium, derma].
Dermobranchiata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.
Dermobranchiate (a.) (Zool.) Having the skin modified to serve as a gill.
Dermohaemal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and haemal structures; as, the dermohaemal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes.
Dermoid (a.) Same as Dermatoid.
Dermoid cyst (Med.), A cyst containing skin, or structures connected with skin, such as hair.
Dermoneural (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. -- Owen.