Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 39
Destitute (v. t.) To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs.]
To forsake or destitute a plantation. -- Bacon.
Destitute (v. t.) To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of. [Obs.]
Destituted of all honor and livings. -- Holinshed.
Destitute (v. t.) To disappoint. [Obs.]
When his expectation is destituted. -- Fotherby.
Destitute (a.) Poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken].
Destitute (a.) Completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent].
Destitute (a.) 一無所有的，赤貧的，一貧如洗的 Without money, food, a home, or possessions.
// The floods left thousands of people destitute.
Destitutely (adv.) In destitution.
Destituteness (n.) Destitution. [R.] -- Ash.
Destitution (n.) 窮困；缺乏 The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution. Destrer
Destitution (n.) A state without friends or money or prospects.
Destrer (n.) Alt. of Dextrer.
Dextrer (n.) A war horse.
Destrie (v. t.) To destroy.
Destroyed (imp. & p. p.) of Destroy.
Destroying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Destroy.
Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Destroy (v. t.) To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.
Destroyable (a.) Destructible.
Destroyer (n.) [C] 破壞者；起破壞作用的東西；驅逐艦 One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
Destroyer (n.) (Nav.) A small fast warship used primarily as an escort to larger vessels and typically armed with a combination of 5-inch guns, torpedos, depth charges, and missiles; formerly identical to the {Torpedo-boat destroyer}.
Destroyer (n.) A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship [syn: {destroyer}, {guided missile destroyer}].
Destroyer (n.) A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones" [syn: {destroyer}, {ruiner}, {undoer}, {waster}, {uprooter}].
Destroyer (n.) (Ex. 12:23), The agent employed in the killing of the first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Comp. 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Sam. 24:15, 16; Ps. 78:49; Acts 12:23.).
Destroyer (n.) [ C ] 驅逐艦 A small fast military ship.
Destroyer (n.) [ C ] (Literary) 毀滅者 A person or thing that destroys something.
Destroyer (n.) 驅逐艦 In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers. They were originally developed in the late 19th century as a defence against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats." [1] Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War. [2]
Before World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended ocean operations; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together. After the war, the advent of the guided missile allowed destroyers to take on the surface combatant roles previously filled by battleships and cruisers. This resulted in larger and more powerful guided missile destroyers more capable of independent operation.
At the start of the 21st century, destroyers are the global standard for surface combatant ships, with only three nations (United States, Russia, and Peru) operating the heavier class cruisers, with no battleships or true battlecruisers remaining. [3] Modern destroyers, also known as guided missile destroyers, are equivalent in tonnage but vastly superior in firepower to cruisers of the World War II era, and are capable of carrying nuclear tipped cruise missiles. At 510 feet (160 m) long, a displacement of 9200 tons, and with armament of more than 90 missiles, [4] guided missile destroyers such as the Arleigh Burke class are actually larger and more heavily armed than most previous ships classified as guided missile cruisers.
Destroyer tender (n.) 驅逐艦供應船 A destroyer tender, or destroyer depot ship in British English, is an auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles of small combatants have evolved (in conjunction with technological advances in propulsion reliability and efficiency).
Destruct (v. t.) To destroy.
Destructibility (n.) 可破壞性，可被破壞性 The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.
Destructible (a.) 可破壞的；易損壞的 Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
Destructible (a.) Breakable or easily destroyed.
// Destructible glassware.
Destructibleness (n.) [U] 可破壞性，可被破壞性 The quality of being destructible.
Destruction (n.) [U] 破壞，毀壞；消滅 The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
Destruction (n.) The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.
Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
Destructionist (n.) 好破壞者，鼓吹破壞者 One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.
Destructionist (n.) One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist.
Destructive (a.) 毀滅性的，破壞的，有害的 Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.
Destructive (n.) 好破壞者，鼓吹破壞者 One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
Destructively (adv.) 破壞地；狼狽地 In a destructive manner.
Destructively (adv.) In a destructive manner; "he is destructively aggressive".
Destructiveness (n.) 破壞性；毀滅性 The quality of destroying or ruining. -- Prynne.
Destructiveness (n.) (Phren.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.
Destructiveness (n.) The quality of causing destruction [ant: {constructiveness}].
Destructor (n.) 解構函式 (C++)「解構函式」是建構函式的相反。 當物件終結時 (取消配置)，它們會被呼叫。 藉由在類別名稱前面加上波狀符號 (~)，將函式指定為類別的解構函式。 例如，String 類別的解構函式宣告為：~String()。
A function provided by a class in C++ and some other object-oriented languages to delete an object, the inverse of a constructor.
Compare: Constructor
Constructor (n.) 建構函式 (C++)「複製建構函式」(Copy Constructor) 是一種特殊成員函式，採用相同類型之物件的參考做為輸入，並建立其複本。 如需詳細資訊，請參閱複製建構函式和複製指派運算子 (C++)。 移動也是特殊成員函式建構函式，會將現有物件的擁有權移至新的變數 ...
Constructor (object-oriented programming) In class-based object-oriented programming, a constructor (abbreviation: ctor) is a special type of subroutine called to create an object. It prepares the new object for use, often accepting arguments that the constructor uses to set required member variables.
A constructor resembles an instance method, but it differs from a method in that it has no explicit return type, it is not implicitly inherited and it usually has different rules for scope modifiers. Constructors often have the same name as the declaring class. They have the task of initializing the object's data members and of establishing the invariant of the class, failing if the invariant is invalid. A properly written constructor leaves the resulting object in a valid state. Immutable objects must be initialized in a constructor.
Most languages allow overloading the constructor in that there can be more than one constructor for a class, with differing parameters. Some languages take consideration of some special types of constructors. Constructors, which concretely use a single class to create objects and return a new instance of the class, are abstracted by factories, which also create objects but can do so in various ways, using multiple classes or different allocation schemes such as an object pool.
Destructor (n.) A destroyer. [R.]
Fire, the destructor and the artificial death of things. -- Boyle.
Destructor (n.) A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse; specif. (Sewage Disposal), a furnace (called in full).
{refuse destructor}) In which the more solid constituents of sewage are burnt. Destructors are often so constructed as to utilize refuse as fuel.
Destructor (n.) (Computers) in object-oriented programming, a function which destroys an object which was previously created by a different function.
Destruie (v. t.) To destroy.
Desudation (n.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.
Desuete (a.) Disused; out of use.
Desuetude (n.) The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.
Desulphurated (imp. & p. p.) of Desulphurate.
Desulphurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desulphurate.
Desulphurate (v. t.) To deprive of sulphur.
Desulphuration (n.) The act or process of depriving of sulphur.
Desulphurize (v. t.) To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur.
Desultorily (adv.) In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.
Desultoriness (n.) The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.
Desultorious (a.) Desultory.
Desultory (a.) Leaping or skipping about.
Desultory (a.) Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds.
Desultory (a.) Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
Desume (v. t.) To select; to borrow.
Desynonymization (n.) The act of desynonymizing.
Desynonymize (v. t.) To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; -- applied to words which have been employed as synonyms.
Detached (imp. & p. p.) of Detach.
Detaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detach.
Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.
Detach (v. t.) To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
Detach (v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
Detachable (a.) That can be detached.
Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels.
Detachment (n.) 分離；分開 [U]；派遣 [U]；分遣隊；特遣艦隊 [C] The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. -- Bancroft.
Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. -- J. H. Newman.
Detachment (n.) Avoiding emotional involvement [syn: withdrawal, detachment].
Detachment (n.) The act of releasing from an attachment or connection [syn: detachment, disengagement].
Detachment (n.) The state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn: insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment].
Detachment (n.) A small unit of troops of special composition.
Detachment (n.) Coming apart [syn: separation, breakup, detachment].
Detail (n.) A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
The details of the campaign in Italy. -- Motley.
Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
Detail (n.) (Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
Detail (n.) (Arch. & Mach.) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower.
Detail (n.) (Arch. & Mach.) A detail drawing.
Detail drawing, A drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc.
In detail, In subdivisions; part by part; item by item circumstantially; with particularity.
Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration.
Detailed (imp. & p. p.) of Detail.
Detailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detail.
Detail (v. t.) To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
Detail (v. t.) (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
Detail (v. t.) To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.
Syn: Detail, Detach.
Usage: Detail respects the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.
Detail (n.) An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" [syn: detail, item, point].
Detail (n.) A small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: detail, particular, item].
Detail (n.) Extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too much detail".
Detail (n.) A crew of workers selected for a particular task; "a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees".
Detail (n.) A temporary military unit; "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent" [syn: contingent, detail].
Detail (v.) Provide details for.
Detail (v.) Assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station".
Detailer (n.) One who details.
Detained (imp. & p. p.) of Detain.
Detaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detain.
Detain (v. t.) 留住；使耽擱；拘留，扣留 To keep back or from; to withhold.
Detain not the wages of the hireling. -- Jer. Taylor.
Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. -- Judges xiii. 15.
Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.
Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder.
Detain (n.) Detention. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Detain (v.) Deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: {confine}, {detain}] [ant: {free}, {liberate}, {loose}, {release}, {unloose}, {unloosen}].
Detain (v.) Stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: {stay}, {detain}, {delay}].
Detain (v.) Cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" [syn: {delay}, {detain}, {hold up}] [ant: {hurry}, {rush}].
Detain (v.) [ T often passive ] 使留下；拘留，扣押 To force someone officially to stay in a place.
// A suspect has been detained by the police for questioning.
// Several of the injured were detained overnight in hospital.
Detain (v.) [ T often passive ] （短時間地）耽擱，拖延 To delay someone for a short length of time.
// I'm sorry I'm late - I was unavoidably detained.
Detain sb at His/ Her Majesty's pleasure (UK specialized) 無限期關押（某人） To keep someone in prison for as long as the courts feel is necessary.
Detainder (n.) (Law) A writ. See Detinue.
Detainer (n.) One who detains.
Detainer (n.) (Law) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law.
Detainer (n.) (Law) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.
Detainer, () The act of keeping a person against his will, or of keeping goods or property. All illegal detainers of the person amount to false imprisonment, and may be remedied by habeas corpus.
Detainer, () A detainer or detention of goods is either lawful or unlawful; when lawful, the party having possession of them cannot be deprived of it. The detention may be unlawful, although the original taking was lawful; as when goods were distrained for rent, and the rent was afterwards paid; or when they 'Were pledged, and the money borrowed, and interest were afterwards paid; in these, and the like cases, the owner should make a demand, (q.v.) and if the possessor refuse to restore them, trover, detinue, or replevin will lie, at the option of the plaintiff.
Detainer, () There may also be a detainer of land and this is either lawful and peaceable, or unlawful and forcible. 1. The detainer is lawful where the entry has been lawful, and the estate is held by virtue of some right. 2. It is unlawful and forcible, where the entry has been unlawful, and with force, and it is retained, by force, against right; or even when the entry has been peaceable and lawful, if the detainer be by force, and against right; as, if a tenant at will should detain with force, after the will has determined, he will be guilty of a forcible detainer. Hawk. P. C. ch. 64, s. 22; 2 Chit. Pr. 288; Com. Dig, B. 2; 8 Cowen, 216; 1 Hall, 240; 4 John. 198; 4 Bibb, 501. A forcible detainer is a distinct offence from a forcible entry. 8 Cowen, 216. See Forcible entry and detainer.
Detainer, () A writ or instrument, issued or made by a competent officer, authorizing the keeper of a prison to keep in his custody a person therein named. A detainer may be lodged against. one within the walls of a prison, on what account soever he is there. Com. Dig. Process, E 3 b.
Detainment (n.) Detention. [R.] -- Blackstone.
Detainment (n.) A state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: detention, detainment, hold, custody].
Detect (a.) Detected. [Obs.] -- Fabyan.
Detected (imp. & p. p.) of Detect.
Detecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detect.
Detect (v. t.) 發現，察覺；查出，看穿；【無】對……檢波 To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. -- Burke.
Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. -- Pope.
Detect (v. t.) To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]
He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. -- Sir T. More.
Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose. Detectable
Detect (v.) Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: detect, observe, find, discover, notice].
Detectable (a.) Alt. of Detectible.
Detectible (a.) 可發覺的；可看穿的；可查明的 Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable. "Errors detectible at a glance." -- Latham. detectable
Detectible (a.) Capable of being detected; "after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued" [syn: detectable, noticeable]
Detectible (a.) Easily seen or detected; "a detectable note of sarcasm"; "he continued after a perceptible pause" [syn: detectable, perceptible]
Detecter (n.) 檢測器 One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.
Detection (n.) 發現，發覺；偵查；探知[U]； 【無】【電視】檢波 The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.
Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. -- D. Webster.
Detection (n.) The perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure" [syn: detection, sensing].
Detection (n.) The act of detecting something; catching sight of something [syn: detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting].
Detection (n.) The detection that a signal is being received [syn: signal detection, detection].
Detection (n.) A police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" [syn: detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing].
Detective (a.) 偵探的；偵查用的；探測用的 Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Detective (n.) 偵探；私家偵探 [C] One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
Detective (n.) A police officer who investigates crimes [syn: {detective}, {investigator}, {tec}, {police detective}].
Detective (n.) An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public.
Detector (n.) [C] 發現者；發覺者；探測器，檢驗器 One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. -- Shak.
A deathbed's detector of the heart. -- Young.
Detector (n.) Specifically: An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.
Detector (n.) Specifically: (Elec.) A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current.
Detector (n.) Specifically: (Elec.) Any of various devices for detecting the presence of electric waves.
{Bank-note detector}, A publication containing a description of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons to discriminate between them.
{Detector lock}. See under {Lock}.
Detector (n.) Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner [syn: {detector}, {sensor}, {sensing element}].
Detector (n.) Rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave [syn: {detector}, {demodulator}].
Detector (n.) Electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity.
Detenebrate (v. t.) To remove darkness from. [Obs.] -- Ash.
Detent (n.) (Mech.)（機械上的）止動裝置；棘爪 That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
Detent (n.) A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: {pawl}, {detent}, {click}, {dog}].
Detention (n.) 滯留；延遲；拘留 The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.
The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry's court. -- Hallam.
Detention (n.) A state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: {detention}, {detainment}, {hold}, {custody}].
Detention (n.) A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils".
Detention, () The act of retaining a person or property, and preventing the removal of such person or property.
Detention, () The detention may be occasioned by accidents, as, the detention of a ship by calms, or by ice; or it may, be hostile, as the detention of persons or ships in a foreign country, by order of the government. In general, the detention of a ship does not change the nature of the contract, and therefore, sailors will be entitled to their wages during the time of the detention. 1 Bell's Com. 517, 519, 5th ed.; Mackel. Man. Sec. 210.
Detention, () A detention is legal when the party has a right to the property, and has come lawfully into possession. It is illegal when the taking was unlawful, as is the case of forcible entry and detainer, although the party may have a right of possession; but, in some, cases, the (retention may be lawful, although the taking may have been unlawful. 3 Penn. St. R. 20. When the taking was legal, the detention may be illegal; as, if one borrow a horse, to ride from A to B, and afterwards detain him from the owner, After demand, such detention is unlawful, and the owner may either retake his property, or have an action of replevin or detinue. 1 Chit. Pr. 135. In some cases, the detention becomes criminal although the taking was lawful, as in embezzlement.
Detention (n.) [ U ] 拘留，關押 The act of officially detaining someone.
// Concern has been expressed about the death in detention of a number of political prisoners.
Detention (n.) [ C or U ] （作為懲罰）放學後留堂 A form of punishment in which children are made to stay at school for a short time after classes have ended.
// She's had four detentions this term.
Deterred (imp. & p. p.) of Deter.
Deterring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deter.
Deter (v. t.) 威懾住，嚇住；使斷念 [（+from）] To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc. -- Addison.
Potent enemies tempt and deter us from our duty. -- Tillotson.
My own face deters me from my glass. -- Prior.
Deter (v.) Try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" [syn: {deter}, {discourage}].
Deter (v.) Turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" [syn: {dissuade}, {deter}] [ant: {persuade}].
Deter (v.) - Deterred, - Deterring, - Determent (n.) , - Deterrability (n.) , - Deterrable (adj.), To cause (someone) to decide not to do something.
Deterrability (in British English) (n.) The quality of being deterrable.
Deter (v.) To prevent (something) from happening.
Deter (v. t.) To turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting.
// She would not be deterred by threats.
Deter (v. t.) Inhibit.
// Painting to deter rust.
Deterged (imp. & p. p.) of Deterge.
Deterging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deterge