Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 29
Incrustation (n.) (Arch.) 包外殼；結殼；硬殼；【醫】痂；鱗屑 A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
Incrustation (n.) (Fine Arts) Anything inlaid or imbedded.
Incrustation (n.) The formation of a crust [syn: incrustation, encrustation].
Incrustation (n.) A hard outer layer that covers something [syn: crust, incrustation, encrustation].
Incrustation (n.) A decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay [syn: incrustation, encrustation].
Incrustment (n.) Incrustation. [R.]
Incrystallizable (a.) 不能結晶的 Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals.
Incubated (imp. & p. p.) of Incubate.
Incubating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incubate.
Incubate (v. i. & t.) 孵卵，孵化；溫育；培養；醞釀；逐漸發展 To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
Incubate (v. i. & t.) To maintain (a living organism, such as microorganisms or a premature baby) under appropriate conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for growth; as, coliform bacteria grow best when incubated at 37[deg] C..
Incubate (v. i. & t.) To develop gradually in some interior environment, until fully formed; as, the ideas for his book were incubating for two years before he began to write.
Incubate (v.) Grow under conditions that promote development.
Incubate (v.) Sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" [syn: brood, hatch, cover, incubate].
Incubation (n.) 孵卵；熟慮，籌劃；【醫】潛伏期 A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
Incubation (n.) (Med.) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
Incubation (n.) A sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. -- Tylor.
Incubation (n.) The maintenance (of a living organism, such as microorganisms or a premature baby) in appropriate conditions, such as of temperature, humidity, or atmospheric composition, for growth.
Incubation (n.) The gradual development in some interior environment, until fully formed; as, the incubation time for developing a new drug may be longer than ten years from its first discovery.
Period of incubation, or Stage of incubation (Med.), The period which elapses between exposure to the causes of an infectious disease and the attack resulting from it; the time during which an infective agent must grow in the body before producing overt symptoms of disease.
Incubation (n.) Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development.
Incubation (n.) (Pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear.
Incubation (n.) Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body [syn: brooding, incubation].
Incubative (a.) 孵卵的；潛伏（期）的 Of or pertaining to incubation, or to the period of incubation.
Incubator (n.) 孵卵器；細菌培養器；早產兒保育器 That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.
Incubator (n.) An apparatus containing an enclosed chamber, used for the cultivation of micro["o]rganisms or tissue cultures by maintaining a suitable temperature and atmospheric composition. Some incubators have no provision for maintaining a special atmosphere, while in others, especially for anaerobic organisms and tissue culture, the moisture level and composition of the gases are also controlled.
Incubator (n.) (Med.) An apparatus consisting of enclosed chamber, for maintaining prematurely born babies in a favorable environment until able to thrive under normal conditions. The temperature and level of oxygen in the atmosphere may be controlled.
Incubator (n.) Apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants [syn: incubator, brooder].
Incubatory (a.) 孵蛋的；潛伏的 Serving for incubation.
Incube (v. t.) To fix firmly, as in cube; to secure or place firmly. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Incubiture (n.) 孵卵；熟慮，籌劃；【醫】潛伏期 Incubation. [Obs.] -- J. Ellis.
Incubous (a.) 蔽前式的 Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous.
Incubuses (n. pl. ) of Incubus.
Incubi (n. pl. ) of Incubus.
Incubus (n.) 夢魘；負荷 A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. -- Tylor.
The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved. -- Lecky.
Incubus (n.) (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare.
Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it. -- Burton.
Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.
Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey. -- J. L. Farley.
Incubus (n.) A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
Incubus (n.) A situation resembling a terrifying dream [syn: nightmare, incubus].
Incubus (n.) Someone who depresses or worries others.
Incubus (n.) One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not wholly extinct, may be said to have seen their best nights. For a complete account of _incubi_ and _succubi_, including _incubae_ and _succubae_, see the _Liber Demonorum_ of Protassus (Paris, 1328), which contains much curious information that would be out of place in a dictionary intended as a text-book for the public schools.
Victor Hugo relates that in the Channel Islands Satan himself -- tempted more than elsewhere by the beauty of the women, doubtless -- sometimes plays at_incubus_, greatly to the inconvenience and alarm of the good dames who wish to be loyal to their marriage vows, generally speaking. A certain lady applied to the parish priest to learn how they might, in the dark, distinguish the hardy intruder from their husbands. The holy man said they must feel his brown for horns; but Hugo is ungallant enough to hint a doubt of the efficacy of the test.
Inculcated (imp. & p. p.) of Inculcate.
Inculcating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inculcate.
Inculcate (v. t.) 反覆灌輸；諄諄教誨；教育 To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.
The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds. -- S. Clarke.
Syn: To instill; infuse; implant; engraft; impress.
Inculcate (v.) Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation" [syn: inculcate, instill, infuse].
Inculcate (v. t.) To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction. Inculcate is from Latin inculcare, "to tread upon, to force upon," from in-, "in, on" + calcare, "to trample," from calx, calc-, "heel."
Inculcation (n.) 灌輸；諄諄教誨 A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions. -- Bp. Hall.
Inculcation (n.) Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition [syn: inculcation, ingraining, instilling].
Inculcator (n.) [L.] 教悔者 One who inculcates. -- Boyle.
Inculk (v. t.) 反覆灌輸；諄諄教誨；教育 To inculcate. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
Inculp (v. t.) 暗示……有罪；牽連；控告To inculpate. [Obs.] -- Shelton.
Inculpable (a.) 不能限害的；無辜的；無可非議的 Faultless; blameless; innocent. -- South.
An innocent and incupable piece of ignorance. -- Killingbeck.
Inculpable (a.) Free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation" [syn: blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable].
Inculpableness (n.) 無罪 Blamelessness; faultlessness.
Inculpableness (n.) A state of innocence [syn: blamelessness, inculpability, inculpableness, guiltlessness].
Inculpably (adv.) 無可責難地 Blamelessly. -- South.
Inculpated (imp. & p. p.) of Inculpate.
Inculpating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inculpate.
Note: [A word of recent introduction.]
Inculpate (v. t.) 暗示……有罪；牽連；控告；歸咎於 To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. Contrasted with exculpate.
That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly. -- H. James.
Inculpate (v.) Suggest that someone is guilty [syn: incriminate, imply, inculpate].
Inculpation (n.) 歸罪；連累；責難 Blame; censure; crimination. -- Jefferson.
Inculpation (n.) An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver" [syn: incrimination, inculpation, blame].
Inculpatory (a.) 使人負罪的；責難的 Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating. Opposite of exculpatory.
Inculpatory (a.) Causing blame to be imputed to [syn: inculpatory, inculpative] [ant: exculpatory].
Incult (a.) 未開墾的；未耕種的；無教養的 Untilled; uncultivated; crude; rude; uncivilized.
Germany then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities. -- Burton.
His style is diffuse and incult. -- M. W. Shelley.
Incultivated (a.) 未經耕種的；未經栽培的；未經培養的 Uncultivated. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Herbert.
Incultivation (n.) Lack or neglect of cultivation. [Obs.] -- Berington.
Inculture (n.) Lack or neglect of cultivation or culture. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
Incumbencies (n. pl. ) of Incumbency.
Incumbency (n.) 任職；職權；義務；責任 The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.
Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight. -- Evelyn.
Incumbency (n.) That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. "The incumbencies of a family." -- Donne.
Incumbency (n.) The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office.
These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency. -- Swift.
Incumbency (n.) The term during which some position is held [syn: tenure, term of office, incumbency].
Incumbency (n.) A duty that is incumbent upon you.
Incumbency (n.) The office of an incumbent.
Incumbent (a.) 負有職責的，義不容辭的 [F] [（+on/ upon）]；現任的，在職的 [B] Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it. -- Sir H. Wotton.
To move the incumbent load they try. -- Addison.
Incumbent (a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.
All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians. -- Sprat.
Incumbent (a.) (Bot.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them. -- Gray.
Incumbent (a.) (Zool.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
Incumbent (n.) [C] 現任者，在職者；【英】教區牧師；領聖俸者 A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron. -- Swift.
Incumbent (a.) Lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation".
Incumbent (a.) Necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts".
Incumbent (a.) Currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor".
Incumbent (n.) The official who holds an office [syn: incumbent, officeholder].
Incumbent, eccles. law. A clerk resident on his benefice with cure; he is so called because he does, or ought to, bend the whole of his studies to his duties. In common parlance, it signifies one who is in the possession of an office, as, the present incumbent.
Incumbent (n.) A person of the liveliest interest to the outcumbents.
Incumbently (adv.) 負有職責地 In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.
Incumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Incumber.
Incumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incumber.
Incumber (v. t.) 妨礙；阻塞；拖累 See Encumber.
Incumbition (n.) 孵卵；熟慮，籌劃；【醫】潛伏期 Incubation. [R.] -- Sterne.
Incumbrance (n.) 妨礙（物）；累贅；被撫養者；【律】負擔 A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. -- Cowper.
Incumbrance (n.) (Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.
Incumbrance (n.) A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) [syn: encumbrance, incumbrance].
Incumbrance (n.) An onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus].
Incumbrance (n.) Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference].
Incumbrancer (n.) (Law) 【法】 對土地有其他物權者 One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate. -- Kent.
Incumbrous (a.) Cumbersome; troublesome. [Written also encombrous.] [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Incunabula (n. pl. ) of Incunabulum.
Incunabulum (n. pl.) （常用複）初期；搖籃時代；（在歐洲指1500年前所印的）初期刊本；古版書 A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.
Incurred (imp. & p. p.) of Incur.
Incurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incur.
Incur (v. t.) 招致，惹起，帶來；遭受 To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure, penalty, responsibility, etc.
I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no warrant. -- Shak.
Incur (v. t.) To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]
Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life. -- Chapman.
Incur (v. i.) To pass; to enter. [Obs.]
Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye. -- South.
Incur (v.) Make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health".
Incur (v.) Receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive, get, find, obtain, incur].
Incurability (n.) 不能醫治 The state of being uncurable; irremediableness. -- Harvey.
Incurability (n.) Incapability of being cured or healed [syn: incurability, incurableness] [ant: curability, curableness].
Incurability (n.) Incapability of being altered in disposition or habits; "the incurability of his optimism".
Incurable (a.) 無法治愈的；不可救藥的；無法矯正的 Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease.
A scirrhus is not absolutely incurable. -- Arbuthnot.
Incurable (a.) Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils.
Rancorous and incurable hostility. -- Burke.
They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance. -- Sir J. Stephen.
Syn: Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless.
Incurable (n.) 患不治之症者 [C] A person diseased beyond cure.
Incurable (a.) Incapable of being cured; "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking" [ant: curable].
Incurable (a.) Unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist".
Incurable (n.) A person whose disease is incurable.
Incurableness (n.) 不能醫治；不能矯正 The state of being incurable; incurability. -- Boyle.
Incurableness (n.) Incapability of being cured or healed [syn: incurability, incurableness] [ant: curability, curableness].
Incurably (adv.) 無法治愈地；不可救藥地；無法矯正地 In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably. "Incurably diseased." -- Bp. Hall. "Incurably wicked." -- Blair.
Incurably (adv.) To an incurable degree; "she was incurably optimistic".
Incurably, () In a manner impossible to cure; "he is incurably ill".
Incuriosity (n.) 無好奇心 Lack of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Incurious (a.) 無好奇心的；無關心的；沒趣味的 Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless.
Carelessnesses and incurious deportments toward their children. -- Jer. Taylor.
Incurious (a.) Showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them" [ant: curious].
Incuriously (adv.) 無好奇心地；不關心地 In an incurious manner.
Incuriousness (n.) 無好奇心 Unconcernedness; incuriosity.
Sordid incuriousness and slovenly neglect. -- Bp. Hall.
Incurrence (n.) 遭遇不幸 The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc.
Incurrence (n.) The act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable).
Incurrent (a.) (Zool.) 向內流的 Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca.
Incursion (n.) 侵略；入侵；進入；流入；侵入 A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.
The Scythian, whose incursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana. -- Milton.
The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire. -- Arbuthnot.
Incursion (n.) Attack; occurrence. [Obs.]
Sins of daily incursion. -- South.
Syn: Invasion; inroad; raid; foray; sally; attack; onset; irruption. See Invasion.
Incursion (n.) The act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); "the incursion of television into the American living room".
Incursion (n.) An attack that penetrates into enemy territory [syn: penetration, incursion].
Incursion (n.) The mistake of incurring liability or blame.
Incursive (a.) 侵略的；入侵的；流入的 Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile.
Incursive (a.) Involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war" [syn: incursive, invading, invasive].
Incurtain (v. t.) 掛簾幕 To curtain. [Obs.]
Incurtain (v. t.) Same as encurtain.
Incurvate (a.) Curved; bent; crooked. -- Derham.
Incurvated (imp. & p. p.) of Incurvate.
Incurvating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incurvate.
Incurvate (v. t.) 向內彎曲 To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook. -- Cheyne.
Incurvate (a.) Bent into or having an inward curve [syn: incurvate, incurved].
Incurvate (v.) Bend inwards; "The body incurvates a little at the back".
Incurvate (v.) Cause to curve inward; "gravity incurvates the rays".
Incurvation (n.) 內曲 The act of bending, or curving.
Incurvation (n.) The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
An incurvation of the rays. -- Derham.
Incurvation (n.) The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence. "The incurvations of the knee." -- Bp. Hall.
Incurvation (n.) A shape that curves or bends inward [syn: concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature].
Incurvation (n.) The action of creating a curved shape.
Incurved (imp. & p. p.) of Incurve.
Incurving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Incurve.
Incurve (v. t.) 使內曲；使彎曲 To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
Incurved (a.) (Bot.) 內曲的 Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.
Incurved (a.) Bent into or having an inward curve [syn: incurvate, incurved].
Incurvity (n.) 內彎；內曲線球 (incurve的變形) A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards. -- Sir T. Browne.
Incus (n.) 【解】砧骨（中耳的三小骨之一） An anvil.
Incus (n.) (Anat.) One of the small bones in the tympanum of the ear; the anvil bone. See {Ear}.
Incus (n.) (Zool.) The central portion of the armature of the pharynx in the Rotifera.
Incus (n.) The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes [syn: incus, anvil].
Incuse (a.) (Numismatics) 鑄印有花紋的鑄印模樣 Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving. "Irregular incuse square." -- Dr. W. Smith. Incuse
Compare: Numismatics
Numismatics (pl. n.) （用作單數）貨幣學；古幣的收集（或研究） (Usually treated as singular) The study or collection of coins, paper currency, and medals.
‘It has four boats and employs 60 divers, whose skills include archaeology, history, epigraphy (the study of inscriptions) and numismatics (the study of coins).’
Incuse (v. t.) 鑄印花紋於 To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.
Incuse (v. t.) Alt. of Incuss.
Incuse (n.) (In British) （硬幣上） 印鑄之花紋 A design stamped or hammered onto a coin.
Incuse (v.) (In British) 在（硬幣面上）壓印 To impress (a design) in a coin or to impress (a coin) with a design by hammering or stamping.
Incuse (a.) (In British) （指硬幣上的花紋）打印的 Stamped or hammered onto a coin.
Incuss (v. t.) 鑄；打出；壓出 To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.