Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 64

Intertwiningly (adv.) By intertwining or being intertwined.

Intertwist (v. t.) To twist together one with another; to intertwine.

Intertwistingly (adv.) By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

Interungular (a.) Alt. of Interungulate

Interungulate (a.) Between ungulae; as, interungular glands.

Interval (n.) 間隔;距離 [+between];【英】(戲劇,音樂會等的)幕間,休息時間;【音】音程 A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

Interval (n.) Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.

Interval (n.) A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.

Interval (n.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.

Interval (n.) Alt. of Intervale.

Interval (n.) [ C ] (Time/ Distance) 間隔;間距 (C2) A period between two events or times.

// We see each other at regular intervals - usually about once a month.

Interval (n.) [ C ] (Time/ Distance) (B1) (UK) (US intermission) (演出的)幕間休息;(體育比賽的)中間休息,中場休息 A short period between the parts of a performance or a sports event.

There will be two 20-minute intervals during the opera.

He scored his first goal of the match three minutes after the interval.

At intervals 每隔(一定時間或距離) Repeated after a particular period of time or a particular distance.

// In the event of fire, the alarm will sound at 15-second intervals/at intervals of 15 seconds.

Interval (n.) [ C ] (Music) (Specialized) (Music) 音程 The amount by which one note is higher or lower than another.

// An interval of a fifth (= between one note and another one four notes higher).

Intervale (n.) A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7.

Interval (n.) A definite length of time marked off by two instants [syn: {time interval}, {interval}].

Interval (n.) A set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints.

Interval (n.) The distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" [syn: {interval}, {separation}].

Interval (n.) The difference in pitch between two notes [syn: {interval}, {musical interval}].

Intervallums (n. pl. ) of Intervallum.

Intervalla (n. pl. ) of Intervallum.

Intervallum (n.) An interval.

Intervary (v. i.) To alter or vary between; to change.

Interveined (a.) Intersected, as with veins.

Intervened (imp. & p. p.) of Intervene.

Intervening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intervene.

Intervene (v. i.) 插進;介入;介於中間 [+between];干涉,干預;調停 [+in/ between];干擾,阻擾;打擾 To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.

Intervene (v. i.) To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.

Intervene (v. i.) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter. -- Abbott.

Intervene (v. t.) To come between. [R.]

Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. -- De Quincey.

Intervene (n.) A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton.

Intervene (v.) Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" [syn: {intervene}, {step in}, {interfere}, {interpose}].

Intervene (v.) Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened".

Intervene (v.) Occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children".

Intervener (n.) One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.

Intervenience (n.) Alt. of Interveniency.

Interveniency (n.) Intervention; interposition.

Intervenient (a.) Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.

Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.

Intervention (n.) 插入,介入,調停 The act of intervening; interposition.

Intervention (n.) Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.

Intervention (n.) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.

Intervention (n.) The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" [syn: {intervention}, {intercession}].

Intervention (n.) A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries [syn: {intervention}, {interference}] [ant: {noninterference}, {nonintervention}].

Intervention (n.) The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others [syn: {interposition}, {intervention}].

Intervention (n.) (Law) A proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings; "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits".

Intervention (n.) Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) [syn: {treatment}, {intervention}].

Interventor (n.) 調停者;中介物;傳遞者 One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers.

Interventricular (a.) Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.

Intervenue (n.) Interposition.

Intervert (v. t.) To turn to another course or use.

Intervertebral (a.) Between vertebrae.

Interview (n.) A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.

Interview (n.) A conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.

Interview (v. t.) To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.

Interview (n.) [ C ] (B1) 面試;面談 A meeting in which someone asks you questions to see if you are suitable for a job or course.

// A job interview.

// I had an interview for a job with a publisher.

Interview (n.) [ C ] (B1) 採訪 A meeting in which someone answers questions about himself or herself for a newspaper article, television show, etc..

// An exclusive interview with Johnny Depp.

// In a television interview last night she denied she had any intention of resigning.

Interview (n.) [ C ] 訊問 A meeting in which the police ask someone questions to see if they have committed a crime.

Interview (v.) (B1) [ T ] 採訪;對…進行面試;訊問 To ask someone questions in an interview.

// We've had 200 applicants for the job, but we only plan to interview about 20 of them.

// Who's the most famous person you've ever interviewed on TV?

// Police are interviewing a 43-year-old man in connection with the murder.

Interviewer (n.) One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication.

Interviewing (n.) The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.

Intervisible (a.) 可通視的 Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.

Intervisit (v. i.) To exchange visits.

Intervital (a.) Between two lives.

Intervolution (n.) The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake.

Intervolved (imp. & p. p.) of Intervolve.

Intervolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intervolve.

Intervolve (v. t.) To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.

Interwove (imp. & obs. p. p.) of Interweave.

Interwoven (p. p.) of Interweave.

Interweaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interweave.

Interweave (v. t.) To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven. -- Milton.

Interweave (v. t.) To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood. -- Dryden.

Words interwove with sighs found out their way. -- Milton.

Interweave (v.) Interlace by or as if by weaving [syn: {weave}, {interweave}] [ant: {unweave}].

Interwish (v. t.) To wish mutually in regarded to each other.

Interworking (n.) The act of working in together; interweaving.

Interworld (n.) A world between other worlds.

Interwove (imp. & p. p. of) Alt. of Interwoven.

Interwoven (imp. & p. p.) of Interweave.

Interwoven (a.) Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing [syn: {interlacing}, {interlinking}, {interlocking}, {interwoven}].

Interwreathe (v. t.) To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.

Intestable (a.) Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.

Intestacy (n.) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.

Intestate (a.) 沒有遺囑的 Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. -- Blackstone.

Airy succeeders of intestate joys. -- Shak.

Intestate (a.) Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.

Intestate (n.) (Law) 無遺囑的死亡者 A person who dies without making a valid will. -- Blackstone.

Intestate (a.) Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property" [ant: testate].

Intestate. () One who, having lawful power to make a will, has made none, or one which is defective in form. In that case, he is said to die intestate, and his estate descends to his heir at law. See Testate.

Intestate. () This term comes from the Latin intestatus. Formerly, it was used in France indiscriminately with de confess; that is, without confession. It was regarded as a crime, on account of the omission of the deceased person to give something to the church, and was punished by privation of burial in consecrated ground. This omission, according to Fournel, Hist. des Avocats, vol. 1, p. 116, could be repaired by making an ampliative testament in the name of the deceased. See Vely, tom. 6, page 145; Henrion De Pansey, Authorite Judiciare, 129 and note. Also, 3 Mod. Rep. 59, 60, for the Law of Intestacy in England.

Intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal enzymes.

Intestinal canal. Same as Intestine, n.

Intestinal worm (Zool.), Any species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal. The species are numerous.

Intestinal (a.) Of or relating to or inside the intestines; "intestinal disease" [syn: intestinal, enteric, enteral].

Intestine (a.) 內部的;國內的 Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.

Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers. -- Milton.

Intestine (a.) Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.

Hoping here to end Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued. -- Milton.

An intestine struggle . . . between authority and liberty. -- Hume.

Intestine (a.) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.

Everything labors under an intestine necessity. -- Cudworth.

Intestine (a.) Shut up; inclosed. [R.] -- Cowper.

Intestines (n. pl. ) of Intestine.

Intestine (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Intestine (n.) (pl. Intestines) pl. The bowels; entrails; viscera.

Large intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), The lower portion of the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is adapted for the retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader, and less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of three parts, the c[ae]cum, colon, and rectum.

Small intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), The upper portion of the bowel, in which the process of digestion is practically completed. It is narrow and contorted, and consists of three parts, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

Intestine (n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus [syn: {intestine}, {bowel}, {gut}].

Intestine (n.) [ C usually plural ] (either of the two parts of) A long tube through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested.

// Antibodies from the mother's milk line the baby's intestines and prevent infection.

Intext (n.) The text of a book.

Intextine (n.) (Bot.) A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in [OE]nothera.

Intextured (a.) Inwrought; woven in.

Inthirst (v. t.) To make thirsty.

Inthralled (imp. & p. p.) of Inthrall.

Inthralling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inthrall.

Inthrall (v. t.) To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave.

Inthrallment (n.) Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.

Inthrone (v. t.) Same as Enthrone.

Inthrong (v. i.) To throng or collect together.

Inthronization (n.) Enthronement.

Inthronize (v. t.) To enthrone.

Intice (v. t.) See Entice.

Intimacies (n. pl. ) of Intimacy.

Intimacy (n.) The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

Intimate (n.) 親密的朋友;知己 An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. -- Gov. of the Tongue.

Intimated (imp. & p. p.) of Intimate.

Intimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intimate.

Intimate (v. t.) 宣布,通知,通告,明白表示;暗示,提示 To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.]

He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. -- E. Hall.

So both conspiring 'gan to intimate Each other's grief. -- Spenser.

Intimate (v. t.) To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.

The names of simple ideas and substances, with the abstract ideas in the mind, intimate some real existence, from which was derived their original pattern. -- Locke.

Intimate (a.) 親密的,親近的;密切的;直接的,完全的,詳細的;內部的,內心深處的,本質的;個人的,私人的;私通的 Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." -- Milton.

Intimate (a.) Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.

He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. -- South.

Intimate (a.) Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.

Syn: Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.

Intimate (a.) Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington.

Intimate (a.) Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [syn: cozy, intimate, informal].

Intimate (a.) Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: familiar, intimate].

Intimate (a.) Involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts" [syn: intimate, sexual].

Intimate (a.) Innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate].

Intimate (a.) Thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read [syn: intimate, knowledgeable, versed].

Intimate (n.) Someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate].

Intimate (v.) Give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate].

Intimate (v.) Imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [syn: suggest, intimate].

Intimately (adv.) 熟悉地;親密地,親切地;私下地,祕密地;諳熟地;詳盡地 In an intimate manner.

Intimately (adv.) In a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn: closely, intimately, nearly].

Intimately (adv.) With great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well" [syn: well, intimately].

Intimation (n.) [U] [C] 示意,暗示,[+that] 提示;通知,宣布,通告 The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.

Intimation (n.) Announcement; declaration.

Intimation (n.) A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.

Intimation (n.) An indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" [syn: {hint}, {intimation}, {breath}].

Intimation (n.) A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: {inkling}, {intimation}, {glimmering}, {glimmer}].

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