“acuity”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

acuity

释义

acuity|əˈkjuːɪtɪ|
[a. Fr. acuité (16th c. in Litt.) ad. med.L. acuitāt-em, f. acu-s needle, acu-ĕre to sharpen; see -ity.]
Sharpness, acuteness; as of a needle, an acid, a disease, wit.
1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. 63 In this case suppositories and clysters having some acuity or sharpnes seme more convenient, than medicynes receyved by the mouth.a1554Hooper Commandm. i. Wks. 1843–52, 272 There is no acuity nor excellency of wit..that can comprehend or compass the doctrine.1610Healey St. Aug., City of God 914 They excell in acuity of understanding.1678R. R[ussell] Geber ii. i. iv. xiii. 116 Water admits not the Acuity of Ignition as Ashes doth.1872Thomas Dis. Women 145 The disease may at any time take on the characters of virulence and acuity.

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