| 单词 |
dispel |
| 释义 |
dispel, v.|dɪˈspɛl|
[ad. L. dispell-ĕre to drive asunder, scatter, f. dis- 1 + pellĕre to drive.]
1. trans. To drive away in different directions or in scattered order; to disperse by force, dissipate (e.g. clouds, darkness, doubts, fears, etc.)
a1631Donne in Select. (1842) 141 More clouds than they could..dispel and scatter. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 210 Lamps..enough to dispell the greatest darknesse. 1667Milton P.L. i. 530 He..gently rais'd Their fainted courage, and dispel'd their fears. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 63 His apprehensions were soon dispelled. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. i. viii. 90 He dispelled the illusions of Lewis. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid i. 199 Ills more dire ye have suffered; and these too Heaven will dispel.
2. intr. (for refl.) To become dissipated or scattered, as a cloud or the like.
1643Kingdomes Wkly. Intellig. No. 7. 55 [He] still hangs as a cloud over Plimmouth, but it dispells every day. 1799Campbell Pleas. Hope ii. 263 Melt, and dispel, ye spectre-doubts. 1840Blackw. Mag. XLVIII. 270 Conventions..in constant succession bubble up, form, and dispel.
Hence diˈspelling ppl. a., esp. in comb., as care-dispelling, that dispels care; diˈspellent (also -ant), a dispelling agent; diˈspeller, he who or that which dispels.
1717Frezier Voy. S. Sea 77 It is an admirable dispeller of certain Tumors. 1836F. Mahoney Rel. Father Prout, Watergrasshill Carousal (1859) 78 A dispeller of sorrow. 1869Pall Mall G. 18 Aug. 10 The change of scene..will often act as a good dispellant. |
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