| 单词 |
tonify |
| 释义 |
ˈtonify, v.
[app. f. F. ton (ton3) or Eng. tone + -ify: in mod.F. tonifier.]
†1. (ˈtɒnɪfaɪ.) trans. To impart a good ‘ton’ to; to make fashionable or stylish. Obs.
1786A. Grant Lett. fr. Mountains (1807) II. xxiii. 118 You can imagine no set of people more polished, powdered, tonified and englified, than they are.
2. (ˈtəʊnɪfaɪ.) = tonicize a.
1858J. H. Bennet Nutrition vi. 185 The cutaneous circulation is tonified and vitalized. 1892Star 29 Aug. 4/1 Tepid water..tonifies the skin and prevents wrinkles.
Add:[2.] b. In Acupuncture, to stimulate (a point or ‘meridian’) in order to produce an increase of energy; to increase the energy of (a part of the body) in this way.
1962F. Mann Acupuncture v. 45 If the point Heart 9 (H9) is tonified, the meridian of the heart is tonified. 1987A. Campbell Acupuncture i. 11 If this is to be acupuncture instead of..a herbal prescription he will decide, mainly from the pulse, which organs require ‘tonifying’ or ‘sedating’, as the case may be.
Hence tonifiˈcation n.
1962F. Mann Acupuncture v. 42 Each of the twelve main meridians has a point of tonification, which is situated on the meridian itself. 1974N.Y. State Jrnl. Med. LXXIV. 1944/1 The needles were then rotated rapidly in alternate directions for a period of approximately one minute to produce tonification of the nerves. 1989S. Fulder Handbk. Complementary Med. (rev. ed.) vi. 125 Treatment normally proceeds by one of two methods; these are respectively the dispersion and the ‘tonification’ (meaning both stimulation and gathering) of energy in the meridians. |
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