| 单词 | toughness |
| 释义 | toughness|ˈtʌfnɪs|
Forms: see tough a.
[f. tough a. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being tough, in various senses of the adjective.
c1440Promp. Parv. 498/2 Towghenesse (K., A. townesse, P. toughnes), tenacitas. 1573–80Baret Alv. T 307 Lentor, toughnesse: a clammie, or gluish humour. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 48 b/2 The great toughenes of the..Pituita. 1613Fletcher, etc. Honest Man's Fort. v. ii, Stock fish.., If it be well drest, for the tuffness sake. 1674Grew Veget. Trunks vii. §12 Hence likewise we may understand the Cause of the Toughness of Flax. 1732Arbuthnot Aliments, etc. (1736) 422 The Viscosity or Toughness of the Fluids. 1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 9 Red Clays..stand in the front..for..Tuffness, Coldness, and Moistness. 1830Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. iii. i. (1851) 238 The toughness of a solid, or that quality by which it will endure heavy blows without breaking. 1845J. Coulter Adv. in Pacific xi. 141 From its extreme toughness, we could not eat it. 1895R. P. Herrick in Boston (U.S.) Pilgr. Missionary June 11/1 You have gained a very good idea of the toughness of these mining towns. |
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