rimenoun詞源 1/ɹaɪm/

• 1

  Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).

  • In a Hoar-Froſt, that vvhich vve call a Rime, is a Multitude of Quadrangular Priſmes, exactly figured, but piled vvithout any Order, one over another.
  • Sylphs! if vvith morn deſtructive Eurus ſprings, / O, claſp the Harebel vvith your velvet vvings; / Screen vvith thick leaves the Jaſmine as it blovvs, / And ſhake the vvhite rime from the ſhuddering Roſe; […]
• 2

  A film or slimy coating.

• 3

  White hair as an indication of old age.

  • Tales that have the rime of age, / And chronicles of Eld.
  • The cold within him [Ebenezer Scrooge] froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin.
• 4

  climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesIce formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.

• 5

  climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesA coating or sheet of ice so formed.

• 6

  regionalA cold fog or mist.

  • When Tommy and Elspeth reached the Den the mist lay so thick that they had to feel their way though it to the Ailie, where they found Gavinia alone and scared. […] "As sure as death," she said, "there was some living thing standing there; I couldna see it for the rime, but I heard it breathing hard."

rimeverb詞源 1/ɹaɪm/

• 1

  To cover (something) with rime (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 or etymology 1, noun sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.

  • ―No more ſhall hoary Boreas, iſſuing forth / VVith Eurus, lead the tempeſts of the North; / Rime the pale Davvn, or veil'd in flaky ſhovvers / Chill the ſvveet boſoms of the ſmiling Hours.
  • [T]he hoar was a blanching on post and hedge, riming the dykes, […]
• 2

  To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.

  • Oh, London, London! […] the mornings silvery gray, and the multitudinous monuments rimed by years, thunder of hoofs in ways without end, and the silence of mighty parks—Bud lay awake in the nights to think of them.
• 3

  Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.

rimenoun詞源 2/ɹaɪm/

• 1

  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesThe second part of a syllable, from the vowel on (as opposed to the onset).

rimeverb詞源 3/ɹaɪm/

• 1

  archaicFollowed by up: to count (something); to number, to reckon.

rimeverb詞源 4/ɹaɪm/

• 1

  Synonym of ream.

• 2

  Synonym of ream.

rimeverb詞源 5/ɹaɪm/

• 1

  rareTo dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.

rimenoun詞源 6/ɹaɪm/

• 1

  obsoleteA narrow aperture or opening; a chink, a crack, a fissure; a rent, a rip.

  • [T]he ſevvet of oxen […] is alſo good againſt the inflammation of the eares, the ſtupidity and dulneſſe of the teeth, the running of the eyes, the vlcers and rimes of the mouth, and ſtiffneſſe of the neck.
  • [T]hough birds have no Epiglottis, yet can they ſo contract the rime or chinck of their Larinx, as to prevent the admiſſion of vvet or dry ingeſted, […]

rimeverb詞源 6/ɹaɪm/

• 1

  obsoleterareFollowed by into: to probe, to pry.

  • Our act was, with finger, and nail, and eye, to rime into every jot of it [a case]; and our words were—'I am sure there is something inside. If not, it would open sensibly.'

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• rhyme