英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Vanillin
(n.)
A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and
characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and
is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the
oxidation of eugenol.
Vanilloes
(n. pl.)
An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla
Pompona.
Vanillyl
(n.)
The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic
alcohol.
Vaniloquence
(n.)
Vain or foolish talk.
Vanish
(v. i.)
To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out
of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by
being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land.
Vanish
(v. i.)
To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.
Vanish
(n.)
The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element,
differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale
ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish
of oo as in foot.
Vanished
(imp. & p. p.)
of Vanish
Vanishing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vanish
a. & n. from Vanish, v.
Vanishment
(n.)
A vanishing.
Vanities
(pl. )
of Vanity
Vanity
(n.)
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to
satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
Vanity
(n.)
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride
inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or
decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride;
ostentation; conceit.
Vanity
(n.)
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or
unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of
no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial
enjoyment.
Vanity
(n.)
One of the established characters in the old moralities and
puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
Vanjas
(n.)
The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is
glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases
of the tail feathers white.
Vanner
(n.)
A machine for concentrating ore. See Frue vanner.
The kestrel.
Vanning
(n.)
A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a
vanner.