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
字典
Vigil
(v. i.)
Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.
Vigil
(v. i.)
A religious service performed in the evening preceding a
feast.
Vigilance
(n.)
The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of
sleep; wakefulness.
Vigilance
(n.)
Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution;
circumspection.
Vigilance
(n.)
Guard; watch.
Vigilancy
(n.)
Vigilance.
Vigilant
(a.)
Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for
safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.
Vigilantly
(adv.)
In a vigilant manner.
Vigily
(n.)
A vigil.
Vigintivirate
(n.)
The office of the vigintiviri, a body of officers of
government consisting of twenty men; also, the vigintiviri.
Vignette
(n.)
A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils,
used in Gothic architecture.
Vignette
(n.)
A decorative design, originally representing vine
branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or
printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small
picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a
definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or
the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
Vignette
(v. t.)
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a
border or edge insensibly fading away.
Vigonia
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the vicu/a; characterizing the vicu/a;
-- said of the wool of that animal, used in felting hats, and for other
purposes.
Vigor
(n.)
Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for
exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.
Vigor
(n.)
Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable
nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.
Vigor
(n.)
Strength; efficacy; potency.
Vigor
(v. t.)
To invigorate.
Vigorite
(n.)
An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in
blasting.
Vigoroso
(a. & adv.)
Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction
to perform a passage with energy and force.