excurse

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of excursus.
    — By the labors of the Bridgewater writers, the argument has been cleared of many extraneous and unnecessary excurses.
  2. An act of moving or rushing forward or out; an incursion by troops. obsolete
    — Ad hæc fratetnitati^([sic]) tuæ præcipiendo modo quo te in Cantuarienſem Eccleſiam recipias, & paucis quidem clericis retêtis admodū neceſſariis, ad minus quam poteris per terram illam diſcurras.
动词 v.
  1. To make a journey, especially an excursion; to travel. archaic,intransitive,rare
    — In which of the nine hundred ſtreets—I mean lanes—of this capital of the world—for who can diſpute a Pariſian’s word, who never has excurſed beyond the gates?
  2. To digress; to turn aside from the main subject of attention. archaic,intransitive
    — But how I excurſe!—Yet thou uſedſt to ſay, thou likedſt my excurſions. If thou doſt, thou’lt have enow of them: For I never had a ſubject I ſo much adored; […]
  3. To travel or pass through. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

excurses present,singular,third-person excursing participle,present excursed participle,past excursed past excurses plural excourse alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
Probably partly from Classical Latin excurs-, past participial stem of excurrō, and partly from the noun.
词源 2
From Classical Latin excursus. Doublet of excursus. In the “excursus” sense, some later examples in plural may show errors for excursuses.
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