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sublimer
n. 使升华, 升华器



Sublime \Sub*lime"\, a. [Compar. {Sublimer}; superl.
{Sublimest}.] [L. sublimis; sub under + (perhaps) a word akin
to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F.
sublime. Cf. {Eliminate}.]
1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
--Dryden.

2. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said
of persons. ``The sublime Julian leader.'' --De Quincey.

3. Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration,
veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand;
solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in
nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of
a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.

Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --Prior.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong. --Longfellow.

4. Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic]

Their hearts were jocund and sublime,
Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine. --Milton.

5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] ``Countenance
sublime and insolent.'' --Spenser.

His fair, large front and eye sublime declared
Absolute rule. --Milton.

Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See {Grand}.