English Dictionary

ejaculation

/iˌdʒækjuˈleɪʃən/

noun

The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight. / The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

The doctor explained that premature ejaculation is a common condition among men.

意味（1）

The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.

Thus far, we have given a general account of [Nicolas le Fèvre]'s theory. Further elaboration is to be found in his account of the generation of metals. Here it is suggested that it is light which by its ejaculation and irradiation did imprint and stamp the Idea and Character of its vertue in water as in a general and convenient Matrix, to enable her afterwards to supply both matter and Form, Body and Spirit, Salt, Sulphur and Mercury, [and] all physical generations....

意味（2）

The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

They say no graces; but when their meal is on the table, they sit silent and in a thoughtful posture for a short time, waiting for an illapſe of the Spirit. If they are not moved to make any ejaculation, they begin to eat without more ado.

意味（3）

(biology) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct or other body structure.

意味（4）

(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.

The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state.