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单词 despoiling
释义 despoiling, vbl. n.|dɪˈspɔɪlɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb despoil; robbing.
1552Huloet, Despoylinge, despoliatio, spoliatio.1793Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 143 The despoiling a minister of religion.
2. Spoil, plunder; esp., the arms or clothes of an enemy, the skin of a beast.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. met. vii. 147 He rafte þe despoylynge fro þe cruel lyoun, þat is to seyne he slouȝ þe lyoun and rafte hym hys skyn.
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