| 释义 |
▪ I. enˈcountering, vbl. n.
[f. encounter v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. encounter.
1482Caxton Trevisa's Higden iii. vi. 121 In the encountrynge and fyghtyng Brutus..and Arnus..slough eyther other. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xlviii. 69 And dyuers encountrynges was bytwene them. 1581Apol. Pr. Orange in Phenix (1721) I. 450 That the Race of [a man's] life be..prosperous without..any wicked incountring. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry ii. v. 50 By reason of the opposition and encountering of some other current. 1623Drummond of Hawthornden Cypress Grove Wks. (1711) 126 So many shadows cast out and caused by the encountring of these superiour celestial bodies. 1704Swift T. Tub Author's Apol., The accidental encountering of a single thought.
▪ II. encountering, ppl. a.|ɛnˈkaʊntərɪŋ|
[f. encounter v. + -ing2.]
That encounters.
In the use of G. M. Hopkins (see quot.).
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. ii. vi. 19 Let us put on our meet encountering minds. 1626G. Sandys Ovid's Met. xi. 219 Keepe the bankes that lead Along th' incountring Current to his head. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 220 Millions of fierce encountring Angels fought. 1738Glover Leonidas v. 350 Betwixt th' encountring chiefs. 1856Bryant Poems, Winter Piece 119 The encountering winds shall oft Muster their wrath again. 1878G. M. Hopkins Let. to Bridges 30 May (1935) 53 The rhythm is anacrustic or, as I should call it, ‘encountering’. |