| 释义 |
▪ I. enticing, vbl. n.|ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. entice.
a1340Hampole Psalter xviii. 13 Synnes þat comes of ill eggyngis [S. euel entysynge]. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 194 They felle through the entysynge of the wycked spyryte. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. ix. 4 Heare hir not, lest thou perish thorow hir entysinge. 1823Scott Peveril viii, Pardon my enticing away from your service the young woman.
▪ II. enticing, ppl. a.|ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That entices or instigates; insidiously attractive; alluring, beguiling, seductive.
1553T. Wilson Rhet. 40 A brothell house where entisinge harlottes lived. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen VI, i. iii. 92 My selfe haue..plac't a Quier of such enticing Birds. 1611Bible Col. ii. 4 Lest any man should beguile you with entising words. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 337 The soft Seducer, with enticing Looks, The bellowing Rivals to the Fight provokes. 1788Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. XIII. 305 Ladies recommended..by sweet and enticing names. Mod. I do not find the prospect enticing. |