| 释义 |
using, vbl. n.|ˈjuːzɪŋ|
[f. use v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of making use of something, or the fact of being used.
a1340Hampole Psalter liv. 2, I am made sary in myn vsynge. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love iii. vi. l. 60 They han as wel dyvers aptes and dyvers maner usinges. c1400Cursor M. 29369 (Cott. Galba), Þat oþer [case] es of..portere, in vsyng of þaire awin mistere. 1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 247 Vsynge of honementys aftyr the tyme and complexcione. c1445Pecock Donet 50 Mesurable and resonable vsing of worldly goodis. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 45 In iust commutacion & vsyng of these thynges. 1560Bible (Genev.) Col. ii. 22 Which all perishe with the vsyng of them. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. ii. li. (1674) 202 The using of the same severities which Augustus..practised. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iii. x. §2 The using of Words, without clear and distinct Ideas. 1705Lond. Gaz. No. 4114/4 A fine Coach lined with Velvet, little the worse for using. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. III. 315 His teeth wear, like those of most other animals, by using. 1826Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 94 The twelve principal houses have..disclaimed the using of any material in their Beer, except malt and hops. 1893C. C. King in Social Eng. I. 43 Of..arrow⁓heads as missile weapons there are none that seem worth the using.
†b. The celebration of the Eucharist. Obs.
1452Paston Lett. I. 237 The seid servaunts..knelyng to see the usyng of the Masse. 1454Ibid. 280. c 1500 Langforde's Meditacyons in Wickham Legg Tracts on Mass (1904) 28 From the sacryng vnto the vsing be done, you may remember..the Passyon and deith of our sauyour.
c. The action of accustoming to something.
1702Eng. Theophrast. 212 It goes a great way towards Felicity, the using of our selves to other Peoples Follies.
2. Manner of usage or employment.
1388Wyclif Rom. Prol., Thei weren brouȝt in to the lawe and profetis, that is, in to cerymonyes..acordynge with tho cerymonyes, which vsyng is contrarie now to the treuthe..of Cristis gospel. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 114 b, iii. The placing of these Images, is like vnto wordes written. iiii. The vtteraunce and vsing of them, is like vnto readynge. 1669in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 32 Extolling the King of England's using of people. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 62 b/2 For the right using of these benefits, the Fathers may provide by Laws and Statutes. 1827Keble Chr. Y., Palm Sunday v, As in this bad world below Noblest things find vilest using.
3. using-up, consumption or exhaustion of a commodity, etc.
1863Jas. Sanderson Agric. Berw. & Roxb. 32 The using-up of the manure is the preferable mode. 1889Hamerton French & English i. i. 14 The decline caused by industrialism and the rapid using-up of life in large cities.
4. Special Comb.: using-file, a file affixed to the work-bench (instead of being held in the hand), for having the work rubbed upon it; using-ground U.S., the haunt of wild-fowl; † using stone (see quot. 1688).
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xii. ⁋2 The Using-File..is about nine or ten Inches long, and three or four Inches broad... The two broad sides must be exactly flat and straight. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 303/1 The using File..; the teeth not half so rough as the common File. Ibid. 382/1 The Using Stone [of jewellers]..is a flat smooth Stone shooting out into two angles or points on each side. 1893Harper's Mag. Oct. 681/2 The ‘using-grounds’ of the coveys are generally known or suspected by the farmer. |