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单词 intercepting
释义 I. interˈcepting, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. intercept in its various senses; interception.
1598Florio, Intercetti, interceptings of forfaited goods.1611Ibid., Intercettione, an intercepting, a preuenting.1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 197 [He] laid strong ambushes for the intercepting of his enemies.1614Bp. Hall Epist. iii. x, His life..he accounts lent to him, that he may give it for his master: the intercepting of whose harmes, he holds both his duty and honor.1711Fingall MSS. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 142 [He] offered his service towards the intercepting of that great convoy.1881Athenæum 1 Oct. 425/2 The intercepting of the letter.
II. interˈcepting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That intercepts, in senses of the vb.
intercepting carrier: see quot. 1865. intercepting trap, in house-drainage, a trap placed at or near the outfall into a main sewer, generally connected with a system of ventilation.
1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. xiii. 76 We may as well say that the Sun is the Cause of the Shadow, which is the effect of the intercepting Opacity.1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 346 Intercepting,..when the trochanter intervenes between the thigh and the coxa, so as entirely to separate them.1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xvi. (1856) 125 We were forced to cut through some intercepting ice.1865Standard 11 July, The plaintiff..is what is called..an intercepting carrier; that is to collect parcels, pack all for one town in one package and forward them to the agent in that town who delivers them..paying the Company by tonnage rates.
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