释义 |
reˈsponding, ppl. a. [f. respond v. + -ing.] Corresponding; responsive.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxii. ⁋7 He..removes them to the responding Quarter of the Form Imposing, into the responding places. 1819T. Chalmers Serm. (1836) I. 232 A responding affection can be deposited in the heart of man. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola xxiv, A loud responding sob rose at once from the wide multitude. 1921G. Cecil Life Ld. Salisbury II. vi. 219 His action was generally attributed to the decision to call out the Reserves..and Lord Beaconsfield implied as much in his responding speech. 1933C. Vandyck Contract Contracted 21 As the Playing Trick count is not used until the Trump Suit has been decided upon the Responding Hand is obviously the first one to use it. 1952I. Macleod Bridge vi. 73 The responding hand..never assumes, at least until the second trial bid, that the opener is slamming. 1965in J. Money Sex Research 107 Seldom does the responding female directly manipulate the clitoris through an entire sexual response cycle. 1968R. Kyle Love Lab. (1969) xviii. 210 Data on several hundred responding individuals has more scientific validity than data on one. |