| 释义 |
pleasuring, vbl. n.|ˈplɛʒərɪŋ|
[See -ing1.]
The action of the vb. pleasure.
1. The giving of pleasure; pleasing, delectation.
1575Churchyard Chippes (1817) 34 [To write] for passing of the time, and pleasuring of his friends. 1897Gunter Ballyho Bey iii. 41 She is a sybarite in the pleasuring of her senses.
2. The taking of pleasure; pleasure-seeking; going on a pleasure excursion; taking a holiday.
1598Marston Pygmal. xxxvi. 133 When all things fit for loues sweet pleasuring Inuited him to reape a Louers blisse. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. xlii. 275 A little trim vessel, which shall sail a pleasuring backward and forward to Portsmouth. 1825Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Superann. Man, Expressing the hollowness of a day's pleasuring. 1869Miss Mulock Woman's Kingd. III. 218 Who refused, year after year, to take her autumn pleasuring..because her husband would only have to work the harder for it.
3. attrib., designating things designed for, used for, or devoted to pleasure.
1869Daily News 16 July, Nor is this practice..confined to pleasuring vans. 1872U.S. Statutes XVII. 32 A public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. 1895Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 3/2 A pleasuring tour to some distant part of the States. |