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单词 benighting
释义 I. beˈnighting, vbl. n.
[f. benight + -ing1.]
The fact of being benighted or overtaken by night away from shelter.
a1639W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxvi. (1640) 90 To meet with such kinde of accidents, as benighting.1819L. Hunt Indicator, No. 8 (1822) I. 60 Spenser..seems to have taken the idea of a benighting from Apollonius.
II. beˈnighting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That benights or involves in darkness.
1649Dryden Death Ld. Hastings 50 That veil which shrouds Our day-spring in so sad benighting clouds.
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