英语词汇“breasting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	breasting
释义	breasting, vbl. n.\|ˈbrɛstɪŋ\| [f. breast n. and v. + -ing¹.] 1. a. The action of confronting or opposing with the breast, of ascending the breast of a slope, etc. b. concr. A covering for the breast, breastwork. 1817Southey Morte Arth. I. Introd. 60 ‘The French’, says the chronicler of Pero Nino..‘arm the horses with head pieces and breastings of leather’.1836Landor Lett. Conserv. 76 The current of evil is only to be stemmed by the united weight and breasting of the people.1870Daily News 7 Dec., Its flanking fire would have prohibited the breasting of the slope toward Villiers. 2. techn. The curved channel in which a breast water-wheel works.
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