单词 | contemplating |
释义 | contemplatingn. The action of contemplating something (in various senses of contemplate v.); contemplation; an act or instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] thoughta1387 consideration1388 contemplationc1390 meditationa1393 musinga1393 speculationa1450 studier1472 musea1500 recollection1576 contemplature1580 rumination1585 contemplating1587 amuse1606 meditating1609 theory1611 meditancea1625 amusement1694 cogitabundation1729 cogibundity1734 cogitabundity1744 think1834 recueillement1845 thunk1922 noodling1942 1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. xxix. 399 This king, to the knowing and contemplating of whom we are in this place inuited. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 41 I am forced to desist from those contemplatings to recover strength. 1711 W. Crathorne Pract. Catech. ii. §xxi. 115 To dedicate some Hour of the Night to the contemplating of all he suffer'd. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 20 Who thus were ripe for high contemplating. 1872 Ladies' Repository New Ser. 9 371/2 One of the frequently recurring traits of these Chinese poems is a contemplating of the vast spaces of the Chinese past. 1943 Mind 52 333 ‘Imagination’ sometimes means the forming and contemplating of mental images. 2006 A. Griffin My almost Epic Summer (2008) 146 I curl up in the chair and pull the sleeping bag around me and practice my contemplating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). contemplatingadj. That engages in contemplation; (also) of or characterized by contemplation; meditative; contemplative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective] > engaged in contemplation, musing pensivec1400 contemplantc1429 musing1530 contemplating1602 reflexing1606 wrappeda1616 musefula1618 cogitabundous1627 meditant1631 meditating1645 cogitabund1649 meditabund1681 speculating1787 thoughtful-looking1827 1602 H. Clapham Song of Songs: 1st Pt. Expounded xxiv. sig. L4v Any great measure of glory manifested vnto our contemplating soules. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Coll. Several Tracts (1727) 188 A meer contemplating Man. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless III. iii. 29 She was in this contemplating mood when her servant told her, [etc.]. 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 10/2 Any mental power, at its height, dazzles us, absorbs our contemplating faculty. 1872 H. N. Day Sci. of Aesthetics iii. v. 220 The Roman arch that turns the contemplating eye, round and round upon itself. 1971 Billboard 10 Apr. 28 He isn't the contemplating type. 2014 W. Malone Finding Grain v. 31 I could see her mouth twisted and her eyes locked in a contemplating stare. Derivatives ˈcontemplatingly adv. in a contemplating manner; meditatively; contemplatively. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adverb] contemplativelyc1450 contemplative1581 musingly1611 cogitabundly1659 cogitatively1731 meditatingly1753 meditatively1790 contemplatingly1801 musefullya1810 speculatively1883 1801 European Mag Feb. 107/2 Amid these walks..your Constantia and her friend..have contemplatingly wandered. a1822 P. B. Shelley Assassins ii, in Ess. & Lett. (1887) 171 The stranger gazed upon it..thoughtfully and contemplatingly. 2008 J. S. Peters Robert Clay Allison 197 ‘Well,’ mused McCulloch, rubbing his chin contemplatingly. ‘I'd have to ponder on that a bit.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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