单词 | crashing |
释义 | crashingn. The action of crash v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash rackc1300 crushc1330 crashingc1440 rasha1450 reela1450 frush1487 clasha1522 crash1574 clush-clash1582 crush-crash1582 rouncival1582 clashing1619 rack1671 smash1808 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 100 Cracchynge of tethe. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin x. 155 Oon myght here the crassinge of speres half a myle longe. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 38 v The Birde Trochilus with crashing of her bil awakes the Crocodile. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 82 The crashing of bones was heard on all sides. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xii. 212 The horrible crashing of the tempest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). crashingadj. a. That crashes; that makes a crash; that breaks, falls, etc., with a crash; see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [adjective] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash crashing1574 ruinous1581 clashing1619 1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 287 A gnashing, grinding, or crashing noyze. Stridor. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 592 The broad Axe enters, with a crashing Sound. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. 773 The crashing Bones before its Force gave way. 1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls iv. 69 Crashing thunder then came, peal upon peal. 1884 Athenæum 8 Mar. 307/1 Remaining unmoved amid a crashing universe, and so forth. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > tin tinc897 tin-glass1601 white lead1601 crashing lead1678 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber iii. ii. ii. ii. 175 Crashing Lead, which is called White and in the Sentence of Art, Jupiter. c. colloquial. Overwhelming; esp. in crashing bore. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] wonderlyc893 wonderfula1100 wondera1175 wondersa1300 marvellousc1330 marvela1400 marvelly?a1400 mirablec1429 admirablec1450 marvellablec1450 mirific1490 wondrous1509 extonious1548 portentious1549 miraculous1569 geason1572 mirificalc1572 astounding1590 amazing1593 wonderedc1595 admiring1598 prodigious1600 astonishable1603 fabulous1609 wondered-at?1611 necromantic1627 stupendous1640 nigromantic1645 mirandous1652 surprising1665 mirabundous1694 astonishinga1704 wondersome1774 sublime1813 nasty1834 kill-me-quite1842 breathtaking1843 breath-catching1865 miracle-working1867 mouth opening1867 stupefying1870 gee whiz1889 scorching1890 doozy1903 sensational1909 eye-popping1918 wunnerful1924 crashing1931 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 mind-boggling1955 Ozymandian1961 knock-out1966 mind-blowing1966 motherfucking1973 boggling1975 gobsmacking1981 tubular1982 1928 R. A. Knox in Sunday Disp. 30 Sept. 12/7 Your rejuvenated Fausting, talking like seventy when he looks a generation younger, would be shunned..as a crash bore. 1930 W. S. Maugham Breadwinner i. 18 Judy. What a bore the people are who went through it. Patrick. Crashing.] 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad i. 16 Piping Nancy-boys and crashing Bores. 1935 ‘N. Blake’ Question of Proof vi. 96 I asked for a crashing great emergency to turn up..and it has. 1953 X. Fielding Stronghold 108 I still consider the poem a crashing bore, a typical ‘provincial’ effort. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1440adj.1574 |
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