单词 | crickling |
释义 | cricklingn.1 rare. A thin, sharp crackling sound. Cf. crickle n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > crack or snap crackingc1290 cracka1400 crickling1584 crick-crack1600 snap1611 snapping1812 crickle1914 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 93 The frame of the Stone gave a crickling, no hand touching it. 1921 S. V. Benét Beginning of Wisdom i. 3 It is pleasant to..turn back to the quiet crickling of the coals. 2007 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 15 Jan. (State and regional news section) At night, all you hear is the crickling and crackling of falling trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † cricklingn.2 Obsolete. rare. A muscular ache or pain; a feeling of stiffness in the muscles. Cf. crickle n.1 ΚΠ a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) iv. i. 48 Has any Courtier lost his haire? Or finds a crickling in his hammes? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). cricklingadj. That makes a succession of thin, sharp sounds; that crickles. Cf. crickle v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > crackling crackling1567 decrepitating1819 crinkly1826 splintering1828 crumpling1854 crepitant1855 crackly1859 crickling1873 1873 T. Marzials Gallery of Pigeons 58 Dowsabella, through the silence, crackled through the crickling sedge. 1885 H. O. Forbes Naturalist's Wanderings Eastern Archipel. iv. ii. 296 We kept ourselves awake watching the crickling rain and the drip of our paddles. 1897 J. Y. Gray in A. Reid Bards of Angus & Mearns 200 Hoo dear unto me soonds its [sc. the Vinney Burn's] low cricklin' croon, Garrin' a' my heart thrab wi' the sowf o' its tune. 1998 J. Pommy-Vega Mad Dogs Trieste (2000) 241 Crickling knees of a cricket in dry grass. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11584n.2a1644adj.1873 |
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