单词 | dashing |
释义 | dashingn. 1. The action of dash v., in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent piltinga1250 racec1330 squatc1350 dasha1375 percussion?a1425 peise1490 poise1490 dashing1580 gulp1598 jolt1599 feeze1603 slam1622 arietation1625 pash1677 pulse1677 jounce1784 smash1808 smashing1821 dush1827 birr1830 dunch1831 whop1895 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Heurtement, a dashing, a striking. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 47 This Ice becometh very spungy by the dashing of the Sea. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xvii. 178 The dashing of the oars awakened her. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 15 The roar and dashing of opinions. 2. Splashing; concrete a dash or splash (of mud, etc.); plaster dashed or laid roughly upon a wall; figurative aspersion. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [noun] teleeOE tolec1000 wite?c1225 lacking1377 blaminga1382 blame1393 lack1487 dashing1591 taxation1605 inculpation1822 scapegoating1943 scapegoatism1961 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [noun] > an instance or the result of dash1570 dashing1591 splasha1822 splosh1857 splather1877 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > splashing or spattering with wet substance > splash or spatter of wet substance daggle1591 dashing1591 splatch1665 slop1731 sprent1828 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > plastered work pargetc1400 plastering1538 casting1565 plasterwork1600 parge1649 parge-work1649 plastery1723 dashing1812 flatting1829 lime-cast1861 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Salpicaduras Dashings, conspersiones. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Zaccarélle..dashings or spots of durt or mire. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 207 There is no dashing on the credit of the Lady, nor any the least insinuations of inchastity. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee xi, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 192 The dashing was off the walls, no glass in the windows. 3. colloquial. The action of ‘cutting a dash’; showy liveliness in dress, manners, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > panache or dashingness dashism1788 dashing1806 fling1872 panache1898 dashingness1934 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. i. 11 Mere pips of popularity—mere dots of dashing. 1809 M. Edgeworth Almeria in Tales of Fashionable Life II. 69 She was astonished to find in high life a degree of vulgarity, of which her country companions would have been ashamed; but all such things in high life go under the general term of dashing. These young ladies were dashers. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. ix. 78 That most tasteless and disgusting style of manners which for some years past has obtained the name of dashing; by which term is generally understood all that is ungracious, ungenteel, and repulsive. Compounds dashing-iron n. the iron frame by which the dashboard is fixed to the carriage. ΚΠ a1841 T. Hook Martha They slipped over the dashing iron between the horses. dashing-leather n. a leathern dashboard. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > board or leather apron at front apron1790 dashing-leather1794 knee-boot1794 splashing-board1809 splash-board1826 boot1828 dashboard1847 apron-cloth1857 dasher1858 dash1868 splasher1887 storm apron1895 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 216 Dashing or splashing leathers are conveniences made to fix on the fore part of a carriage, to prevent the dirt splashing against the..passenger. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dashingadj. 1. That dashes; that beats violently against something; splashing. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [adjective] > impinging or impinged violently dashingc1400 pashed1581 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 312 Þy stryuande stremez..In on daschande dam, dryuez me ouer. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xiii. sig. C12 Like a street in a dashing showre. 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 391 The howling winds and dashing waves. 2. Characterized by prompt vigour of action; spirited, lively, impetuous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively and energetic doing1591 mettled1599 spiritful1599 spirited1601 mettle1606 free-spirited1613 high-mettleda1626 spright1658 racy1671 mettlesome1673 dashing1796 peppery1829 spunky1831 fizzy1855 zippy1903 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > lively quick?c1225 lively1525 spirited1670 living1699 sparkling1701 tittuping1772 vivacious1788 dashing1796 1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible 271 Even your dashing Matthew could not be guilty of such a blunder. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord 21 In the dashing style of some of the old declaimers. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §7. 95 A bold, dashing soldier. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 8 He drove away at a dashing pace. 3. a. Given to fashionable and striking display in manners and dress; that is a ‘dasher’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > smart gallantc1420 galliard1513 fine1526 trickly1580 pink1598 genteel1601 sparkful1605 sparkish1657 jaunty1662 spankinga1666 shanty1685 trig1725 smartish1738 distinguished1748 nobby1788 dashing1801 vaudy1805 swell1810 distingué1813 dashy1822 nutty1823 chic1832 slicked1836 flash1838 rakish1840 spiffy1853 smart1860 sassy1861 classy1870 spiffing1872 toffish1873 tony1877 swish1879 hep1899 toffy1901 hip1904 toppy1905 in1906 floozy1911 swank1913 jazz1917 ritzy1919 smooth1920 snappy1925 snazzy1931 groovy1937 what ho1937 gussy1940 criss1954 high camp1954 sprauncy1957 James Bondish1966 James Bond1967 schmick1972 designer1978 atas1993 as fine as fivepence- 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda II. xix. 219 Mrs. Freke..was a dashing fashionable woman. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 39 She had two dashing daughters, who dressed as fine as dragons. b. transferred. Of things: Fashionably showy; stylish, ‘swell’. ΚΠ 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris vii. 96 The dashing colonade of the Garde Meuble. 1847 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun (1853) vi. 12 A dashing pair of Wellington trousers. Draft additions 1993 b. Dashing White Sergeant [the title of a song composed a1792 by General Burgoyne, and incorporated into the libretto of a popular operetta by Sir Henry Bishop] , a lively Scottish country dance performed in sets of three (devised by David Anderson of Dundee c1890 and set to Bishop's tune). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish reela1585 Strathspey reel1747 Strathspey minuet1756 strathspey1776 Strathspey dance1780 Petronella1828 strip the willow1924 sixteensome reel1926 Dashing White Sergeant1929 Gay Gordons1947 1929 G. D. Taylor Some Trad. Scottish Dances 76 (heading) The Dashing White Sergeant. 1956 J. C. Milligan 101 Scottish Country Dances 5 The dashing white sergeant..is a circle reel-time dance. Dancers stand in a circle round the room in 3s. A man between 2 ladies faces a lady between 2 men. The man between 2 ladies moves clockwise and the other three counter-clockwise. 1977 Time Out 28 Jan. 10/4 These societies gather and eat herrings and dance the Dashing White Sergeant (a visionary Scottish country dance that involves two people of one sex and one of the other). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1580adj.c1400 |
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