deadeningn.

/ˈdɛd(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of deaden v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > lack of vigour or energy > loss of vigour or energy

abatec1500

deadening1866

1866 S. Timmins Industr. Hist. Birmingham 300 The [brass] work becomes speckled or irregular in the ‘deadening’.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. vii. 118 The deadening of the native processes of composition and derivation and inflection.

1883 League Jrnl. 20 Oct. 657/3 Mental depression and moral deadening.

b. concrete. That which deadens sound, colour, etc.

ΚΠ

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Deadening. i. (Carpentry.) Packing in a floor, ceiling, or wall, to prevent conduction of sound [cf. deafen v. 3]. 2. (Gilding.) A thin coat of glue..smeared over a surface that is gilded in distemper, and is not to be burnished.

2. U.S. The action of killing trees by ‘girdling’; concrete a clearing in which the trees have been ‘girdled’. (See deaden v. 2b.)

ΚΠ

1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 306 There was a deadening on C's land as early as 1769.

1855 W. Sargent Braddock's Exped. 83 A deadening..signifies the effect produced on the trees by girdling, or cutting a ring about their trunks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

deadeningadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdeadening.

That deadens: see the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendering physically insensible

senseless1579

numbing1581

numb-cold1597

astonishing1617

benumbing1628

deading1647

bedeading1656

torporific1769

sopient1804

deadening1805

torpefying1822

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing

leaden1579

stupefying1617

benumbing1628

bedulling1656

obstupefying1660

lethargic1718

sopient1804

torporizing1822

torporific1825

lethargizing1827

torpid1830

deadening1875

1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xviii. 360 From his shield, The deadening force, communicated, ran Up his stunned arm.

1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) xi. i. 402 The deadening influences of routine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	deadening
释义	deadeningn. /ˈdɛd(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of deaden v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > lack of vigour or energy > loss of vigour or energy abatec1500 deadening1866 1866 S. Timmins Industr. Hist. Birmingham 300 The [brass] work becomes speckled or irregular in the ‘deadening’. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. vii. 118 The deadening of the native processes of composition and derivation and inflection. 1883 League Jrnl. 20 Oct. 657/3 Mental depression and moral deadening. b. concrete. That which deadens sound, colour, etc. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Deadening. i. (Carpentry.) Packing in a floor, ceiling, or wall, to prevent conduction of sound [cf. deafen v. 3]. 2. (Gilding.) A thin coat of glue..smeared over a surface that is gilded in distemper, and is not to be burnished. 2. U.S. The action of killing trees by ‘girdling’; concrete a clearing in which the trees have been ‘girdled’. (See deaden v. 2b.) ΚΠ 1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 306 There was a deadening on C's land as early as 1769. 1855 W. Sargent Braddock's Exped. 83 A deadening..signifies the effect produced on the trees by girdling, or cutting a ring about their trunks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). deadeningadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdeadening. That deadens: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendering physically insensible senseless1579 numbing1581 numb-cold1597 astonishing1617 benumbing1628 deading1647 bedeading1656 torporific1769 sopient1804 deadening1805 torpefying1822 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing leaden1579 stupefying1617 benumbing1628 bedulling1656 obstupefying1660 lethargic1718 sopient1804 torporizing1822 torporific1825 lethargizing1827 torpid1830 deadening1875 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xviii. 360 From his shield, The deadening force, communicated, ran Up his stunned arm. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) xi. i. 402 The deadening influences of routine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1800adj.1805
随便看	tearolling tearoom tearoom queen tearooms tearoot tearout tearpassage tearpit tearplacket tearpump tearpunctum tearrogue tears tears apart tears away tears down tears of st peter tears of strong wine tears up tearsac tearshaped tearshedding tearsheet tearshell tearshot