单词 | ducking |
释义 | duckingn.1 a. Immersion in water. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > dipping or plunging into liquid submersion?a1425 dippingc1440 indippinga1564 ducking1581 diving1614 immersion1658 plout1705 souse1793 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 182 The outward sacrament of dipping or ducking in the water. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 4 Ducking at Yards arme, hawling vnder the Keele. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 60 I punished by ducking and other wayes a dozen..men. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) They have also a Kind of Dry Ducking, wherein the Patient is only suspended by a Cord, a few Yards above the Surface of the Water. a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 21 His Ducking sober'd him a little. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xi. 378 He ran no risk but of a sound ducking, being..a strong swimmer. b. Prompt bowing or bending of the head or body. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > bending down > prompt or instantaneous ducking1539 duck1554 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying kneelingc1200 louting1340 inclining?a1425 ducking1539 becking1542 lowingc1600 incurvation1607 couchinga1616 bowing1617 congeeing1622 curtsying1668 bingeing1805 salaaming1816 scraping1836 legging1871 1539 T. Chapman in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) p. xv Dome ceremonyes..dokynges, nodyngs, and bekynges. 1641 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 6 What are all our crossings, and kneelings, and duckings? 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xxi There was much..ducking of heads in the doorway. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). duckingn.2 The catching or shooting of wild ducks. Also attributive, as ducking-punt; ducking-gun n. a fowling-piece carrying a heavy charge a long way, so as to kill a large number of ducks in a flock at one shot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting other birds ducking1589 pouting1672 partridging1682 cocking1686 teal-shooting1874 sniping1875 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > type of turnabout1801 twelve1804 stanchion-gun1815 Joe Manton1816 Joe Manton1816 ducking-gun1823 punt gun1824 Purdey1830 shore-gun1841 woodcock gun1858 seven-bore1859 twelve-bore1859 twelve-gauge1859 choke1875 choke-bore1875 cripple-stopper1881 over-and-under1889 ten-gauge1894 ducker1896 tschinke1910 under-and-over1911 over-under1913 side by side1947 1589 E. Hogan in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 159 His..pastime in ducking with water Spaniels. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. i, in Wks. I. 5 Keepe companie with none but the archers of Finsburie? or the citizens, that come a ducking to Islington ponds? a1634 J. Day Peregrinatio Scholastica (Sloane 3150) f. 33v There wives drewe them..into the feilds a duckeing, wth there water spaniells in sommer. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. iii. 41 The French ducking-gun. 1880 N. H. Bishop Four Months in Sneak-box 7 He constructed a new ducking-punt with a low paddle-wheel at its stern. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). duckingn.3 = duck n.3 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or linen > stout or strong > for sails or sailors'clothing pack-duck1545 duck1640 sail-duck1776 ducking1822 1822 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Wasps in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 238 Add pillow-case, sheeting, and ducking. 1904 N.Y. Times 10 May 4 (advt.) Splendid selection of duckings from which to make them [sc. awnings]. 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas I. 177 The silver..was placed in duckin' sacks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). duckingadj. That ducks, dives into water or bows the head. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > diving into water duckinga1400 diving1602 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective] > bowing or curtseying ducking1530 louting1602 bowing1725 bingeing1805 salaaming1816 curtsying1870 obeisant1900 a1400–50 Alexander 4090 It was..bred full..Of dragons..& doukand neddirs. 1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Kiv A douckynge hypocrite. 1770 J. Armstrong Imitations Shaks. 88 The Cyclades appear'd Like ducking cormorants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11539n.21589n.31822adj.a1400 |
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