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单词 ducking
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duckingn.1

/ˈdʌkɪŋ/
Etymology: < duck v. + -ing suffix1.
a. Immersion in water.
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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.
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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

Etymology: < duck n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈducking.
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.
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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

Forms: see duck n.3 and -ing suffix3.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: duck n.3, -ing suffix3.
Etymology: < duck n.3 + -ing suffix3.
= duck n.3
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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.

Etymology: < duck v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈducking.
That ducks, dives into water or bows the head.
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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).
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