单词 | eliminating |
释义 | eliminatingadj. That eliminates someone or something (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > getting rid of eliminating1743 eliminative1816 1743 tr. A. Cæsalpinus in R. James Medicinal Dict. I. at Anatome The eliminating Vessels [L. educentia] will not admit of an Intromission. 1818 T. C. Morgan Sketches Philos. Life i. 48 In old age the eliminating forces acquire the ascendency, as is indicated by the shrivelled skin, and extenuated muscles of the ‘lean and slippered pantaloon’. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 4/1 The eliminating influence of the battle-field. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 June 14/3 To face the ordeal of the eliminating competition. 1964 Dædalus Spring 587 The vagina has and retains (for both sexes) connotations of a devouring mouth as well as an eliminating sphincter. 2011 Telegram & Gaz. (Massachusetts) (Nexis) 17 Mar. 1 Thirty-four teams battled through brutal eliminating rounds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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