单词 | fading |
释义 | fadingn.1 1. The action of fade v.1; (also) the period of decay. fading out: a gradual dying out. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > ceasing to exist deathOE out-burninga1382 fading1578 desition1612 desistency1615 expiration1649 quietus1744 nothingness1813 defunctness1883 unbecoming1883 dead-and-goneness1891 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming impairingc1380 failinga1382 aggrievance1502 decaying1530 fading1578 worsinga1583 rusting1597 degeneration1607 degenerating1611 improvementa1617 going back1631 aggravidizationa1641 disimprovement1649 decidence1655 deterioration1658 pejoration1658 exaggeration1661 marasmus1681 sinking1701 unimprovement1760 worsening1811 worsering1883 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 77 The fadinge of our dayes. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 233 Persons..discontinuing their attendance herein..presently manifest a kind of slaking and fading in good duties. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 95. ⁋1 That fading in her Countenance. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. v. 90 We may call it an attenuation, a fading-out. 2. Cinematography. See fade v.1 9 Also participial adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special effect > [noun] > fading fade1918 fade-out1918 fading1918 lap-dissolve1927 cross-fading1931 cross-fade1937 1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made vii. 176 Fading in or out is accomplished by four different methods. 1922 L. C. Macbean Kinematogr. Studio Technique viii. 65 The operations of ‘fading in’ and ‘fading out’..are..effected with the diaphragm. 1922 L. C. Macbean Kinematogr. Studio Technique viii. 82 The film is then wound back to the beginning of the ‘fading’, with the lens closed. 1935 D. C. Ottley Cine-Amateur's Workshop vi. 26 The author advises a supplementary iris if fading and like effects are required. 3. Irregular fluctuations in the intensity of received radio signals as a result of varying atmospheric conditions. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > signal > obstruction or poor reception blind spot1864 screening1902 fading1912 night effect1914 night error1921 wipeout1921 skip1925 radio fade-out1927 fade-out1937 1912 L. de Forest Let. 13 Sept. in Proc. IRE (1930) 18 1600 I think you have not considered with sufficient care what a variety of imaginable atmospheric conditions might be conceived to explain the phenomena of ‘fading’. 1923 Wireless Rev. 23 June 128/2 Manchester and Newcastle both appear to be suffering very badly from fading. 1927 Glasgow Herald 1 Jan. 9 A site where interference and what is technically known as ‘fading’ would be reduced to a minimum. 1931 J. A. Moyer & J. F. Wostrel Radio Handbk. iv. 178 Fading is probably due to the interference between radio waves which arrive at the receiver along different paths. 1953 F. Langford-Smith Radio Designer's Handbk. (ed. 4) xxii. 901 Where night-time fading of signals is encountered, straight vertical aerials should be used. 1968 B. P. Lathi Communication Syst. iii. 195 The fading is also sensitive to frequencies... Thus the carrier and each of the sidebands undergo different amounts of fading. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fadingfaddingn.2 Obsolete. The name of a dance, apparently Irish. ‘With a fading’ was the refrain of a popular song of an indecent character. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iv. sig. G4v I will haue him dance Fading; Fading is a fine Iigge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 196 He has the prettiest Loue-songs..with such delicate burthens of Dildo's and Fadings. 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes xcvii, in Wks. I. 797 See you yond' Motion? Not the old Fa-ding..But one more rare. 1633 J. Shirley Bird in Cage iv. i Under her coats the Ball will be found, With a fading. 1672 T. Jordan London Triumphant 13 To the tune of—With a Fadding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). fadingadj. a. That fades, in various senses of the verb. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxviii. A The faydinge floure. 1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 364 Vadeing shadowes. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 18 Wonder not that he..should wish for fading Water. 1658 T. Goodwin Fair Prospect 37 Like a Cupboard of glasses, fair to the eye, but very brittle and fadeing. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. x. 66 The Pictures drawn in our Minds, are laid in fading Colours. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 5 The fading flowers, That yester-morn bloom'd waving in the breeze. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vii. 57 The fading light warned me that it was time to return. 1922 L. C. Macbean Kinematogr. Studio Technique ix. 78 ‘Mixing’ from a ‘Fading-in’ Title. b. Botany. Of the petals: Withering before fertilization is completed. ΚΠ 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) I. 318 Petals..permanent, but fading. Derivatives ˈfadingly adv. ΚΠ a1821 J. Keats To —— in Poems (1889) 346 Do not look so sad..and fadingly. 1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 5 36 The cold moonshine fadingly struggled. ˈfadingness n. tendency to fade. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > tendency fadingness1654 degenerescence1882 1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. xi. §3 Beautie, the fadingness whereof is the great detector of our frailtie. 1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum I. Fadingness is represented in painting, by a lady clad in green [etc.]. 1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 June 202/2 The quick fadingness of grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11578n.21613adj.1535 |
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