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单词 gaining
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gainingn.1

/ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/
Etymology: < gain v.2 + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of gain v.2
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > by care or effort
procuration1483
attainment1549
gaininga1556
attain1559
attaininga1568
procurement1569
consecution1601
procural1771
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. iii. sig. D.j No man complainyng,..For losse or for gainyng.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. xix. 33 His gaining is their losse, his treasure their distressing.
1652 J. Milton in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 99 The gaineing of those four languages.
1745 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 109 For the gaining of more certain intelligence.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 396/2 This movement is slightly in excess of the circumferential velocity of the front rollers..and the excess is called the ‘gaining’ of the carriage.
2. concrete esp. in plural: That which is gained; profits, emoluments.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun]
earningeOE
issuea1325
lucrec1380
lucre of gainc1386
return1419
feracityc1420
revenue1427
vantagec1430
afframing1440
revenue1440
availc1449
proventc1451
provenuec1487
rent1513
fardel1523
chevisance1535
gains1546
commodity1577
proceed1578
increasal1601
benefit1606
endowment1615
gaininga1631
superlucration1683
profit1697
bunce1706
making1837
bunt1851
plunder1851
yield1877
recovery1931
earner1970
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1635) 369 Tell me where thy purchase lies, and shew What thy advantage is above below. But if thy gainings do surmount expression, Why doth [etc.].
1824 M. M. Sherwood Waste Not ii. 5 Such poor gainings too as you have. I should not wonder, if you had never touched a farthing of the old lady's money.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

gainingn.2

/ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/
Etymology: < gain v.4
The cutting of gains (see gain n.3) in wood. gaining-machine n. a machine for cutting gains in a beam.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > other machine tools
mortising machine1655
waving-engine1678
draw plate1776
sticking machine1844
broaching machine1846
sticker1851
shaper1853
mortiser1858
throating machine1866
pointing machine1871
router1872
gaining-machine1875
panel raiser1875
matcher1890
spindle machine1902
spindle1920
1875 in E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

gainingadj.

Etymology: < gain v.2 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgaining.
That gains in various senses of the verb. †Of manner, etc.: Winning. gaining-twist n. in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves that increases regularly toward the muzzle (Brande & Cox 1866).
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]
gracious1340
glorious skinnyc1400
drawing1435
gracefulc1449
attrayant1477
well-favoured1539
alluring1567
graceda1586
attracting1589
attractive1592
winning1596
appealing1598
taking1603
allicient1613
enchantinga1616
motive1615
temptinga1616
allurant1631
catchinga1640
gaining1642
canny1643
charmful1656
charming1664
mignon1671
disarminga1718
prepossessing1737
seducing1749
seductive176.
eye-catching1770
sweet1779
catchy1784
attaching1785
engaging1816
cute1834
cunning1843
taky1854
cynosural1855
smart1860
fetching1880
seductious1883
fruity1900
barry1923
hot stuff1928
swoony1934
dishy1961
dolly1964
jiggy1996
aegyo2007
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 451 They keep all they haue, and still are on the gaining hand till they attain their desire.
a1695 Marquis of Halifax Char. Charles II (1750) 33 A plain, gaining, well-bred, recommending kind of Wit.
1731 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 481 Though I take it to be your duty to write to him, and perhaps in such soft and gaining terms, yet I fear he is so stiff and self-willed, some~what more of salt would have been as effectual.
1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 141 Whenever the Goods come to a gaining Market..and when they come to a losing Market.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Gaining, winsome, loving.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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