单词 | gaining |
释义 | gainingn.1 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. ΘΚΠ 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 The cutting of gains (see gain n.3) in wood. gaining-machine n. a machine for cutting gains in a beam. ΘΚΠ 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. 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1a1556n.21875adj.1642 |
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