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单词 gasping
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gaspingn.

Brit. /ˈɡɑːspɪŋ/, /ˈɡaspɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡæspɪŋ/
Forms: see gasp v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gasp v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < gasp v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of gasp v. (in various senses).In quot. 1440: yawning.
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the world > life > death > [noun] > death throes
throwingeOE
death throec1300
throec1300
stour1340
bale-stourc1400
gasping1440
agonya1500
(one's) last gasp1564
death flurry1831
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > gasping
gasping1440
sob?a1505
gaspa1529
glutting1733
kink1788
catching1873
gaspiness1883
catch1884
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 188/1 (MED) Gaspynge, idem quod gapynge.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxviv Then was the felde coueryd with deed bodyes, & gaspynge & gronynge was herde on euery syde.
1599 N. Breton Passions of Spirit 33 To see the gasping of that glorious breath, That purest loue vnto the soule approued.
1675 Mock Songs & Joking Poems 137 When on my sick-bed I Languish, Full of sorrowful Anguish, Faiting [sic], Gasping, Trembling, [etc.].
1739 G. Whitefield Christian's Compan. 225 May the gasping of my Soul after thee sanctify and comfort the Labours of each Day.
1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. viii. 123 Those gasping-fits, which come on with greater and greater violence.
1895 J. Welsh White Baby iii. 76 She listened to..the gasping of the feeble old nurse.
1919 ‘R. Dehan’ Sailor's Home iii. 41 Fish have done all their gasping before they come to be sold in Kentish Town.
2006 L. Fugard Skinner's Drift 43 He was standing in front of it when he heard the gasping.
2. Chiefly in plural = gasp n. 1; an utterance made with a gasp.
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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 142v This also Christ signified by his laste saieng & vttered among his last gaspings.
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. vii. 102 Those breathings and gaspings after an eternal participation of him are but the Energy of his own breath within us.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xl. 256 To attend the dear Baby himself;—to see his last Gaspings, poor little Lamb.
1799 M. Hays Victim of Prejudice II. v. 96 I beheld the convulsive pangs, the gaspings, the struggles, the distortions of death.
1812 G. Crabbe Tales xvi. 292 Some youthful gaspings for forbidden fruit.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. iii. 349 Inarticulate gaspings.
1911 Cent. Mag. Apr. 941/2 Whatever he told the reporters had been as reluctant and involuntary as the gaspings of a man on the rack.
1982 E. Dunlop Maze Stone ix. 82 The tirade, which had begun with a certain panache, died away into incoherent gaspings.
2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 14 Jan. f6 Between gaspings and splashings and exclamations of unalloyed joy, he is throwing handfuls of water on his face.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gaspingadj.

Brit. /ˈɡɑːspɪŋ/, /ˈɡaspɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡæspɪŋ/
Forms: see gasp v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gasp v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < gasp v. + -ing suffix2.
That gasps (in various senses of the verb); characterized by or accompanied by gasping. Also figurative.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adjective]
yernc893
oflisteOE
courageousc1290
eager?a1300
greedya1300
keena1375
affectuousa1400
lickerousc1405
appetentc1420
affectual1483
gasping1517
zealous1531
avidious1534
avidous1542
affectivec1550
anxious1570
lickerish1579
solicitous1628
mantling1657
ambitioning1683
urgent1753
avid1769
agasp1800
concernable1886
yearnful1889
yevery1896
the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying
deadlyc893
swelting?a1400
dyingc1450
at (the) utterance1525
in (the, his) extremes1551
parting1562
Acherontic1597
ending1600
departing1603
on one's last legs1614
expiring1635
mortifying1649
morient1679
upon one's last stretch1680
gasping1681
à la mort1700
moribund1721
outward-bound1809
terminal1854
on the brink of the grave1872
defunctive1929
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > gasping or catching breath
kinking1607
gaspant1831
gasping1835
gaspy1860
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) i. 10 At the last with a gaspynge nette Slouthe my heed caught with his hole purpose.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 6 Quenching the gasping furrowes thirst with rayne.
1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. B3 In such a panting time, and gasping yeere, Victuals are cheapest, only men are deere.
1681 R. Baxter Apol. Nonconformists Ministry 1 Before the expiring of my gasping hopes.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) xiii. v Save, or my gasping Spirit dies.
1787 R. Burns Petit. Bruar Water ii If, in their random, wanton spouts, They near the margin stray;..They're left..In gasping death to wallow.
1835 R. Browning Paracelsus iv. 126 This arch-knave..dogs me As a gaunt crow a gasping sheep.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae ix. 252 When..we lay becalmed..in a gasping heat, which was presently exchanged for a surprising waterfall of rain.
1930 N. Shepherd Weatherhouse xii. 229 Louie gave a gasping cry and made blindly for the door.
1963 E. W. Parks Nashoba v. 136 He took the gasping, retching girl gently in his arms.
2003 S. Mawer Fall (2004) xiii. 195 Landing her like a gasping fish on the ledge beside me.

Derivatives

ˈgaspingly adv. in a gasping manner; with gasps; (also) so as to provoke gasps.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adverb] > shortness of breath > gasping
gaspingly1748
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxi. 67 Man!–Man!–Man! cry'd I, gaspingly, my head out of the coach and in, by turns, half a dozen times running, drive on!
1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 111 The gills..are dilated gaspingly.
1879 ‘A. Thomas’ London Season II. 214 Bertram and Daisy..gaspingly force a passage through the crowd.
1955 C. Oliver in Astounding Sci. Fiction Jan. 83/1 Vandervort laughed rather gaspingly and his face got still redder.
2001 J. Wolcott Catsitters iv. 25 The lead actress made a gaspingly beautiful entrance in a shimmery gown that flowed like liquid diamonds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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