单词 | gasping |
释义 | gaspingn. 1. The action of gasp v. (in various senses).In quot. 1440: yawning. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. That gasps (in various senses of the verb); characterized by or accompanied by gasping. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1440adj.1517 |
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