单词 | giving |
释义 | givingn. The action of give v. 1. a. In transitive senses. Occasionally in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] givec1275 gifta1300 giving13.. donationc1425 gifture1503 rendering1523 donature1629 13.. K. Alis. 839 Alisaundre god los Of that gevying him aros. c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 230 Rest nis ther noon in his yeving. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 400 Thes iiij. maners of ȝeuyngis. 1573 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini Hours Recreat. (1576) 211 Promissing is the vigile of giving. 1581 T. Rogers S. Augustines Praiers xvii. 70 For euerie good giuing and euerie perfect gift is from aboue. b. Gerundially with †a (on) or with omission of the preposition. ΚΠ 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxiv. 387 Euen while Gods lawe was a giuing to them..they prouoked Gods Vengeaunce. 1707 S. Sewall Diary 2 July (1973) I. 569 I could not hear one Word while the Degrees were giving. 2. In intransitive senses. ΚΠ 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 254. ⁋10 Upon the first Giving of the Weather. 1818 Sporting Mag. 2 189 The men closed after three distinct rallies, in which there was a considerable giving. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Giving, the surging of a seizing; new rope stretching to the strain. 3. With adverbs, as giving back, giving in, giving over, giving out, giving up. Also giving way (see give v. 49). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [noun] > giving in yieldingc1425 yield1602 cession1607 yieldance1610 giving in1831 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 225/1 Gevyng over a thyng, resignation. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 23 To treat of some good accord touching the giving over of the castle. 1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 18 To make me resolue the giuing ouer that place. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pas d'escrevisse, a..giuing backe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 126 This is the Monkies own giuing out. View more context for this quotation 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Archit. I. 43 Their Platform..by the giving way of the Earth, became ruinous. 1804 Morning Post in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1805) VIII. 244 The ambiguous givings out, and the unambiguous promptings that are pent within. 1831 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 168 [He] seemed to think it very much of a giving in on the part of his brother agitators. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour xii. lxx. 393 A giving up that had been most unhandsomely accepted by his landlord. 1884 Law Times Rep. 51 229/2 The immediate cause of the subsidence was the giving way of a stratum of soft mud. 1894 Daily News 9 Mar. 3/7 The cruiser..having broken down through the giving out of her cylinders. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] givec888 lakeOE presentc1230 giftc1275 garrison1297 benefit1377 beneficec1380 givinga1382 handsela1393 donativec1430 oblation1433 propine1448 presentationc1460 don1524 sportule1538 premie?1548 first penny1557 donation1577 exhibition1579 donary1582 fairing1584 merced1589 gifture1592 meed1613 recado1615 regalo1622 regale1649 dation1656 compliment1702 dashee1705 dash1788 cadeau1808 bestowment1837 potlatch1844 prez.1919 Harry Freeman's1925 pressie1933 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxviii. 2 Fro the king he schal take ȝyuyng [L. donationem]. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 18 Sept. (1971) IV. 274 My aunt Wight did send my Wife a new scarfe, laced, as a token for her many givings to her. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 730 Scepter and Power, thy giving, I assume, And gladlier shall resign. View more context for this quotation Compounds giving-away price n. a price so low that a commodity is almost given away for nothing (see giveaway n. 1(b)). ΚΠ 1924 Sale Catal. Giving-away price, per yard 6d. giving-set n. an apparatus for giving blood transfusions or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > life-supporting equipment > [noun] > blood-transfusion apparatus giving-set1955 1955 D. F. E. Nash Princ. Surg. Nursing ii. ix. 138 All giving-sets must of course be supplied in a sterile container. 1961 Lancet 2 Sept. 537/1 The recent appearance of new sterile-packed, disposable giving-sets. 1961 Lancet 16 Sept. 662/1 Any general practitioner undertaking domiciliary midwifery should..have at hand..a transfusion giving set. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2020). givingadj. That gives, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > giving givinga1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. li. 23 To the ȝyuende to me wisdam I shal ȝyue glorie. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Moite,..giuing as stones in rainie weather. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxviii. 482 O get a heart mortified to all these things, and you will bless a taking as well as a giving God. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 189 From his soft, giving palm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.13..adj.a1382 |
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