单词 | gulfing |
释义 | gulfingn. The action of plunging or sinking in a gulf. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down > sinking or submerging in liquid > in a gulf gulfing1818 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 136, 137 I beheld the wreck; The final gulphing; the poor struggling souls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020). gulfingadj. That gulfs, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [adjective] > swirling like gulfing1813 whirlpoolinga1861 swirly1912 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xxiv. 93 Like the shrill sea-bird's wailing scream, Heard o'er the whirlpool's gulphing stream. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 88 Boughs..That overhang some gulphing brook. 1842 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. 2nd Ser. 182 Neither congealing of the grave, nor gulphing waters of the firmament..shall avail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1818adj.1813 |
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