单词 | gushing |
释义 | gushingn. 1. Violent or copious outflow of water, tears, blood, etc. Also with forth, out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous gushingc1380 streaming1398 manation?a1425 pouring?a1425 outflowinga1586 effluence1628 effluxion1638 effluvium1651 efflux1651 outflow1785 beteeming1871 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > copious or sudden gushingc1380 rivera1382 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness > a profusion or lavish abundance > viewed as flowing or falling > action of gushingc1380 pouring1535 showering1592 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 437 As ȝif hevene of oon cloude sende gushyng of watir & ouerflowede som erþe. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 170 The gussing out of blood of the nose. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 62 By the gushing of the sea between, it was plucked from it, and left a Firth. a1750 A. Hill Reconciliation in Wks. (1753) III. 59 As I rais'd my eyes, their balls struck fire, And watery gushings wept the rash desire. 1830 F. D. Hemans Dreaming Child in Songs of Affections 97 First gushings of the strong, dark river's flow. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters iv, in Poems (new ed.) 110 To him the gushing of the wave Far far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores. 2. colloquial. Extravagant display of feeling or sentiment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition show1569 ejection1650 effusion1659 excursion1662 sally1676 demonstrativeness1841 gushing1852 transpirationa1854 demonstration1856 gushingness1859 effusiveness1877 gushiness1937 1852 Punch 17 July 39/1 The Colonel vehemently condemned the bran new Bribery Act; and with his philanthropic gushings, the Colonel has good, benevolent cause for reprobation of the measure. 1884 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 262 The sentimentalist is so constructed that ‘gushing’ is his or her normal mode of expression. 1890 Athenæum 8 Mar. 302/3 The story would be nothing without all the gushing between the brothers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gushingadj. That gushes. 1. Flowing or issuing with violence or in copious streams. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > copiously or suddenly wellingc1400 railinga1470 flushing?1548 washing1560 streaming1579 gushing1582 fluenta1592 teeming1627 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > flowing abundantly pouring1577 streaming1579 fluenta1592 affluent1704 gushingc1709 flooding1850 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 36 And liefe with the gushing bloodshed to the Gods he released. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L2 A gushing riuer of blacke gory blood. 1640 Lithgow (title) The Gushing Teares of Godly Sorrow. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 447 He fell, and deadly pale Groand out his Soul with gushing bloud effus'd. View more context for this quotation c1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 36 Adown the mount the gushing torrent ran. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 72 Her gushing fountains and perennial streams. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxviii. 395 ‘Yes, triumph,’ she cried, with her whole heart and soul in her earnest voice, and gushing tears. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius iii. 92 The fluid mass no longer issued in a continual and gushing stream. 2. Emitting fluid copiously. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [adjective] > emitting spouting1566 welling1573 scaturient1684 sluicya1703 gushing1717 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting copiously spouting1567 welling1573 teeming1627 diffusive?1630 diabetic1673 gushing1717 1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 419 My gushing eyes o'erflow. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 413 From his nostrils wide And gushing mouth, effus'd the briny tyde. 1815 A. MacTaggart Hortensia v. v, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre IV. 195 Fled is her spirit, thro' the gushing wound. 3. transferred. Teeming. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abounding or teeming teeming1672 gushing1819 amok1963 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxxiv. 65 When the showering grapes In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth Purple and gushing. 1823 Ld. Byron Island i. ii. 8 The gushing fruits that Nature gave untilled. 4. figurative. a. Effusive, overflowing, displaying or manifesting itself impulsively. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > copiously or continuously outflowingOE wellingc1400 outgushing1569 overflown1579 profluous1585 outstreaming1598 spewing1616 effluxivea1657 effluxing1674 effluenced1691 effluent1726 effusive1726 outwelling1736 profluent1737 outpouring1808 pumping1812 gushing1815 founting1827 flowing1867 fountaining1883 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adjective] > exhibiting itself effuse1577 effusivea1687 gushing1815 empressé1828 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 117 By her gushing thoughts subdued, She melted into tears. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. xiii. 115 The gushing fondness..which should have characterized the love of such a mother to such a child. 1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 297 Never such gushing affluence of imagery! b. In depreciatory sense: Given to or characterized by ‘gush’, marked by effusive display of feeling or sentiment. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adjective] > given to or marked by exhibition of emotion expressivea1616 expansive1659 demonstrative1798 gushy1845 effusive1855 gushing1859 sharing1994 1859 E. Fitzball Thirty-five Years Dram. Author's Life II. 77 The gushing young ladies..in possession of some of our theatres. 1864 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 627 Donald did not belong to what, in the slang of translated Cockneys, is called the Gushing School. 1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod i. 8 A gushing damsel of thirty-five. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xviii To hear the confessions of this gushing young creature. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein III. 37 The Emperor Alexander..was received with a gushing speech by the Superintendent Gusevius. Derivatives ˈgushingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adverb] > given to or marked by exhibition of emotion effusedly1594 gushingly1818 demonstratively1859 effusively1870 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adverb] > copiously gushingly1818 gusha1845 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxi. 38 Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly. 1860 R. B. Brough Marston Lynch ii. 13 She seizes [him]..gushingly, by the arm. 1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper xiv The gushingly spontaneous trifler she was wont to be. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. viii. 223 Young ladies had..been apt to show themselves gushingly affectionate. ˈgushingness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition show1569 ejection1650 effusion1659 excursion1662 sally1676 demonstrativeness1841 gushing1852 transpirationa1854 demonstration1856 gushingness1859 effusiveness1877 gushiness1937 1859 Sat. Rev. 19 Feb. 220/2 This is..in some degree attributable to her gushingness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380adj.1582 |
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