单词 | hissing |
释义 | hissingn. 1. The action of hiss v.; the production of a sibilant sound; sibilation. With a and plural. An instance of this; a hiss. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] whistlingc897 hissinga1425 hiss1513 whissing1555 hizzing1582 sibilation1626 afflatus1753 siss1859 shish1881 sizzing1890 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > spirant or continuant > sibilant > articulation of hissinga1425 assibilation1850 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Judges v. 16 That thou here the hissyngis of flockis. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xix. 12 After the fyre came there a styll softe hyssinge [1388 Wyclif issyng]. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iv. xxix. 364 The breath blown with violence from the mouth makes a Hissing, because in going out it rakes the Superficies of the Lips, whose reaction against the force of the breath is not Sensible. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 135. ¶7 That hissing in our Language, which is taken so much notice of by Foreigners. 1810 P. B. Shelley Zastrozzi xiii. 187 The wind..whispered in low hissings among the withered shrubs. 2. The utterance of a hiss or hisses as a sign of disapproval or detestation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations hootinga1225 hissingc1384 fie?1550 acclamation1602 hiss1602 hoot1612 catcall1749 catcallingc1781 scraping1785 sibilation1822 the big bird1825 boo hoo1825 booing1830 Kentish fire1834 boo-hooing1865 boo1884 slow handclap1904 tutting1929 slow handclapping1932 slow clap1937 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > hissing > in disapproval hissingc1384 hiss1602 goose1805 sibilation1822 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Micah vi. 16 Y shulde ȝeue thee in to perdicioun, and men dwellynge in it in to hissyng. 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. vii. sig. I3v I rather looke for clapping than for hissing. 1705 J. Addison Play-house in New Coll. Poems State Affairs 487 Thund'ring Claps and dreadful Hissings rise. 3. concrete. An occasion or object of expressed opprobrium. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [noun] > object of reproach upbraidinga1300 hissinga1425 hissing-stock1648 exprobration1680 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. li. 37 Babiloyne schal be..the dwellyng of dragouns, wondryng and hissyng [1382 whistling]. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Jer. xix. 8 I wil make this citie desolate and an hissing. 1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible i. 51 That the Jews would at last become a hissing and a by-word among the nations. Compounds hissing-stock n. [after laughing-stock] an object of expressed opprobrium or scorn. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [noun] > object of reproach upbraidinga1300 hissinga1425 hissing-stock1648 exprobration1680 1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 4 To make our selves an hissing-stocke to Papists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). hissingadj. a. That hisses (in the senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] hissinga1547 whissing1555 hizzing1582 sibilous1768 sibilating1782 sibilant1802 shushing1929 shush-shush1954 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [adjective] > hissing or hissed hissinga1547 hissed1589 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Bi Whoes waltring tongs did lick their hissing mouthes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B4 For her he hated as the hissing snake. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 129 Others to quench the hissing Mass prepare. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 38 While the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column. 1834 Blackwood's Mag. 36 484/2 The hissing iron became of a dull red. 1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 1044/2 The British Association Committee for Radiotelegraphic Investigation..has classified strays [i.e. atmospherics] into three types, namely, clicks, grinders, and hissing. 1936 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 15 197 If such a resistance element is in a current-carrying circuit associated with a telephone receiver or loud speaker..a steady hissing noise which sounds like that due to shot effect or thermal agitation of electric charge is heard. b. Of sounds: Sibilant, sibilated. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > of sound hissing1697 hissy1905 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > spirant or continuant > sibilant sibilant1669 hissing1697 sibilous1768 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 562 He drown'd, One hissing Letter in a softer sound. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxx. 180 Methinks there is such a hissing Sound in the Word Sister, that I cannot abide it. 1864 A. Bain Senses & Intellect (ed. 2) i. ii. 220 The hissing sound of s, the burring of the r, the hum of the m, are well marked modes of producing variety of effect. c. adv. in hissing hot. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adverb] hissingly1611 hissing hot1771 sibilatingly1862 sibilantly1891 1771 H. Lawrence Contempl. Man I. i. ix. 50 He sent them both hissing hot into the other World. Compounds hissing adder n. ΚΠ 1931 R. L. Ditmars Snakes of World vii. 72 H[eterodon] contortrix is the common eastern species [sc. of hognosed snake] found from Massachusetts to Florida and westward to Minnesota and Texas. It is known as the Flat-headed ‘Adder’, Hissing ‘Adder’, and other names in keeping with its antics. hissing sand-snake n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Psammophis (hissing sand-snake) whip-snake1774 switch-snake1791 hissing sand-snake1910 Montpellier snake1913 1910 F. W. Fitzsimons Snakes S. Afr. iii. 54/2 Psammophis sibilans. Hissing Sand Snake... Distribution: Tropical Africa and Egypt, Rhodesia, Transvaal, Zululand, Port Elizabeth. 1954 J. A. Pringle Common Snakes 20 Hissing Sand-Snake. Psammophis sibilans..occurs in all the provinces of the Union [sc. of South Africa] except the Cape. hissing arc n. an electric arc which emits a hissing sound. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > [noun] > discharge arc electric arc1849 hissing arc1895 1895 Electrician 18 Jan. 338/2 The potential difference for hissing arcs increases with length of arc, but appears to be fairly constant for a given length of arc... One talks of hissing, however, as if there were only one sort of hissing, whereas really there are at least two, with very different significations. 1941 J. D. Cobine Gaseous Conductors 293 The high-pressure carbon arc is seen to have two characteristics, one of hyperbolic shape for a silent arc, and the other, essentially linear, for a hissing arc. Derivatives ˈhissingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adverb] hissingly1611 hissing hot1771 sibilatingly1862 sibilantly1891 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sifflantement, hissingly, with a whistling sound. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.c1384adj.a1547 |
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