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单词 hissing
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hissingn.

/ˈhɪsɪŋ/
Etymology: < hiss v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of hiss v.; the production of a sibilant sound; sibilation. With a and plural. An instance of this; a hiss.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Etymology: < hiss v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhissing.
a. That hisses (in the senses of the verb).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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