| 单词 | in feeling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (the) feeling P1. in (the) feeling: used to describe the qualities of something as perceived by touching it; ‘to the touch’. Cf. to the feel at feel n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > to the sense of touch [phrase] in (the) feelinga1400 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 305 Whanne it is not hoot in felinge [L. calidum non est actu]. 1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) sig. h.iiij It [sc. the fyre of Saynt Anthonye] is an inflammation of membres with excedyng burnynge and rednesse, harde in the feelynge, [etc.]. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 128 His hyde not hard, or stubborne in feeling [L. corium attactu non asperum ac durum]. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 155 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors It is of a reddish colour, as smooth, and slippery in the feeling as soap. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 65 The harder the Corns of Powder are in feeling, by so much the better it is. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Goat A dark Coat, and very soft in the feeling. 1818 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 301 Forging for them such chains as, soft in feeling as silk, but strong in proof as adamant, will bind them down [etc.]. 1864 D. B. St. J. Roosa tr. A. F. von Tröltsch Dis. Ear xviii. 168 Peculiar red bodies..which were quite hard in feeling, and were firmly attached to the mucous membrane. 1947 Kew Bull. 2 12 Stem 10 to 15 ins. in diam. Leaves rough in feeling. < as lemmas |
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