单词 | insinking |
释义 | insinkingn. A sinking in; a depression. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down > instance of sit1679 sinka1718 subsidation1810 insinking1878 sinkage1882 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 400 An insinking of the surface of the body approaches the point of union of the two halves of the peribranchial space. 1885 J. S. Kingsley in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Oct. 538 That the primary stigma formed by the insinking of the respiratory book is not the functional one of the adult. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasin-sinking (iii) With verbal nouns in -ing, with the senses ‘moving inwards’ or ‘directed inwards’, as inbending, in-flashing, in-leaking, inleaning, in-sinking, etc. See also in-beaming n., inbringing n., etc. ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John (headings to readings) xliii Quibus insuflatione significat spiritum sanctum : of ðæm in inblauing gebecnað gast halig. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxi. 5 Ne in þer flesch þei sholen make incuttynge [a1425 Corpus Oxf. in kyttynge; a1425 L.V. keruyngis; L. incisuras]. 1649 Perfect Summary No. 24. 185 It shall be still or reall endeavours for the future to keep our selves free of all compliance with, or inleaning to the Popish, Prelaticall and Malignant party. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 970 Out-wicking, is to strike the outer angle of a stone, so as thereby to put it into the spot. Though a much more difficult operation, it can sometimes be practised with effect when in-wicking cannot. 1847 J. F. South tr. J. M. Chelius Syst. Surg. II. 119 The simple inbending of the womb. 1850 W. Anderson Regeneration 193 That there be a continuance of that inflashing of the truth into the..soul. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. vi. 112 With certain worms there began the first head-brains, arising from an in-sinking of outer-layer (ectoderm) cells at the front end. 1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Disp. 30 July g5/1 I summarized the problems plaguing America's public schools, including administrative bloat..an addiction to educational fads and the in-leaking of left-wing ideology. < n.1878 as lemmas |
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