单词 | lagging |
释义 | laggingn.1 The action or condition of lag v.2 ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > lagging or falling behind lagging1600 tailing1858 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > slowing from springs to neaps lagging1863 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > [noun] > bradycardia bradycardia1890 lagging1897 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. vii. 221 What meanes this strange and unwonted lagging behind? 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 41 The westward tropical flow is due simply to a slight lagging of the waters. 1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 123 This is called the priming and lagging of the tides. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 915 Cardiac irregularity is a frequent consequence of tobacco-smoking, lagging and intermission being the earlier forms of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). laggingn.2 A sentence or term of imprisonment or penal servitude. Also attributive (see quot. 1819). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of time1790 lagging1819 stretch1821 model1845 birdlime1857 penal1864 prison sentence1867 rap1870 bit1871 spot1895 hard time1896 sleep1911 jolt1912 bird1924 fall1926 beef1928 trick1933 porridge1950 custodial sentence1951 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 185 Lagging matter, any species of crime for which a person is liable on conviction to be transported... Speaking of a person likely to be transported they say lagging dues will be concerned. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xlii. 120 If they do [get fresh evidence], it's a case of lagging. 1844 Port Phillip Patriot (Melbourne) 22 July 2/6 I remained with him five years after I served my ‘lagging’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). laggingn.3 The action of lag v.4 1. The action of covering a boiler, an arch, a wall, etc., with strips of wood or felt. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > lagging walls, pipes, etc., to keep warm lagging1870 1870 Eng. Mech. 11 Feb. 516/1 This may be..prevented by careful ‘lagging’ with non-conductors of heat. 1895 Hatch & Chalmers Gold Mines of Rand vi. 121 Side lagging is seldom necessary after the first 50 to 100 feet. 2. plural and collective singular. The material with which this is done. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > lagging for walls, pipes, etc. lagging1851 1851 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 3 242 The boiler is covered with lagging and Russia sheet iron. 1867 B. Brierley Marlocks of Merriton 68 The fence (his own making) was but a rickety fabric of ‘laggins’, worn-out treadles [etc.]. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Laggins, the part of the wooden frame work upon which the stones are laid when building an arch. 1870 Spons' Dict. Engin. II. 479 The term bolster has also been applied to the pieces of timber placed across the ribs of the centering of an arch to support the voussoirs; but these are more generally known by the name of laggings. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 150 Lagging, planks, slabs, or small timber placed over the caps or behind the posts of the timbering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). laggingadj. That lags; behindhand, lingering, loitering, tardy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] lateeOE slackc1000 slowc1225 heavya1400 lent14.. slowfulc1400 sloth1412 latesomea1425 sluggedc1430 sluggingc1430 tardy1483 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 sleuth1567 snailish1581 slow-moving1592 lagging1597 snail-paced1597 snail-slow1600 slow-pacing1616 snail-like1639 sluggish1640 ignave1657 languishing1693 slow-stepping1793 lentitudinous1801 somnolent1812 slow-coachish1844 tardigradous1866 vermigrade1938 slow-cooking1968 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish lateeOE latredec897 latelyOE slowfulc1400 latesomea1425 languoring?c1425 sluggedc1430 tardy1483 tediousc1485 hooly1513 longsome1543 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 slow-worm1548 tardious?1572 lagging1597 snail-slow1600 snail-paced1601 snail-like1639 languid1646 dilatory1648 sluggish1648 languishing1693 laggard1702 lentitudinous1801 laggardly1826 lag-last1862 slowpoke1872 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > delayed, deferred, or postponed remiss?1518 adjourned1538 delayed1548 long-delayed1548 lag1552 prorogued1552 dilated1556 lagging1597 retardate1598 fristeda1600 lagged1602 retarded1636 deferred1651 prorogatory1672 lated1676 postponed1819 protracted1838 suspended1848 put-off1871 hung up1878 held1906 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 207 Foure lagging winters and foure wanton springes, End in a word. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 164 The lagging money which was last sent thither. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 36 Come, Lucifer, drive on the lagging Day. 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 280 A lagging Line Of babling Curs [shall] disgrace thy broken Pack. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xxxiii. 185 A lofty lay Seem'd thus to chide his lagging way. 1832 H. Martineau Demerara i. 6 The slaves came with a lagging step. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. i. 26 The eager woman hastened his lagging mouth. Derivatives ˈlaggingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] > tardily or sluggishly slacklyc960 latelyOE heavilyc1000 hoolya1340 sluggedlyc1450 sluggishlyc1450 tarryingly1530 loiteringly1547 tediously1557 languishingly1579 limpingly1579 lingeringly1589 unnimbly1607 longsomelyc1610 tardilya1616 a-sluga1620 sluggingly1653 languidly1655 dilatorily1700 heavy1701 lagginglyc1817 laggardly1835 slack1854 slackly1884 logily1912 c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches III. 50 Moves heavily and laggingly along. 1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin (1875) xxxvi. 210 Thoughts that came laggingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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