α. Middle English merueilyng, Middle English merueylyng, Middle English merveyllyng, 1500s meruaylyng; Scottish pre-1700 merueling.
β. 1500s maruailing, 1800s– marvelling, 1800s– marveling (U.S.).
单词 | marvelling |
释义 | marvellingmarvelingn.α. Middle English merueilyng, Middle English merueylyng, Middle English merveyllyng, 1500s meruaylyng; Scottish pre-1700 merueling. β. 1500s maruailing, 1800s– marvelling, 1800s– marveling (U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder wonderc700 wonderinga1100 selcouthc1175 sellya1200 ferlyc1275 wondernessc1275 wonder thingc1290 adventurec1300 marvelc1300 marvellingc1400 wonderelc1440 signc1450 admiration1490 wonderment1542 wondering stockc1555 miracle-worker1561 singularity1576 stupor mundi1587 miracle1595 marvellation1599 portent1607 astonishment1611 prodigy1616 magnale1623 magnality1646 mirable1646 phenomenon1741 gaping-stock1817 reacher1825 stunner1829 buster1833 caution1834 merry-go-rounder1838 knock-down1843 astonisher1871 marvelry1874 mazer1876 phenom1881 whizzer1888 knock-out1892 whizz1908 doozy1916 doozer1930 heart-stopper1940 blockbuster1942 ooh-ah1957 mind-blower1968 stonker1987 c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5563 (MED) Now went Porus..Wiþ Kyng Alisaunder ouere al Ynde To shewe hym þe merueilynges Of men, of bestes, of oþer þinges. 2. The action of marvel v.1; an instance of this.Apparently little used in 18–19th centuries: see etymology note at marvel v.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] > act of wondering stonyingc1315 astoningc1374 marvellinga1450 stonishingc1520 astonishing1530 stoyning1594 astonying1607 admiration1611 stranging1658 a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 40 (MED) Þe spirit of god..hath turned vs alle in suche stonyynge and merueylyng þat, [etc.]. 1552 H. Latimer Serm. 3rd Sunday Epiph. (1584) 305 Which word [of God], if it light vpon a good ground..it turneth with his strength the same, and bringeth a meruaylyng. 1592 J. Stow Annales anno 1280 300 On S. Martins euen a great thunder ouerthrew many houses and trees in England, to the maruailing of many. 1816 J. Wolcot Wks. I. 350 The Marvellings of the Draymen described. 1878 H. James Watch & Ward vii. 131 Nora's beauty had never received warmer tribute than the affectionate marvellings of this old woman. 1994 Prairie Fire Summer 218 A literary scene fetishizing ‘maturity’ has good reason to scant the un-ironic marvelling..of the pulps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). marvellingmarvelingadj. That marvels; filled with astonishment.Apparently little used in 18–19th centuries: see etymological note at marvel v.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective] awonder1154 wonderfulc1380 astoniedc1400 marvelling?a1425 amazed1548 admirative1582 thunderstrickena1586 wondering1592 stonished1595 thunderstruck1613 dump1616 rapt1621 admired1684 astonished1716 breathless1768 unbreathing1789 agazed1803 astounded1810 obfuscated1822 struck with thunder1823 surprised1882 zapped1962 mind-blown1967 gob-struck1985 ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. met. iii. 17 Thanne..Phebus..smyteth with his beemes in merveylynge eien. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 97 The race of yore Who..told our marvelling boy-hood legends store. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 338 They..impressed on the marvelling reader that [etc.]. 1923 C. M. Doughty Mansoul (rev. ed.) iii. 87 Our marvelling eyes behold, in river-cliff; Mens' carcasses, even now, whole and incorrupt. 1976 M. Rader & B. Jessup Art & Human Values iii. 54 The phrase ‘psychical distance’ was employed..to denote ‘the marvelling unconcern of the mere spectator’ in the moment of aesthetic contemplation. Derivatives ˈmarvellingly adv. in a marvelling manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adverb] wonderfullya1500 wonderingly1556 amazedly1561 astonishedly1612 agape1667 fascinatedly1848 marvellingly1871 1871 G. Meredith in Cornhill Mag. Oct. 409 Julia told me of the things he did not do as marvellingly as of the things he had not done. 1998 Guardian (Nexis) 26 June 2 Alex..groped marvellingly between the different kinds of happiness, the chemicals and the sex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400adj.?a1425 |
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