单词 | banding |
释义 | bandingn.1 1. Combining, joining in parties or factions; leaguing, confederation. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > action of fasteningOE confederationc1425 confedering1530 banding1593 bandying1599 coalescence1609 associating1644 concorporating1648 federation1652 confederating1687 fraternizing1793 colleaguing1817 leaguing1841 ganging1891 gang-up1936 gang-banging1966 1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 9 Great banding then, began in Borough towne. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. lii. 80 Ther being divers bandings, and factions at Court. 1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. VI. 358 As little do I relish any bandings or associations for procuring it. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cvii. 20 The banding of man with man keeps down felonious action. 2. Formation of, or marking with, bands or stripes. banding-plane n. a plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > broad stripe or band > marking with banding1739 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 41 Each of the Piers of the intended Bridge will be built..with the same Bandings, the same Cementing and Crampings, as if built upon dry Ground. 1859 in J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 651 Its banding the stream with colder and warmer waters. 3. = band n.2 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > straps or bands that confine clothing band1552 soul and body lashing1883 banding1892 1892 Daily News 2 July 6/7 White sailor hat, with blue ribbon banding. Draft additions 1997 4. The practice of dividing school pupils into broad categories according to ability, for teaching purposes. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > grouping of pupils by ability ability grouping1917 streaming1954 unstreaming1964 tracking1967 banding1969 1969 Times 10 Dec. 2/4 The council's controversial plan..to start a system of ‘banding’ by academic ability to ensure that pupils from immigrant backgrounds are evenly distributed throughout the twelve schools. 1970 Benn & Simon Half Way There ix. 148 ‘Banding’..can be regarded as a coarse, or modified form of streaming... Instead of dividing, let us say, a 12-form entry intake..into 12 streamed classes..the intake is divided into 2, or..3..broad bands of pupils..based on ‘ability’. 1974 Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Apr. 4/5 Suggested options include retaining the present system of testing the children and placing them in three ability bands..,removing the testing and banding but leaving the rest of the system alone, or drawing a catchment area round each secondary school. 1976 Economist 7 Feb. 14/1 The bill would..outlaw banding—the device used by some local education authorities..to try to provide schools with a fair share of bright children. 1991 Guardian 26 Feb. (EG Suppl.) 22/4 Throughout its development, advocates of the new curriculum had argued that it would do away with the divisive banding which took place at the end of Year 9..as 14-year-olds were assigned to academic or vocational tracks. Draft additions 1997 5. Finance. The division of a continuous scale of earnings, assets, etc., into bands each of which correspond to particular financial conditions, esp. rates of interest or taxation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares middle1928 price–earnings ratio1929 curb-price1930 striking price1961 banding1982 multiple1983 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > banding banding1982 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > banding of earnings corresponding to rates banding1982 1982 Financial Times 30 Jan. 4/8 Its service charge is a straight 6 per cent with no banding, giving a true interest rate of 13.7 per cent. 1985 Financial Times 15 Apr. 15/1 With the forthcoming earnings related ‘banding’ of contributions we appear to have invented an anomaly. 1990 Economist 31 Mar. 27/2 This limited banding, which would need legislation, would be intended to respond to complaints about the unfairness of the lump-sum tax. 1991 Ridge & Smith Local Taxation 42 The perennial problem with any system of banding is that if there are only a few bands then the payment will vary substantially between bands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2019). † bandingn.2 Obsolete. = bandying n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun] > from mouth to mouth banding1589 bandying1599 jactitation1761 give and take1837 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball bata1400 back-swing1577 banding1589 stroke1662 stop1773 swipe1788 hit1810 straik1820 screwing1825 return1833 volleying1837 return stroke1838 volley1851 swiper1853 shot1868 handling1870 screw kick1870 mishit1882 smash1882 misfield1886 fumble1895 run-up1897 mishitting1900 balloon1904 carryback1905 placement1909 tonk1922 trick shot1924 retrieve1952 sizzler1960 undercut1960 shotmaking1969 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. E2 There was banding of such lookes. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 851/1 Fortune..made him a Ball for her banding. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 17 The..bandings of opinions we had lately at Gresham Colledge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). bandingadj. Confederate, leaguing. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [adjective] > associating for common purpose banding1602 coalescing1668 federating1694 confederating1762 combining1885 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 62 This banding impudencie of the Jesuits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasbanding c. To furnish (a bird) with an identifying band. So banded adj., banding n. and adj. (See also bird banding n. at bird n. Compounds 2a) originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > marking or ringing bird marking1892 bird banding1910 bird ringing1910 ringing1910 banding1914 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [adjective] > ringing or ringed ringed1899 banded1914 banding1914 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [verb (transitive)] > ring band1914 1914 Literary Digest 17 Jan. 102/2 Last year over 150 young American and snowy egrets were banded. 1930 E. W. Hendy Wild Exmoor xviii. 275 The promiscuous habits of house wrens banded (i.e. ringed) in Ohio. 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iii. 47 The practice of banding birds—attaching a light numbered and dated ring of metal to their legs, either when still in the nest, or after being caught in a special and harmless trap and subsequently set free again. 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iii. 47 This banding method has..been used to shed light upon other sides of bird-life. 1934 Discovery Apr. 111/1 It was natural that those species to be banded..should be the common frequenters of our gardens. 1934 Discovery Apr. 112/2 The banding records indicate that..those that migrate through and winter in the east would be very slow to re-populate the devastated areas in the west. < n.11593n.21589adj.1602 as lemmas |
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