单词 | neighing |
释义 | neighingn. The action, by a horse, of uttering its characteristic sound; an instance of this. Also (in extended use): the action (by another animal, a person, etc.) of producing a cry or sound reminiscent of a horse's neigh; (in early use) spec. †expression of lust; sexual grunting (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [noun] > neigh or whinny > neighing neighingeOE hinnyingc1400 nickering1852 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 63/2 Hinnitus, hnaeggiung. OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 4 Hryðera gehlow and horsa hnægung. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 8768 (MED) Þe stedes maden gret naying. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xiii. 27 I nakenede þyn hipis aȝen þy face, &..þi neynge. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 2091 (MED) Þere was gret nayȝeing of stede. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. viii. 16 Al the lond is moued of the vois of neiyngis of hise werriours. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cv. 161 Ther was so grete noyse..& so terryble neyhyng of horses. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. viii. 16 The whole londe shall be afrayed at the neyenge of his strong horses. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxviiv What for neighyng of horsses, and talkyng of menne, none..could that night, take any rest or quietnes. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 33 The neying of an horse caused Darius..to be made King. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 100 And with shrill Neighings fill'd the Neigb'ring Plain. View more context for this quotation 1736 T. Sheridan in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 165 The noise of guns, the neighing of the horses. 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. ii. §27 82 The choice of a King was once determined, we are told, by the neighing of a horse. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 194 These birds..go in flocks,..their cry..resembles the neighing of the guanaco. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 25 Next I became preoccupied about my horse. It might break loose, or fall to neighing, and so betray my camp. 1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine x. 141 The neighing of Roxy had attracted the attention of a white squatter. 1992 P. C. Doherty Prince of Darkness vii. 105 He was listening to..the shouted orders of his serjeants and the neighing and whinnying of the proud-blooded warhorses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). neighingadj. Of a horse: that neighs. Frequently in extended use: having a cry (producing a noise, etc.) reminiscent of a horse's neigh. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [adjective] > that neighs neighinga1382 hinnible1656 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. viii. 16 Fro the vois of his neyyng [c1384 Douce 369(2) neiȝende; a1425 Corpus Oxf. neiȝynge] fiȝteres, to-stirid is al þe lond. 1569 W. Samuel Abridgem. Olde Test.: Jer. v. sig. T.iijv Bothe swearing false, and whorishe life as neyghing horse they led. 1595 R. Parry Moderatus xiii. sig. R These two champions turned about their neighing horses. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. iii, in Wks. I. 572 What a neighing hobby-horse is this! View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 434 The sprightly Trumpet, from afar..Had rouz'd the neighing Steeds to scour the Fields. 1731 C. Johnson Trag. Medea I. i. 3 The neighing Prancer's paw'd; They rais'd their Crests. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 187 Immediately a Number of neighing Steeds, richly caparison'd, were led by Lackeys into the Lists. 1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st xvi. 363 The flower of the Cossack army, in most sumptuous dresses, curbing their foaming and neighing steeds. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 195 The peculiar shrill neighing note of alarm. 1890 Cent. Mag. May 110/1 The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, the din and shout are past. 1972 H. Heinzel et al. Birds Brit. & Europe (BNC) 70 Sea Eagle... Various barking, neighing, and gull-like calls. 1993 U. Chatterjee Last Burden (1994) vi. 236 A pleasurable hubbub;..cattle, pedlars of philtres, neighing hawkers of export-reject clothes, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOEadj.a1382 |
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