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单词 backening
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backeningn.

/ˈbak(ə)nɪŋ/
Etymology: < backen v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of moving or drawing back.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun]
retreat1594
reciprocation1603
retrocession1642
retrogradation1644
disadvancing1659
retrocedence1703
retrogression1704
backening1748
backwarding1765
throwback1851
1748 Thompson Cast. Indol. ii. xlii With back'ning shunn'd his touch, for well he knew its power.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

backeningadj.

Etymology: Formed as backening n. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbackening.
Keeping back, retarding (vegetables, crops, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > unfavourable > keeping back crops, etc.
backening1781
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adjective] > stunted
backening1781
1781 Barker in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 353 The first three weeks of April were cold, backening, and often frosty.
1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 175 A very backening season.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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