单词 | oncoming |
释义 | oncomingn. 1. The approach, onset, or arrival (of something). rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] comeOE comingc1300 upcomingc1330 visitinga1382 approachingc1386 approachment1544 approachc1555 access1577 avenue1639 accession1642 adition1727 oncoming1861 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Kings v. 3 For þe batailes oncoomynge by enuyroun. 1838 E. S. Wortley Queen Berengaria's Courtesy III. 146 Lovely Clouds, I call ye regal things In your oncomings and evanishings. 1857 ‘G. Eliot’ Ess. 42 Describing the on-coming of the dissolution of all things. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xii. 220 Since the on-coming of twilight. 1887 Academy 26 Mar. 220/2 Causally concerned in the oncoming of paralysis. 1955 E. S. Duckett St. Dunstan of Canterbury i. 23 The oncoming of judgment from the Lord. 1983 Daily Tel. 9 Dec. 13/1 There is indeed from time to time—befitting the oncoming of 1984—the faintest touch of Newspeak. 1997 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 31 Oct. c4 Another issue, with the oncomings of many foreigners to our country, young and old alike. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] fiend-reseOE frumresec1275 assault1297 sault1297 inracea1300 sailing13.. venuea1330 checkc1330 braid1340 affrayc1380 outrunningc1384 resinga1387 wara1387 riota1393 assailc1400 assayc1400 onset1423 rake?a1425 pursuitc1425 assemblinga1450 brunta1450 oncominga1450 assembly1487 envaya1500 oncomea1500 shovea1500 front1523 scry1523 attemptate1524 assaulting1548 push1565 brash1573 attempt1584 affront?1587 pulse1587 affret1590 saliaunce1590 invasion1591 assailment1592 insultation1596 aggressa1611 onslaught1613 source1616 confronta1626 impulsion1631 tentative1632 essaya1641 infall1645 attack1655 stroke1698 insult1710 coup de main1759 onfall1837 hurrah1841 beat-up of quarters1870 offensive1887 strafe1915 grand slam1916 hop-over1918 run1941 strike1942 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 87 (MED) He þat is ofsette wiþ sodeyn oncomynge [v.rr. ouercomynge; commyng; L. superventum] of enemyes, or bifore his oost or behinde, he may be no wey excuse his folye. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 51 (MED) Antiquitee prouided eek that roore Arise not in thoost..As when the folk that cariage bringe Ar hurt, or are aferd of on comynge. c1600 W. Fowler tr. N. Machiavelli Prince in Wks. (1936) II. 103 The survenew and oncumming of the Suisser armye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). oncomingadj. 1. a. Coming on; advancing; approaching from in front. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adjective] > moving towards approachinga1525 verging1741 oncoming1844 downcoming1851 1844 Ld. Houghton Jesus & John in Mem. Many Scenes 120 A dark, dark shadow of oncoming woe. 1884 Mrs. Lorimer Sketch in Black & White 75 Unmistakable signs of an on-coming storm. 1949 L. M. Milne-Thomson Theoret. Hydrodynamics (ed. 2) xx. 577 If the shock front is sufficiently oblique to the oncoming air, the conditions behind may still be supersonic. 1987 J. Briggs Woman of Passion xiii. 357 The journey into oncoming darkness..seemed to anticipate her own future. 1994 H. Dunmore Recovering Body 44 The oncoming rain put an edge on the mountains. b. spec. of traffic, a motor vehicle, etc.: facing, travelling towards, or in the opposite direction to another road-user. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adjective] > specifically of traffic, a motor vehicle, etc. oncoming1927 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 34 A further safety first proposal..is to eliminate the blind corners, i.e. corners where oncoming traffic cannot be seen. 1963 ‘J. le Carré’ Spy who came in from Cold xxiv. 208 He had his headlights on full..and didn't bother to dip for oncoming traffic on the other lane. 1987 J. Uglow George Eliot vi. 107 The young girl..about to be rudely awoken by the crash of the oncoming barge. 2. Ready to be sociable; friendly, welcoming, forthcoming, sympathetic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > sociable companablea1387 familiarc1425 fellowlyc1425 companiable1440 fellowable1440 fellowlikec1454 accompanable1548 sociable1573 companionable1593 associable1611 conversablea1684 social1698 easy1714 gregarious1789 aggregative1837 company keeping1839 folksy1852 oncoming1925 mixy1942 outgoing1950 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 183 He doesna seem to be very oncomin', for he's never been in the house yet. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. iv. 248 If I were a more oncoming sort of fellow I should offer you a penny, and so on. 1953 M. Hopkirk Queen over Water x. 222 At Cambridge..he was welcomed effusively, but other places were less oncoming. 1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin v. 133 I'm not all that oncoming, even here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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