单词 | outbreaking |
释义 | outbreakingn. An outburst or eruption; an emergence from latency; a lapse from moral conduct; an unruly or violent misdemeanour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of outbreakinga1387 breaking-out1552 outbreak1562 eruption1598 storm1602 out-breach1609 fulmination1623 outflying1641 outburst1657 float1763 overboiling1767 irruption1811 gush1821 outflash1831 outflush1834 shooting forth1837 outbursting1838 blow-off1842 outblaze1843 upburst1843 upthrow1855 upbreak1856 spurt1859 outlash1868 spitfire1886 Brock's benefit1948 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 187 Valentinianus Augustus..deide in a manere outbrekynge [L. eruptione] of his veynes. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 15 Whate fastidious outbrekyngis hadde temptid hym. 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. ζζ.vi/1 Exiture, outbreakynges, outgoynges. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 41 He..is (by the fresh out breaking of her beauty) captivated. 1721 E. Erskine Wks. (1871) I. 104 They are free of gross outbreakings, being no common drunkards, swearers or Sabbathbreakers. 1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1818) I. 43 He..was captious, and seem'd ready for an out-breaking. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. x. 170 This sudden outbreaking of temper, as quickly subsided in the still and sullen restraint they most affected in their moments of inaction. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xx. 135 The place of its first outbreaking..indicates that the contagion came from abroad. 1926 D. Corkery Hidden Ireland ix. 244 The heat of blood or the outbreaking of passion. 1982 Amer. Lit. 54 183 This passage, suggesting confinement and repression, symbolically portrays the outbreaking of repressed libidinal urges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outbreakingadj. Breaking or bursting out, erupting; departing or lapsing from moral or religious rectitude. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > erupting violently outbreaking1595 outbursting1832 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iii. vi. sig. N2 Then when out-breaking vengeance vncombines The ill-ioynd plots so fairely ouercast. 1601 S. Daniel Ciuill Warres (rev. ed.) vi. i. f. 83, in Wks. Vnnaturall Authoritie..durst not to proceed With an out-breaking course. 1785 T. Dwight Conquest of Canäan iii. 81 From parting clouds, the moon out-breaking shone, And sate, sole empress, on her silver throne. 1826 E. Irving Babylon II. vii. 176 Denoted by the outbreaking sore. 1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps i. i. 2 Human justice recoils from a severe treatment of the man who, though an outbreaking sinner, bears evidence of being sinned against as well as sinning. a1950 E. S. Millay Fatal Interview in Coll. Poems (1956) cii. xxxiii. l. 3 Even as I read, the silly tears out-breaking Splash on my hands. 1991 Amer. Naturalist 137 51 We also compared the effects of experimental defoliation with those of natural defoliation by outbreaking insects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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