单词 | overhauling |
释义 | overhaulingn. The action of overhaul v.; a process of overhaul. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > with a view to repairs, etc. going-over1672 working over1695 overhale1748 overhauling1769 overhaul1826 rehaul1895 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > examining with view to repairs overhauling1769 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > of documents search1432 overhauling1809 vidimus1850 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Over-hauling. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xv. 211 The most aggravating circumstance..was the overhauling of his accounts. 1826 J. Kerr Rip Van Winkle II. ii. 54 A bear's hug, I'll be darned, if like the squeeze he gave my hand. The spark hasn't been to sea for nothing,—these tars have a tarnation overhauling way with them. 1893 Chicago Advance 21 Dec. The wholesale overhauling and threatened turning upside down of existing tariff conditions. 1955 F. G. Ashbrook Butchering xii. 201 This overhauling re-mixes the brine and insures its contact with all surfaces of each piece of meat. 1988 J. Head in R. Dale Frameworks for Teaching (BNC) (1988) 226 Literature, usually part of English in the grammar schools, has received the most severe overhauling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769 |
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