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单词 basking
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baskingn.1

/ˈbɑːskɪŋ//ˈbaskɪŋ/
Etymology: < bask v.
The action of exposing oneself to genial warmth. Also attributive, as in basking-hole.
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the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter
houseOE
denOE
holdc1275
lying-placea1382
coucha1398
homea1398
logis1477
starting-hole1530
cabbage1567
lodge1567
lair1575
lay1590
squat1590
hover1602
denning1622
start-holea1641
bed1694
niche1725
shed1821
lying1834
basking-hole1856
lie1869
homesite1882
holt1890
lying-ground1895
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xiii. 134 Until the seals begin to form their basking-holes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

baskingn.2

Etymology: < baske v. + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
Beating, flagellation; also figurative.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating
swingingc1200
beating?c1225
chastising1303
correctionc1386
lashingc1400
scouring1426
Moses' law1482
jerking1552
whipping1566
yarking1573
feaking1600
correct1606
tawing1620
lacing1622
castigation1640
basking1642
verberation1661
strappado1668
the lash1694
flogging1758
whopping1812
quilting1822
blistering1842
whaling1852
nailing1895
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 137 Full of tedious accusations, and baskings of herselfe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

baskingadj.

Etymology: < bask v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbasking.
1. That basks or suns himself.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > exposing oneself to genial warmth
basking1742
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > oneself to genial warmth
basking1742
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 6 Take Phœbus to yourselves, ye basking Bards!
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 303 The basking pike's abode.
2. basking-shark n. the largest species of shark ( Selachus maximus), called also Sun-fish and Sail-fish, found in the Northern Seas: see quot. 1803.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Cetorhinidae (basking shark)
fish-mariner1605
sail-fish1605
pricker1701
sunfish1734
basking-shark1769
bone shark1802
hoe-mother1805
1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 78 The Basking Shark..has been long known to the inhabitants of the south and west of Ireland.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 186 The Basking Shark..has derived its name from its propensity to lie on the surface of the water, as if to bask itself in the sun.
1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 149 The huge basking-shark of six-and-thirty feet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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