单词 | peaking |
释义 | peakingn.1 The vertical raising by a whale of its flukes when diving. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxvi. 420 This peaking of the whale's flukes is perhaps the grandest sight to be seen in all animated nature. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). peakingn.2 The action of peak v.2; esp. the reaching of a peak. Also: an instance of this; a peak, esp. a peak in demand. ΚΠ 1932 Q. Rev. Biol. 7 452/2 This results in a ‘peaking’ of the intensity response curve at such frequencies. 1972 R. G. Kazmann Mod. Hydrol. (ed. 2) vi. 279 Peaking requirements can readily be met in rugged country. 2001 Ski Feb. 42/1 ‘Peaking’ is a concept used throughout Olympic sports, and, not surprisingly, four years is a typical peaking cycle. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). peakingadj. Now chiefly English regional and U.S. regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] privyc1230 thiefly1395 stalkinga1400 slyc1440 insidious1545 clanculary1563 hedge-creeping1579 thievish1587 sneaking1590 tiptoe1593 peaking1595 underworking1605 stealthya1616 subtlea1616 surreptitious?1615 clancular1621 stealthful?1624 insidiary1625 worming1631 subterranean1643 clancularious1656 hugger-mugger1692 slink1792 slinking1841 instealing1844 thief-like1847 furtive1859 1595 R. Wilson Pedlers Prophecie sig. B1v When the Rambe pusheth against the Serpent, Then perish all Pedlers and peaking Proctors. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 66 The peaking Curnuto her husband..dwelling in a continual larum of ielousie. View more context for this quotation 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. Dv I stole but a durty pudding..and the peaking chitface page hit me ith' teeth with it. 1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis 51 That peaking devill, jealousie. 1668 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Arlington in Wks. (1731) II. 169 I mean not Virtue, in a peaking, formal Presbyterian Sense. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger iii. 91 Not every sneaking Register and peaking Surrogate could send a Soul to Satan. 2. Sickly, feeble, thin; pining, wasting; = peaky adj.2 Now chiefly English regional and U.S. regional. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. records this sense as still in use in Connecticut in 1941. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased untrumc825 sickc888 unwholec888 slackc897 unstronga900 sicklea1000 sam-halea1023 worseOE attaint1303 languishinga1325 heallessc1374 sicklyc1374 sicklewa1387 bada1393 mishalea1400 languoring?c1425 distempered1440 unwell?c1450 detent?a1475 poora1475 languorousc1475 maladif1481 illa1500 maladiousc1500 wanthriven1508 attainted1509 unsound1513 acrazed1521 cracked1527 unsoundya1529 visited1537 infirmed1552 crazed1555 healthless1568 ill-liking1572 afflicted1574 crazy1576 unhealthful1580 sickish1581 valetudinary1581 not well1587 fainty1590 ill-disposed1596 unhealthsome1598 tainted1600 ill-affected1604 peaking1611 unhealthy1611 infirmited1616 disaffected1626 physical1633 illish1637 pimping1640 invalid1642 misaffected1645 valetudinarious1648 unhale1653 badly1654 unwholesome1655 valetudinous1655 morbulent1656 off the hooksa1658 mawkish1668 morbid1668 unthriven1680 unsane1690 ailing1716 not wellish1737 underlya1742 poorly1750 indifferent1753 comical1755 maladized1790 sober1808 sickened1815 broken-down1816 peaky1821 poorlyish1827 souffrante1827 run-down1831 sicklied1835 addle1844 shaky1844 mean1845 dauncy1846 stricken1846 peakyish1853 po'ly1860 pindling1861 rough1882 rocky1883 suffering1885 wabbit1895 icky-boo1920 like death warmed up1924 icky1938 ropy1945 crappy1956 hanging1971 sick as a parrot1982 shite1987 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > abjectly cowardly recrayedc1330 recreantc1330 craven?a1400 poor1425 currishc1460 fazart1508 soulless1568 dastardly1576 beastly1584 dastard1595 low-spirited1598 peaking1611 white meata1625 cur-like1627 snivelling1647 cravenly1653 base-mettled1681 niding1755 poltroonish1801 niddering1819 turn-tail1861 turpid1867 cold-footed1944 Charley1954 1611 [see peakingly adv. at Derivatives]. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Peeking fellow;..a thin weazel faced fellow. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Peaking, that is of a sickly Constitution. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 249 Poor Liddy is in a peaking way—I'm afraid this unfortunate girl is uneasy in her mind. 1823 Lady L. Stuart Lett. (1901) 325 She looks but peeking and has had a good deal of illness. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Peaking,..sickly; drooping: said of young poultry for the most part. ‘A wet May's bad for turkies; I've lost several, an' theer's more looks very peäkin.’ 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia 159 Peaking,..of a young chicken or pheasant that is not well and will not eat. 1902 H. G. Rowe Maid of Bar Harbor (1904) 5 Four strong, stout, healthy boys! And every one after the same pattern,—no pindlin', peakin', half-breeds, but Hadlocks to the backbone. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adverb] > out of sorts peakingly1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Ceincture They thinke their wiues liue peakingly at home, and pull strawes..or blow their fingers. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Peakingly, sicklily, wearily.] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] unhealc700 untrumnessc897 adleeOE sicknessc967 cothec1000 unhealthc1000 woe?a1200 ail?c1225 lying?c1225 maladyc1275 unsoundc1275 feebless1297 languora1375 languishc1384 disease1393 aegritudea1400 lamea1400 maleasea1400 soughta1400 wilc1400 malefaction?a1425 firmityc1426 unwholesomenessc1449 ill1450 languenta1500 distemperancea1535 the valley of the shadow of death1535 affect?1537 affection?1541 distemperature1541 inability1547 sickliness1565 languishment1576 cause1578 unhealthfulness1589 crazedness1593 languorment1593 evilness1599 strickenness1599 craziness1602 distemper1604 unsoundness1605 invaletude1623 unhealthiness1634 achaque1647 unwellness1653 disailment1657 insalubrity1668 faintiness1683 queerness1687 invalidity1690 illness1692 ill health1698 ailment1708 illing1719 invalescence1724 peakingness1727 sickishness1727 valetudinariness1742 ailingness1776 brash1786 invalidism1794 poorliness1814 diseasement1826 invalidship1830 valetudinarianism1839 ailing1862 invalidhood1863 megrims1870 pourriture1890 immersement1903 bug1918 condition1920 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Peakingness, Sickliness, Unthrivingness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11851n.21932adj.1595 |
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