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单词 peaking
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peakingn.1

Brit. /ˈpiːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpikɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peak v.3, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < peak v.3 + -ing suffix1.
The vertical raising by a whale of its flukes when diving.
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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

Brit. /ˈpiːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpikɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peak v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < peak v.2 + -ing suffix1.
The action of peak v.2; esp. the reaching of a peak. Also: an instance of this; a peak, esp. a peak in demand.
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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.

Brit. /ˈpiːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpikɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s– peaking, 1600s–1800s peeking; English regional 1800s– peakin, 1800s– peakin'.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peak v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < peak v.1 + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier peakish adj.1
Now chiefly English regional and U.S. regional.
1. Sneaking, skulking; mean-spirited. Obsolete.Sometimes apparently with connotation of ‘prying’: such examples may be better considered as belonging to peeking adj.1
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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.
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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.

Derivatives

peakingly adv. Obsolete rare
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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.]
peakingness n. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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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).
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