单词 | perturbing |
释义 | † perturbingn. Obsolete (poetic in later use). In early use: the action of perturb v.; disturbance, troubling; harassment, annoyance. In later use: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] winOE disturbance1297 perturbingc1395 motiona1398 stirrage1513 turmoil1526 disquietness1535 buskling1546 jumbling1562 agitation1569 working1575 tumult1580 commotion1592 emotion1594 turbulence1598 bransle1603 pother1603 tumultuousnessa1617 unevennessa1637 unquietudea1639 disquietal1642 tumbling1660 disquietude1709 rouse1764 maelstrom1834 peacelessness1852 stir-up1900 c1395 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 2254 Whan that the weder is fair With outen wynd or parturbynge [v.rr. pertourbyng, perturbynge, pertubeinge] of air. c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 72 (MED) Þe grete causes he went a-boute, he sped hem wythouten ony vexacion or perturbyng of soule. 1469 in E. W. W. Veale Great Red Bk. Bristol: Text Pt. II (1938) 133 (MED) The same to Conveye out of this oure Royalme..straungers that them schal please frely without lettyng, empeching, perturbing, arrestyng, or other wyse greving by us. a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus iv, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 75 What fond perturbings tender breasts appall As Time turns round Earths huge, terraqueous Ball! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). perturbingadj. That perturbs (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] > causing unrestfulc1384 uneasy1483 uneaseful1515 unquiet1534 turmoiling?1550 perturbing1559 disquieting1576 disturbing1594 uncomfortable1599 tumultuous1604 disturbanta1617 disquietous1619 perturbatious1630 ugly1645 discomposing1663 unsettling1665 disquietfula1677 disordering1744 disconcerting?1749 pothering1817 disturbative1842 unsteadying1865 upsetting1872 shattering1924 off-putting1935 neuralgic1977 the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [adjective] > deviation > causing perturbative1490 perturbing1559 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo 135 in Wks. (1931) I. 60 The bad espect of Saturne wes appesit..Perturband spretis causyng to hauld coye. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 46 Distracted Nature, calls for distracting Remedies; perturbing policies for disturbing cures. 1670 W. Annand Pater Noster v. vii. 409 For..without the thorn of temptation, there were no excitement to vertue; and without perturbing cares, no faith. 1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 511 The perturbing force of the Sun on the same particle. 1796 Monthly Mag. 2 464 A mean to conjure away this perturbing spirit. 1867 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 2) ii. v. §99. 288 The effect of the perturbing influence goes on accumulating in the ratio of the squares of the times during which its action continues uniform. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. vi. xlvii. 326 Securing her fervid joy from any perturbing impression. 1927 Travel Nov. 44/1 Scores of indignant, enthusiastic and otherwise perturbing letters from the ladies of the land. 1991 J. S. Burrow Theories of Everything 42 He seems to recognize the inevitability of perturbing influences in reality, although not their unstable character. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1395adj.1559 |
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