| 单词 | bearing down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbearing down bearing down n. the action of to bear down at bear v.1 Phrasal verbs 1 (in various senses); an act or instance of this.Frequently with reference to abdominal contraction: see to bear down 2b at bear v.1 Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 359 (MED) Þe berynge doun of Diomede, þe kyng of Thracia. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xii. sig. P.v Than shal they..beare vp theyr seruantes & such as depend vpon them, wt bearing downe of other innocent folke. 1685 E. Browne Brief Acct. Trav. Europe (ed. 2) 36 There is an handsome Stone Bridge..contrived..to afford some passage unto the water, when it is high; and hinder the bearing down of the Bridge. 1784 Med. Communications 2 7 Such a bearing down, as made her fearful of a miscarriage. 1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) xxii. 415 An inversion of the vagina is attended with a sense of bearing down. 1897 D. C. Murray Little World vi. 74 He had grown accustomed to the bearing down of opposition by a bullying obstinacy. 2010 S. Yates Pregnancy & Childbirth (e-book ed.) This ‘unproductive pushing’ can be a bearing down using the upper body. < as lemmas |
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