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单词 regaining
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regainingn.

Brit. /rᵻˈɡeɪnɪŋ/, /ˌriːˈɡeɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈɡeɪnɪŋ/, /rəˈɡeɪnɪŋ/
Forms: see regain v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: regain v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < regain v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of regain v. (in various senses).
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1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxiiij I thought here to omit and ouerpasse, the regainyng and conquest of the strong toune of Harflew.
1597 C. Middleton Famous Hist. Chinon xiii. sig. M4 Terpander,..perceauing the scroule about his necke for the regaining of his harts desire, strikes his poore father with such a blow, [etc.].
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania i. 56 It hinders my going on, in the regaining of Albania.
1682 J. Bunyan (title) The Holy War..for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World.
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iv. 199 The Jewes..were as well worth the Regaining, as his Predecessor thought them worth the Keeping.
1779 Scots Mag. 41 App. 694/1 He always considered the great object of the war to be the regaining of the people.
1859 W. G. Simms Cassique of Kiawah xliv. 461 For a moment the ruffian lay quiet, but it was only for..the regaining of his strength.
1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. I. 80/2 In her case a recurrence of mania was associated with a regaining of her locomotive power.
1913 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 28 119 From the fifth line of Paradise Lost to the end, the regaining of paradise is ever the end in view.
1980 N. Keddie Iran ii. viii. 216 Foreigners' power was reduced through..the regaining of tariff autonomy, and the beginning of protective tariffs.
2007 V. A. Milsom et al. in J. D. Latner & G. T. Wilson Self-help Approaches for Obesity x. 207 These [physiological] changes make the dieter vulnerable to a regaining of lost weight.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

regainingadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈɡeɪnɪŋ/, /riːˈɡeɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌriˈɡeɪnɪŋ/, /ˌrəˈɡeɪnɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: regain v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < regain v. + -ing suffix2.
That regains or retrieves.rare before 19th cent.
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1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) iii. ii. ii. iv. 495 With a regaining retrait, a gentle reluctancy.
1893 Belford's Monthly Feb. 484 The swollen eyes started by the uncertain light of a regaining consciousness.
1905 Internat. Q. Jan. 222 As yet France has no stomach to strike a regaining blow.
1921 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 40 961 The higher the specific speed of the runner,..the more important it is to adopt a regaining device which will return the maximum amount of energy..for effective development of power.
2008 N. Friedman Naval Firepower vi. 138/1 Shifting to rapid broadsides as soon as a salvo straddled would almost inevitably lose the target, and a regaining ladder would have been needed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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