单词 | riming |
释义 | rimingn.1 Irish English. Now rare. The action of rime v.4 ΚΠ 1873 E. O'Curry Lect. Anc. Irish I. 405 In the south of Ireland the riming operation was performed..by boiling the yarn..with Rumex acetosa. 1903 P. W. Joyce Social Hist. Anc. Ireland II. xxvi. 358 In later times this preliminary colouring was called in English riming, from ruaim. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rimingn.2 The action of rime v.3; the process of becoming covered with rime or hoar frost. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > freezing or frosty weather > frost > hoar frost > covering with (in scientific use) riming1948 1948 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 92 176/1 They were already working on riming and icing. 1969 Jrnl. Atmospheric Sci. 26 138/1 This apparent multiplication of ice crystals may be associated with the process of riming of the crystals. 1978 Nature 24 Aug. 791/1 (heading) A possible mechanism of ice splinter production during riming. 2004 Guardian 9 Dec. (Life section) 5/4 Ash particles will serve as cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei and..the larger particles will undergo a process called riming, in which they aggregate and become coated with ice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rimingadj. rare. That covers something with rime or hoar frost.figurative in quot. 1822. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > intensely cold, freezing, or frosty > frosty > characterized by or covered with hoar frost > covering with hoar frost riming1822 1822 J. Hogg To Sir W. Scott in Poet. Wks. IV. 137 Time has shed His riming honours o'er each brow. 1906 H. Ingleby Poems & Plays 511 See, his hair Is frosted, just as though the riming air Had gently touched it. 1991 Boston Globe (Nexis) 13 Oct. a25 Their sleeping forms were shrouded in the riming mists at the bend in the brook. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11873n.21948adj.1822 |
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