单词 | rumblement |
释义 | rumblementn. Now rare. The action of rumbling; a rumbling noise.In later use only with reference to quot. 1671. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble humblingc1384 bubblinga1398 hurlinga1398 grolling1398 rumblec1405 rumblingc1405 rolling1535 blumbering1556 roll1602 rumblement1604 grumblinga1616 lumbering1621 volutation1640 lumber1752 growlery1830 growl1833 growling1834 grumble1899 strumble1938 1604 T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Third Dayes Creation 14 Northerne winds, which being pent Within her bowels, cause mad rumblement. 1647 J. Birkenhead Fovr-legg'd Elder (single sheet) Her Master heard a Rumblement. 1671 H. More Let. 21 Aug. in S. Hutton Henry More Tercentenary Stud. (1990) 26 It is next doore to say..the mere rumblement of ye matter with this motion will generate all ye corporeall Phaenomena in ye world. 1844 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 282 I slept much better..in spite of..a considerable rumblement of carts. 1872 E. Tuckett Children's Journey 260 The green water far below goes with such a plash and swirl and a rumblement, that it would turn your head if you had only twenty-four hours of it. 1990 A. Gabbey in S. Hutton Henry More Tercentenary Stud. 28 Before 1668 More could not have countenanced any mechanical explanations characterized by an appeal to Hobbesian ‘rumblements’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604 |
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