单词 | rushingness |
释义 | rushingnessn. rare. The quality of rushing; the fact of making a rushing sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound rushinga1398 rusha1500 whither?a1505 whithering1787 rushingness1833 whoop1840 whoo1842 whooping1884 whooing1890 whoof1898 1833 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 436 Aloft, with its peculiar rushingness of wing, you heard the flight of the scarce-seen ring-dove. 1869 Times 7 Dec. 8/3 The great feature of this series of entertainments has been its rushingness, so to speak. 1966 R. C. Bak in H. Ruitenbeek Psychoanal. & Male Sexuality xiii. 231 This great creature was immediately followed by another and another and another—a whole rushingness of them into my view. 1982 G. Selden Irma & Jerry i. 9 It was during this first, nervous walk with Irma..that I came to realize how fine and distinguished, despite its noise and rushingness, this city really is. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833 |
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