单词 | shattering |
释义 | shatteringn. The action of shatter v.; an instance of this. Also concrete, a shattered piece or fragment. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment shreddingc950 brucheOE shredc1000 brokec1160 truncheonc1330 scartha1340 screedc1350 bruisinga1382 morsel1381 shedc1400 stumpc1400 rag?a1425 brokalyc1440 brokeling1490 mammocka1529 brokelette1538 sheavec1558 shard1561 fragment1583 segment1586 brack1587 parcel1596 flaw1607 fraction1609 fracture1641 pash1651 frustillation1653 hoof1655 arrachement1656 jaga1658 shattering1658 discerption1685 scar1698 twitter1715 frust1765 smithereens1841 chitling1843 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering shiveringc1400 truncheoning1477 upbreaking1493 confraction?1541 refraction1578 splinting1598 diffraction1654 hatchet work1697 shattering1748 exploding1791 smash1808 explosion1811 splintering1815 blasting1824 shatterment1841 scatteration1880 smashing1886 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > action of scattering or becoming scattered scattering1382 dispersionc1450 upsparplinga1560 dispersing1604 distraction1618 scatteration1776 dispersal1821 deconcentration1889 shattering1960 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxviii. 191 The bone was not black, all kept together, no shatterings nor splinters in it. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. x. 100 The violence of the storms, the shattering of our sails and rigging. 1863 Reader 31 Oct. 512 Mr. Coxwell's balloon was made by himself.., and he has repaired all the shatterings it has received in the cause of science. 1886 Athenæum 6 Feb. 197/1 The sudden shattering of his belief in a miraculous apparition. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 77/1 Some plants produced seed heads which were less susceptible to shattering than others. 1974 E. C. Stacey Peace Country Heritage ii. 112 The report said that he lost considerable of the crop from shattering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2020). shatteringadj. That shatters. 1. That is broken up suddenly or forcibly; falling in pieces or asunder. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > shattered or smashed forfrushedc1330 forbrittened?a1400 shivereda1542 shattering1567 dishivered1624 shattered1667 splintered1719 smashed-upa1822 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. Concl. f. 427 The foundation..planted in shattring soile. 1578 T. Proctor Sonn. against Detraction in Gorgious Gallery iv. D iv In weltring waues my ship is tost, My shattering sayles away bee shorne. 2. a. Ruinously destructive; that breaks or destroys by a sudden blow or concussion. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces shiveringa1400 shattering1577 splintery1808 splintering1828 bursting1868 brisant1905 smithereening1959 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 27 I shield from shatteryng showers the house. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. ix. 264 Till one, or both, Dashed down the shattering precipice, should feed The mountain eagle! 1847 T. De Quincey Joan of Arc in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 537/2 Her answer to this..was as shattering as it was rapid. 1903 J. Morley Life Gladstone II. vi. v. 343 Mr. Gladstone's description of a marvellous and shattering hour. b. Of sound: rending the air, ear-splitting. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > deafening deafeninga1616 deafinga1625 obtunding1645 stunning1667 ear-splitting1761 splitting1821 head-splitting1824 shattering1842 ear-sore1859 1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Galahad i, in Poems (new ed.) II. 174 The shattering trumpet shrilleth high. c. In trivial use, astounding, upsetting; tiresome. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] > causing unrestfulc1384 uneasy1483 uneaseful1515 unquiet1534 turmoiling?1550 perturbing1559 disquieting1576 disturbing1594 uncomfortable1599 tumultuous1604 disturbanta1617 disquietous1619 perturbatious1630 ugly1645 discomposing1663 unsettling1665 disquietfula1677 disordering1744 disconcerting?1749 pothering1817 disturbative1842 unsteadying1865 upsetting1872 shattering1924 off-putting1935 neuralgic1977 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > causing unpleasant surprise shocking1703 shattering1948 sprung1966 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror v. 97 Any ordinary disaster she might have coped with, but this was too shattering. 1948 R. Lehmann Note in Music (ed. 2) 114 We don't converse much. But now and then she lets fall a shattering remark. 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water ii. 42 I had to pull down an absolutely shattering piece of Victorian lavatorial Gothic. 1967 Listener 16 Nov. 637/3 The hundreds of quotations..about..murders, the savage punishments, and slave life in the New World, are shattering. Derivatives ˈshatteringly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb] ruinouslyc1450 perniciously1533 consuminglya1542 wastefully?1567 locust-like1596 fatallya1616 extinctively1633 destructively1661 shatteringly1818 destroyingly1820 corrosively1831 1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris xi. 49 True he..But raised the hopes of men—as eaglets fly With tortoises aloft into the sky—To dash them down again more shatteringly! 1911 G. K. Chesterton Ballad White Horse v. 112 On the helm of a high chief Fell shatteringly his brand. 1939 H. J. Massingham Countryman's Jrnl. xxx. 132 The argument applies far more shatteringly to the Purbeck limestone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1658adj.1567 |
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