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单词 shattering
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shatteringn.

/ˈʃatərɪŋ/
Etymology: -ing suffix1.
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.

Etymology: -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshattering.
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).
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