单词 | sneaping |
释义 | sneapingadj. Of the wind, etc.: Checking growth; nipping, biting. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > sharp or bitter fellc1330 snithinga1350 sharpc1435 hoar?a1500 sneaping1598 shrewd1603 bittera1616 snithe1671 cutting1798 stingy1823 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > very intensely cold > nipping or piercing snippinga1400 piercingc1425 sharpc1435 nipping1563 sneaping1598 eager1603 bittera1616 huncha1825 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 100 Like an enuious sneaping Frost, That bites the first borne infants of the Spring. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 13 No sneaping Winds at home. View more context for this quotation 1882 L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell 45 His activities were apt..to take odd shapes, as in a healthy plant under a sneaping wind. 1900 Contemp. Rev. July 119 Sheltered..from the sneaping winds of ill-usage or mischance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1598 |
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