单词 | snowing |
释义 | snowingn. The fact of snow falling; the result of this. Also with in, and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow snowingc1330 snewingc1400 falling1563 fall1749 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1355 A brid briȝt þai ches As blod opon snoweing. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 513 Because by the frequent Snowing, the tracks are continualy fill'd up. 1801 Moore Bk. Follies 21 White as the snowings of that Heaven By which those hours of peace were given. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. i. 167 It is a sheer snowing of pamphlets; like to snow up the Government thoroughfares. 1885 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 170 Soon the snowfalls become more heavy, and the ‘snowing-in’ begins. 1885 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 170 The ‘snowing-in’ period is often supposed to be an extremely objectionable and almost intolerable time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1330 |
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