单词 | smothering |
释义 | smotheringn. a. The action of the verb, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] coverture1393 laina1400 coveringc1400 palliation?c1425 lainingc1440 lonea1450 hudder-mudder1461 hugger-mugger1529 concealment1565 celation1567 hugger1576 burial1596 smothering1602 suppression1651 disguisal1652 hugger-mug1654 latitancy1701 cover-up1927 wraps1939 the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking > of animals overlayingc1384 smother1930 smothering1950 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by eating habits turnip-sheep1844 trek sheep1912 smothering1950 heft1960 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 83 If any Judge..shall partially demeane himself in the smothering of that fault. 1624 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 241 All vain boasting of the gifts of God..is a kind of smothering of the receipt. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 382 Any attempt to shut this out..is but a smothering of the inquiry. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 5/2 It is undesirable to have yards on a very steep slope, as the danger of smothering, particularly with lambs in a large yard, is greatly increased. 1956 G. Bowen Wool Away! (ed. 2) iv. 47 The ‘sheepo’ must keep an eye on them for smothering, the first sign of which is sheep jumping up in the pen. b. attributive, as smothering-hole, smothering-pan, smothering-process. ΚΠ 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woordem-boeck Een demp-kuyl, a smothering-hole. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woordem-boeck Een Smoor-panne, a Smoothering-pan. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 376 The smothering process..cannot be so perfectly accomplished. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). smotheringadj. That smothers, in various senses. 1. a. Of smoke, etc.: Stifling, suffocating. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > smothering or smothered smotheringa1200 smothery1603 smoring1642 asphyxiant1854 asphyxiating1859 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to smoke > dense or suffocating smotheringa1200 foggy1584 smouldery1590 smothery1603 smoring1642 a1200 St. Marher. 9 In his ihurnd heauet..þreaste smeorðrinde smoke ut, smeeche forcuðest. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 54 Ther rose smotheryng smoke, and brese therinne. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 54 The smorthering smoke is ȝour dymme doctrine. c1475 Partenay 3303 The smoky fume smorthering so was, The Abbay it toke. 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 94 v A second hell For smothryng smoke, for shot and fiery flame. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 340 The whirling ship is..all in clouds of smoth'ring sulphur lost. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous x, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 235 Free from the smothering atmosphere which had before oppressed her like that of a charnel-house. 1863 Princess Alice Mem. (1884) 57 We went..to see the different machines at work, in a crowd close round us and a smothering heat. b. Smouldering; burning slowly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > burning without flame smothering1563 punky1803 smouldering1832 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1048/1 Greene woode, and other smotheryng rather then burnyng fewel. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis viii. 167 Who stird abroad the glowing coles, that lay In smothering ashes. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. xiv. 118 What fenny trash maintaines the smooth'ring fires Of his desires! 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace x. 229 Let not your troubles lye like a secret smothering fire, always in your own breasts. 2. Covering (or suppressing) completely and overwhelmingly. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > overwhelmingly whelmingc1440 smothering1590 obrute1628 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. C3 The spring is hindred by your smoothering host. a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 257 The innocent bloud spilt in that smotheringe tyme of tiranie. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 370 If ground can be covered with such smothering crops of the fallow kind. 1851 R. C. Trench Poems (1862) 19 As from beneath the smothering earth The seed strives upward to a birth. 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 113 Fire..covered with green leaves; unable to escape from its smothering burden. 3. Characterized by suffocation from smoke, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > choking or asphyxiation forstived13.. choked1499 stiflinga1560 smouldery1590 stiving1598 suffocative1605 suffocatinga1616 strangulating1822 gulpy1860 smothering1864 gulping1865 1864 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. The Tennessee..surrendered,..[with] her crew in an exhausted and smothering condition. Derivatives ˈsmotheringly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adverb] > so as to cover > so as to cover completely > overwhelmingly smotheringly1778 1778 Exmoor Gloss. Smuggle, to hug violently, smotheringly. 1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 71 Two little arms tight round her neck, smotheringly expressing a wealth of love. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1602adj.a1200 |
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