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单词 sparring
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sparringn.1

Etymology: < spar v.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsparring.
The action of closing, fastening, or securing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting
shutting?a1366
closing1398
clausurec1440
sparring1564
uphasping1582
closure1600
fastening1605
shut1667
close1721
1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 41 The digging vp of graues, the sparring in of windowes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

sparringn.2

/ˈspɑːrɪŋ/
Etymology: < spar n.1 or spar v.3
The action of fitting or providing with spars, in various senses.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc. > providing with
sparring1459
poling1573
1459–60 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 88 Pro..le Watlyng et sparryng unius domus.
1606 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 166 For bynding, rearinge, sparringe, lattinge, and making of iiij dowers in the said barne, vjli.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 9 For clamps..they be all of 6. inch planke... The rest for the sparring vp of the workes of square 3. inch planke.
1873 ‘Vanderdecken’ (title) Yachts and Yachting... Being a treatise on building, sparring, canvassing, sailing, and the general management of yachts, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

sparringn.3

/ˈspɑːrɪŋ/
Etymology: < spar v.2
1. The action of fighting or encountering in a special manner (see the verb) on the part of cocks and pugilists. Also transferred, skirmishing.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > manner of fighting > skirmishing
bickering1297
skirmishingc1385
skrimming1487
pickeering1644
sparring1686
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting
cockfightingc1450
cockfight1512
cockingc1613
cocking matcha1619
cock match1654
alectryomachy1656
sparring1686
main1760
sod1814
alectoromachyc1820
spar1850
cock watch1879
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun]
defence1549
pugilation1656
fencing1692
boxing1693
the (noble, also manly) art of self-defence1724
noble art1749
bruising1750
ring1770
noble science1778
pugilism1788
sparring1797
the sweet science1810
the fancy1820
pugilistics1820
pugnastics1830
fista1839
scrapping1891
ring-work1899
no contest1922
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 278/2 After they have been thus fed,..take them out of their Pens, and putting a pair of Hots upon each of their Heals,..let them fight, and buffet each other a good while, provided they do not wound or draw Blood of each other, and this is called Sparring of Cocks.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Sparring, among Cock-fighters, is the fighting a Cock with another to breathe him.
1797 Sporting Mag. 10 320 Nor is the glory of sparring extinguished for ever.
1811 Sporting Mag. 37 99 A manly stand-up fight, to the exclusion altogether of sparring and shifting.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. viii. 142 The fighting man was..there, stripped for sparring.
1885 New Bk. Sports 127 Fifty years ago sparring with the gloves was regarded chiefly as a means to an end.
2. transferred. Verbal hitting or skirmishing; engagement in argument or dispute; bandying of words.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun]
pleac1275
distancec1325
stance14..
in controversyc1432
disceptation1447
disputation1489
disception1492
concertation1509
controversity1528
contending1561
fending and proving1583
digladiation?1591
bandying1599
contestation1602
controverting1610
wrangling1612
contesting1616
rixation1623
contestion1632
controversarya1635
contest1642
vitilitigation1647
ergoteering1687
sparring1755
hash1789
controversying1865
argle-bargle1872
wringle-wrangle1882
argy-bargy1887
polemicizing1948
va-et-vient1959
1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 32 She knew the conversation of the evening would turn upon the subject of the earl's marriage: and that some gentle sparrings might probably be aimed at her ladyship.
1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 11 These gentlemen had had some sparrings in debate before.
1861 Illustr. London News 18 May 476/3 A little amusing sparring took place between the lecturer and Mr. Sexton.
1891 S. Mostyn Curatica 81 But let us have done with sparring, and come to business.

Compounds

C1. In attributive uses, as sparring-academy, sparring-lesson, sparring-match, sparring-room, etc.
ΚΠ
1704 London Gaz. No. 4063/4 The..Pens are..very convenient to the sparring and stiving Rooms.
1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 208 This sparring-match is quite a Comedy to me.
1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xxix. 261 I've got a gent up stairs for a sparring lesson.
1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 36 He would have..referred him to his spacious..Sparring Academy.
C2.
sparring-blow n. Obsolete (see quots. 1699, 1785); also, a hard or severe blow.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > hard or vigorous striking > a hard or vigorous blow
rackc1300
pelta1540
sparring-blowa1690
racket1710
whack1737
skite1825
slogger1829
slug1830
swinger1836
slog1846
crump1850
bitch slap1987
a1690 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 139 This Year [sc. 1645] had generally been very fatal to his Majesty's Interests, so it concluded with such a Sparring-Blow as destroy'd almost all hopes of Resource.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sparring-blows, the first Strokes to try the goodness of young Cocks Heels; also those in a Battel before the Cocks come to Mouth it.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Sparring blows, blows given by cocks before they close, or as the term is, mouth it, used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel.
sparring partner n. a boxer employed to practise with another in training for a contest; also transferred and figurative, esp. a person with whom one enjoys arguing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > person engaged in > giving enjoyment
sparring partner1908
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > sparring partner
sparring partner1908
sparmate1937
1908 Captain Sept. 530/2 Jack was the best sparring partner he could have.
1930 Daily Express 8 Sept. 2/3 Cal Barton (Birmingham), Jack Hood's sparring partner.
1958 Victorian Stud. I. 248 Mill..is used with the utmost disrespect as a sort of punch-drunk sparring-partner.
1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. xxv. 493 Mr Mikoyan, my old sparring-partner and friend of the 1947 trade talks, now in honourable retirement, was waiting for us.
1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See iv. 60 I was workin [sic] with Warren and a sparring partner... Warren's got a fight Tuesday night.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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