spongingn.

/ˈspʌndʒɪŋ/

Etymology: < sponge v. or sponge n.¹

1. The action of washing or wiping with a sponge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > sponging

sponging1575

sponge1720

magic sponge1921

1575 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 254 The Charges of this Office grew by meanes of..Brusshing, Spunging,..putting in order..of the garmentes, Vestures [etc.].

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 71 To see how you torture poore old Time with spunging, pynning and pounsing.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Spunging of a great Gun, is clearing of her Inside, after she hath been discharged, with a Wad of Sheep-skins, or the like.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sponging,..the act of wiping away as with a sponge.

1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 65 Prescribed animal diet; regular exercise; cold sponging.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 1031 There should be spongings, first with warm and afterwards with cool water.

attributive.1859 Habits Good Society (new ed.) ii. 122 The hip-bath..or the sponging-bath.

2. The action of living parasitically on others.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > parasitism or sponging

bloodsucking1583

parasitism1611

parasitry1663

sponging1677

sponge1693

parasiticalness1727

freeloading1937

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. *Ee3^v/2 Ecorniflerie,..spunging, or feast smelling.

1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 37 There are others whose youthful Extravagancies have driven 'em to the wretched fate of Spunging.

1731 J. Swift Let. to Gay 29 June This will maintain you, with the perquisite of sponging while you are young.

1838 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) I. 300 I have almost given up the Portland plan. It..would look like sponging, in these hard times.

1849 Knife & Fork 32 Sponging is a subtle art—so subtle, that few out of its many thousand votaries have attained to any great eminence in it.

attributive.1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 225 Encouraging me to follow the spunging Course of Life.

3. The practice or occupation of gathering sponges. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > [noun] > diving > for sponges

sponging1868

1868 H. D. Grant Rep. Wrecking in Bahamas 72 A large number of boats and men are employed in sponging.

1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S. 823 The Key West sponging-fleet consisted in 1879 of 86 vessels.

1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S. 826 When on the sponging-grounds the men breakfast at daylight.

4. Cookery. The action or process of setting a sponge of flour, yeast, water, and salt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of bread > [noun] > adding leaven

leavening1559

sponging1895

1895 J. Goodfellow Elem. Princ. Breadmaking xiv. 93 The golden rules to follow in sponging are..Work at as low a temperature as possible... Use as little yeast as possible.

1929 E. B. Bennion Breadmaking 250 Sponging and doughing.

1949 A. R. Daniel Bakers' Dict. Sponging, the baker's term for setting a sponge of flour, yeast, or barm, water, and salt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

spongingadj.

Etymology: < sponge v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsponging.

That sponges on others; parasitic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] > parasitical or sponging

parasiticala1566

smell-feast1566

spongy1602

sharking1608

parasitic1630

sponging1699

coshering1727

scunging1843

freeloading1941

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A Spunging Fellow, one that lives upon the rest and Pays nothing.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 353 There is a sort of Spunging, elemosinary Travellers.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. iii. 63 To some of my readers Methodism may mean nothing more than..sponging preachers and hypocritical jargon.

1889 Times 7 Oct. 8/3 The daughter of a ‘sponging’ drunkard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sponging
释义	spongingn. /ˈspʌndʒɪŋ/ Etymology: < sponge v. or sponge n.¹ 1. The action of washing or wiping with a sponge. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > sponging sponging1575 sponge1720 magic sponge1921 1575 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 254 The Charges of this Office grew by meanes of..Brusshing, Spunging,..putting in order..of the garmentes, Vestures [etc.]. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 71 To see how you torture poore old Time with spunging, pynning and pounsing. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Spunging of a great Gun, is clearing of her Inside, after she hath been discharged, with a Wad of Sheep-skins, or the like. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sponging,..the act of wiping away as with a sponge. 1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 65 Prescribed animal diet; regular exercise; cold sponging. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 1031 There should be spongings, first with warm and afterwards with cool water. attributive.1859 Habits Good Society (new ed.) ii. 122 The hip-bath..or the sponging-bath. 2. The action of living parasitically on others. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > parasitism or sponging bloodsucking1583 parasitism1611 parasitry1663 sponging1677 sponge1693 parasiticalness1727 freeloading1937 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. Ee3^v/2 Ecorniflerie,..spunging, or feast smelling. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town* 37 There are others whose youthful Extravagancies have driven 'em to the wretched fate of Spunging. 1731 J. Swift Let. to Gay 29 June This will maintain you, with the perquisite of sponging while you are young. 1838 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) I. 300 I have almost given up the Portland plan. It..would look like sponging, in these hard times. 1849 Knife & Fork 32 Sponging is a subtle art—so subtle, that few out of its many thousand votaries have attained to any great eminence in it. attributive.1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 225 Encouraging me to follow the spunging Course of Life. 3. The practice or occupation of gathering sponges. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > [noun] > diving > for sponges sponging1868 1868 H. D. Grant Rep. Wrecking in Bahamas 72 A large number of boats and men are employed in sponging. 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S. 823 The Key West sponging-fleet consisted in 1879 of 86 vessels. 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S. 826 When on the sponging-grounds the men breakfast at daylight. 4. Cookery. The action or process of setting a sponge of flour, yeast, water, and salt. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of bread > [noun] > adding leaven leavening1559 sponging1895 1895 J. Goodfellow Elem. Princ. Breadmaking xiv. 93 The golden rules to follow in sponging are..Work at as low a temperature as possible... Use as little yeast as possible. 1929 E. B. Bennion Breadmaking 250 Sponging and doughing. 1949 A. R. Daniel Bakers' Dict. Sponging, the baker's term for setting a sponge of flour, yeast, or barm, water, and salt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018). spongingadj. Etymology: < sponge v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsponging. That sponges on others; parasitic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] > parasitical or sponging parasiticala1566 smell-feast1566 spongy1602 sharking1608 parasitic1630 sponging1699 coshering1727 scunging1843 freeloading1941 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A Spunging Fellow, one that lives upon the rest and Pays nothing. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 353 There is a sort of Spunging, elemosinary Travellers. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. iii. 63 To some of my readers Methodism may mean nothing more than..sponging preachers and hypocritical jargon. 1889 Times 7 Oct. 8/3 The daughter of a ‘sponging’ drunkard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1575adj.1699
随便看	ruledriller ruleenforcer rulefree ruleful rulefully rulegiver rulegiving rulegoverned rulekeeper rulelearning ruleless rulelessness ruleloving rulely rulemaker rulemaking rulemanufacturer rulemonger rulemongering ruleproving ruler ruler cult ruler joint ruler line ruler of the roast