单词 | swallowing |
释义 | swallowingn. I. The action of swallow v. 1. a. Deglutition; †devouring: see swallow v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing swallow1340 swallowingc1440 transglutting?1541 gulleting1633 deglutition1650 transglutition1650 deglution1657 inglutition1803 ingurgitation1826 glutition1888 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 482/2 Swelwyynge of mete (K., P. swellynge of mete and drynke), degluticio. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 55 Þe deuowring or swelluing of alle bestis of þe feld. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Biv The swalowyng, lauailer. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6349/3 His Swallowing is easier. 1780 Mirror No. 73 The swallowing of much strong liquor produces a temporary madness. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 293 The difficulty of swallowing, known by the name of Dysphagia. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 736 There is rarely any affection of swallowing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > sense of taste smacka1200 smatcha1200 smatching?c1225 swallow1340 swallowing1340 tastec1380 toothc1386 palatea1398 chewinga1400 savouringc1405 gustc1430 tallage1557 relish1605 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 91 Be zyȝþe, be hyerþe, be smellinge, be zuelȝynge, and be takynge. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 218 Þe iij. gate of þi pytt is tastyng or swelwyng. 2. figurative (also with up): see swallow v. 4, 10c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > [noun] suppinga1400 accretion1633 absorption1659 absorbitiona1682 intussusception1707 assimilating1781 assimilation1790 swallowing1816 submergence1826 introsusceptiona1834 merging1836 mergence1865 osmosis1930 recuperation1967 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. 28 The oblivion and swallowing-up of self in an object dearer than self. 1830 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Weekly Polit. Reg. 1 May 557 Which exactions here are swallowed up by the aristocracy and their dependents; but which swallowings are imputed to every one bearing the name of parson. II. A whirlpool or abyss. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun] swallowa700 weelc897 suckc1220 swallowinga1387 swelthc1400 swirlc1425 gorce1480 vorage1490 whirlpool1530 gourd1538 gulf1538 poolc1540 hurlpool1552 whirlpit1564 sea-gulf1571 maelstrom1588 vorago1654 well1654 gurges1664 gurge1667 swelchiea1688 vortex1704 tourbillion1712 whirly-pool1727 wheel-pit1828 sea-puss1839 turn-hole1851 suck-hole1909 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 65 Þere beeþ many swolwynges and whirlynges of wateres by þe see brynkes. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 51 Woodnesse of swolwynge and of whirlynge water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2021). swallowingadj. That swallows; usually transferred or figurative: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devouring nimminga1225 devouringa1382 swallowinga1400 whelmingc1440 consumingc1475 wide-mouthed1567 devoratory1647 consumptive1651 bloodsucking1658 involving1737 engulfing1761 a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 24 Fier and swelwynghete blesse to the lord. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Voraginosus.., full of gulfes or swalowyng pittes. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 157v These blind and swalowyng sandes. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) v. iv Their throate it is an open swallowing grave. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 128 Almost shouldred in the swallowing gulph, Of blind forgetfulnesse. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 53 Euery swallowing waue threatned our death. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 14 What is the Country, but a sandy desart at one season, or a swallowing quagmire at another? 1852 M. Arnold Future 16 Whether he first sees light Where the river..winds through the plain: Whether in sound of the swallowing sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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