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单词 swinking
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swinkingn.

Brit. /ˈswɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈswɪŋkɪŋ/
Forms: see swink v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swink v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < swink v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of toiling; labour, (hard) work. Cf. swink v. 1a. Now rare (archaic in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil
workeOE
i-swincheOE
swenchOE
swote971
swingc1000
swinkOE
swinkinga1225
travailc1275
cark1330
sweatc1380
the sweat of (one's) brow (brows), facec1380
laboura1382
swengc1400
labouragec1470
toil1495
laborationa1500
tug1504
urea1510
carp1548
turmoil1569
moil1612
praelabour1663
fatigue1669
insudation1669
till?a1800
Kaffir work1848
graft1853
workfulness1854
collar-work1871
yakka1888
swot1899
heavy lifting1934
a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 69 Þurh trowþe and þurh swincunge.
c1400 ( Canticum Creatione l. 459 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 130 He tauȝte hem..How þeȝ myȝte hem frutes gete Wiþ swet & swynkynge sore.
c1475 Erthe upon Erthe (Rawl. F.32) (1911) 23 That erthe schuld labour the erthe In trowthe and sore swynkynge.
1877 C. B. Cayley tr. Homer Iliad xvii. 297 As mules..drag a mast or beam for a shipwright By sweating and swinking.
1906 A. Conan Doyle Sir Nigel xiii. 172 Peter the Plowman grows weary of swinking in the fields.
1959 College Eng. 21 49/2 We graduate students toil in the vineyards in order that scholars may work in their towers, and a little swinking amongst the ‘unwashed’ might lead professors to have a greater respect for our work.
2. Heavy drinking. Cf. swink v. 3. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun]
overdrinkeOE
drinkingc1200
excessc1386
bibbinga1400
bollingc1540
boozingc1540
bousingc1540
swillingc1563
tippling1567
carousing1582
swinking1590
bezzling1598
swill1602
swink1611
overdrinking1616
popination1623
sottishness1648
fuddling1665
toping1668
bibbership1670
abuse1732
dram-drinking1772
dramminga1790
potation1808
spree1811
muzzling1828
bibbery1831
Bacchanalianism1855
Bacchanalism1858
smiling1858
bibulation1882
tanking1891
reeler1950
1590 Cobler of Caunterburie 60 But with swinking at hir will Shee lookt red about the gill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swinkingadj.

Brit. /ˈswɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈswɪŋkɪŋ/
Forms: see swink v. and -ing suffix2; also early Middle English swynkeand.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: swink v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < swink v. + -ing suffix2.
1. That toils or labours; hard-working. Now rare (archaic in later use).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > working > [adjective] > working > working (too) hard
swinking?c1225
hard-working1682
driven1797
grinded1833
slave-driven1933
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome > toiling
swinking?c1225
travailinga1398
drudging1548
toiling1552
toilsome1566
toilful1596
sweaty1603
droiling1607
carkingc1620
laboriferous1656
fagging1665
moiling1692
tewing1855
maulinga1864
bullocking1900
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 191 Twa maner men habbeð neode to eoten wel swinkinde & blodlettinde.
?1552 Westerne Wyll, vpon Deb. Churchyarde & Camell sig. A.ii A swynckyng swaine, that handleth wel his spade and other toole.
a1849 J. C. Mangan Message to Iron Foundry in Poems (1859) 51 Here, late and early, swinking hands, Fed volumed flames and blazing brands.
1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 10 While swinking Vulcan strikes the sparkles fierce and red.
1865 S. Ferguson Lays W. Gael 120 And thick and loud the swinking crowd at every stroke pant ‘ho!’
2010 Daily Tel. 13 Dec. 25/6 The Food Halls..are the only remaining areas of Edwardian splendour. The ceiling tiles of swinking medieval peasants and ripe fruit.., the metalwork peacocks, all remain.
2. Involving toil, laborious, toilsome. In extended use: heavy, ponderous. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome
soreOE
workfulOE
hardOE
torc1175
beswinkfulc1230
heavya1325
sweatyc1374
travailousa1382
laboriousa1393
laborousc1405
winful1443
painfulc1480
toilous1530
operousa1538
drudging1548
travailsome1549
laboursome1551
moilingc1566
toilsome?1570
toilful1573
sweating1592
insudate1609
sweatfula1618
moliminous1656
operose1659
swinking1693
schleppy1978
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xv. 125 Desist from all your swinking painful Labours.
1929 Scots Mag. Mar. 455 He gies a swinkin' lick and even John Hasna a single leg to staun' upon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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