| 单词 | throwing in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrowing in throwing in n. ΚΠ ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 524 (MED) Maistre Jordan made iniecciouns, i. þrowynges yn, & siryngaciouns within þe bledder with bawme. 1605 R. Dallington Suruey Great Dukes State Tuscany 37 They know when it is sufficiently boiled by the throwing in of an Egge, for if it sinck, then is it not yet perfect. 1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) 68 196 In Henry the fourth's time the throwing in of dung and other nastiness into the foss was forbid under the severe fine of one hundred pounds. 1810 T. Coke Hist. W. Indies II. xxiii. 229 General Meyers..omitted the throwing-in of provisions. 1886 Proc. Engineers' Club Philadelphia 5 158 The lid is taken off, and the throwing in of the coal commenced. 1948 Billboard 3 Jan. 66/3 To say that roller skating has to depend exclusively on juvenile patronage is an attitude of defeat, a throwing in of the sponge. 2004 P. Edwards Statesman's Sci. i. 32 Coleridge's dualist view of dynamic relations was not a throwing in of the towel. < as lemmas |
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