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单词 time travelling
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time travellingtime travelingn.

Brit. /ˈtʌɪm ˌtravl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈtʌɪm ˌtravlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtaɪm ˌtræv(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see time n., int., and conj. and travelling n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., travelling n.
Etymology: < time n. + travelling n. Compare time traveller n. and earlier time-travelling adj., and later time travel n., time-travel v.
Originally Science Fiction.
1. The action of travelling into the past or future. Cf. time travel n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [noun] > time travel
time travelling1894
time travel1914
1894 H. G. Wells in National Observer 17 Mar. 446/2 (heading) Time travelling: possibility or paradox.
1895 H. G. Wells Time Machine iv. 28 I am afraid I cannot convey the peculiar sensations of time travelling. They are excessively unpleasant.
1933 Astounding Stories Super-Sci. Jan. 422/1 In the current issue, Mr. Raymond declares time-travelling to be impossible.
1987 P. Morriss Power 250 Not all time-travelling will involve seeing such unfortunate results.
2007 D. Smith in M. J. Griffin & T. Moylan Exploring Utopian Impulse 196 After panicking about the inherent dangers of time traveling and slamming the machine to an abrupt halt, he arrived violently in the year 802,701.
2. The action of investigating or recreating aspects of the past; the action of imaginatively transporting oneself to a past or future context.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [noun]
reminiscion1607
afterview1632
retro-aspect1638
retrospection1654
harking1885
reminiscing1895
time travelling1934
1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! ii. ii. 73 By his adoption or even invention of the particular type of present-day pastiche that can conveniently be described as time travelling Diaghileff immediately established a position of mastery again.
1961 Guardian 16 June 9/5 This musical time-travelling is presumably deliberate.
2008 R. F. Foster Luck & Irish iv. 106 The utopianism of the 1960s fused with historical time-travelling fantasies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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