| 单词 | to be on losing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be on losing b. Used, chiefly gerundially, in various senses of the verb †to be on losing: to be in process of being lost. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [noun] lore971 lurec1000 missOE tharningc1175 tinec1330 tinsela1340 leesing1362 loss1377 losinga1387 pert?a1400 tininga1400 amissionc1429 misture1563 expense1593 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun] > losing lossc1400 losing1526 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)] > be defeated or lose > be in process of being lost or defeated to be on losing1639 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 295 As a goldene fischhook, þe loosynge þerof may be i-quytte by non wynnynge of taking of fische. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 221 Compleyne his payne in dolour thus that duellis, In langour lyis for losyng of thar luff. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQQiiiv Howe short they be in duryng: howe feareful in kepyng: howe sorowfull in losyng. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxix. 218 At his arrivall the last stake of the Christians was on losing. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 1 Jan. (1976) IX. 3 To see how differently one man took his losing from another. 1725 J. Glanvill Poems 63 France shall meet with no Repair From Losings here, by healing Winnings there. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) i. 20 Odes..About this losing of the child. 1900 F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea iii. 53 We arrived..without..adventure except the losing of an anchor. 1901 Q. Rev. July 178 It was the scene of Charles Fox's chief losings at the faro table. < as lemmas |
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