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单词 venting
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ventingn.1

Etymology: < vent v.2 + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈventing.
I. Senses relating to emission or utterance.
1.
a. The free emission or passing of air, etc., from some confined space; spec. the emission into the atmosphere of radioactive dust and debris from an underground nuclear explosion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of something confined
ventinga1382
eventingc1450
vent1558
excursion1579
escape1874
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxii. 19 My wombe as must withoute venting, that breketh newe litle win vesselys.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xi. i And so eyer is element of bodies and spirites, for ventynge of eyer comynge to spirites is cause of..clensynge and of purgacion.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clxxxvii Bi ventinge fome & oþer vnclennes of wine is brouȝth vp to þe mouþe of þe vessel.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xiv. 754 The vessels to auoid the venting which commonly hapneth vnto wine, must haue the bunghole very well stopt.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Halenée, a breathing, venting, winding, exhaling.
1963 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 Sept. 1/1 More unsettling, however, is the possibility that ventings of underground blasts have been adding undetected amounts of radioactive iodine to milk.1971 Nature 30 July 291/3 One fear..is that if massive venting does occur..radioactive fallout could be carried outside United States territory.1980 New Scientist 3 July 4/1 The venting of radioactive krypton-85 from the crippled reactor at Three Mile Island..began at 8 am last Saturday.
b. venting-hole n. a vent-hole. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > communicating with outside or air > for escape or discharge of something
vent1570
venting-hole1601
pigeonhole1683
waste-hole1839
porthole1858
port1944
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 409 If pits be subject to the rising of such vapours, cunning and expert workemen make..tunnels, or venting-holes.
2. The action or fact of giving utterance, expression, or publicity to an opinion, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > expression > [noun]
expressiona1464
expressmenta1513
expressing1530
vent1603
expressure1609
express1644
venting1653
the mind > language > speech > [noun] > making known
breathing1608
venting1653
1653 D. Dickson Brief Explic. First 50 Psalms lxix. 26. 126 The very talking and venting of ill speeches..is a high provocation of Gods wrath.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. ii. sig. Aa5 He..was wont..as much to aim at the exciting others thoughts, as the venting of his own.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 100 The venting of that knowledge in speech.
a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) 403 They seem to be rather the relief of a heavy heart than the ventings of a light one.
II. Senses relating to perceiving or admitting air or scent.
3. The action of snuffing or smelling. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > exercising sense of smell
snevingc1200
odoration?a1425
snokingc1440
smelling1509
smellc1560
vent1575
venting1611
sniff1767
snuff1822
olfaction1833
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Flairement, a senting, smelling, sauoring, venting, winding.
4. The rising of an otter to the surface of water in order to breathe.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Lutra (otter) > surfacing to breathe
vent1653
venting1736
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 227 When he lifts up his Nose above Water for Air, it is termed Venting.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 144/1 The remainder [of the otter-hunters] must watch every intervening yard for his ‘ventings’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ventingn.2

Etymology: < vent v.3 + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
The action of selling; = vending n.Frequent from c1600 to c1645.
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society > trade and finance > selling > [noun]
salec1050
sellinga1325
merchandisinga1425
utterance1436
venting1532
vendition1542
vent1548
assale1566
ventage1577
vent1583
vending1666
distribution1793
flogging1919
turnaround1936
1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 4 Straunge countreis..by the..makyng and ventyng therof are greately enriched.
1548 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 144 Vnder the payne of..spayning fra the venting of wyne be the space of ane yeir thairafter.
1605 N. Breton Olde Man's Lesson in Wks. (1879) II. 6/2 The Vinter, the Grocer,..and the Butcher, doe by the venting of their wares, the better maintaine their trades.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 34 How they may suppresse the venting of such rarities and such a cheapnes as would undoe them.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. x. 12 A very spruce Polititian who looked to the venting of Wares.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ventingadj.

Etymology: < vent v.2 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈventing.
1. That snuffs or smells. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > that smells
scenting1577
ventinga1637
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. i. 13 in Wks. (1640) III As doth the vauting hart, his venting hind. View more context for this quotation
2. Of gas: that finds escape by the action of venting.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > of something confined
eloping1700
escaping1870
riggish1881
venting1974
1974 Physics Bull. June 253/1 An air filter cartridge for dehydration of the venting gas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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