单词 | budding |
释义 | buddingn.1 1. The action of putting forth buds, sprouting; concrete buds collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] > budding budding1398 knotting1611 proliferation1759 gemmation1760 prolification1760 pullulation1829 out-budding1841 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > development or springing forth budding1398 burgeoningc1400 sprouting1547 the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] > collectively budding1724 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. vii. 352 Harueste..wythdrawyth the vertue of buddynge and of spryngynge. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Germement, a budding, a sprouting. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 121. ¶3 Before the first budding of a Horn appears. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 100 Plantings..Where buddings and blossoms appear. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xv. 252 By..budding and splitting, the corals may form masses of great size. 2. figurative. Springing forth, beginning, ‘germ’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] ordeOE thresholdeOE frumthc950 anginOE frumeOE worthOE beginninga1225 springc1225 springc1225 commencementc1250 ginninga1300 comsingc1325 entryc1330 aginning1340 alphac1384 incomea1400 formec1400 ingressc1420 birtha1425 principlea1449 comsementa1450 resultancec1450 inition1463 inceptiona1483 entering1526 originala1529 inchoation1530 opening1531 starting1541 principium1550 entrance1553 onset1561 rise1589 begin1590 ingate1591 overture1595 budding1601 initiationa1607 starting off1616 dawninga1631 dawn1633 impriminga1639 start1644 fall1647 initial1656 outset1664 outsettinga1698 going off1714 offsetting1782 offset1791 commence1794 aurora1806 incipiency1817 set-out1821 set-in1826 throw-off1828 go-off1830 outstart1844 start1857 incipience1864 oncome1865 kick-off1875 off-go1886 off1896 get-go1960 lift-off1967 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Av Her forward budding in the prime I blasted With wind of pride. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xxiv. 203 We must..nip it in the earliest buddings of it. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. ix. 125 The young Buddings of Infant Reason. 1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Let. Boccaccio ii. 44 In budding, happiness is likest woe. 3. Horticulture. The process of inserting a bud from one shrub or tree under the bark of another, so that adhesion takes place; inoculation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting > grafting by budding inoculation?1440 inoculating1598 oculation1611 budding1719 shield-budding1842 tube-budding1842 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) vii. 184 The proper time for Inoculating or Budding, is..according as the Season happens. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 156 Budding may be performed from June to September. 4. attributive, as in budding-knife, budding-time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring LenteneOE LentlOE warea1300 verec1325 vera1382 vere-time1382 springing timea1387 springinga1398 springa1400 prime tempsa1425 the spring of the year1481 grass1485 springtime1495 prime time1503 sap-time?1523 spring tide1530 (the) spring of the leaf1538 prime1541 prime tide1549 voar1629 vernal season1644 vernal1654 outcome1672 Lent term1691 blossom-time1713 open water1759 rabi1783 budding-timea1807 ware-time1820 growing season1845 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > gardening tool > grafting tool budding-knifea1807 graftera1884 a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iii. 82 A congregation, in its budding-time Of health. 1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 3) ii. 398 With the budding-knife, make a horizontal cut across the rind. 1839 T. Carlyle Chartism viii. 82 There are spiritual budding-times. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † buddingn.2 Scottish. Obsolete. Bribery. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery meedc1275 corruptionc1425 bribing?c1524 suborning?1532 bribery1560 budding1640 subornation1670 palmistry1828 palm-greasing1832 boodling1886 a greasing of palms1889 sugaring1891 fix1929 pay-off1930 schmear1950 long leg1967 1640 Pasquil in Bk. of Scotch Pasquils (1868) 144 Ther was houpes for brybes and budding. 1657 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 92 It's very like, at others budding, He turn'd his coat for cake and pudding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). buddingadj. 1. That buds; in bud, sprouting. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [adjective] > budding or having buds gemmedc1420 embudded1523 budded1552 pullulant1558 budding1561 buddy1598 knotted1626 pullulating1666 in (the) knota1670 proliferous1674 prolified1866 proligerous1890 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xvi. 82 A budding greennesse. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 58 My budding braunch. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 94 Wanton Kids, with budding Horns. View more context for this quotation 1814 R. Southey Roderick xv Lovely as a budding rose. 2. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > coming into existence springing1548 buddinga1586 exsurgent1619 rising1667 enascent1745 naissant1872 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adjective] > in early stages buddinga1586 infant1594 embryon1613 embryous1628 inchoateda1631 inchoativea1631 crepusculous1646 rudimentary1648 rudimental1658 embryo1659 incipient1669 crepuscular1679 dawninga1700 initiant1740 germing1749 embryotic1761 germinal1804 embryonic1825 embryonary1833 inchoanta1876 adawn1881 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K3v We might well want words, but neuer matter, of which..we should euer haue new budding occasions. 1648 R. Herrick Corinna There's not a budding boy, or girle..But is..gone to bring in May. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies i. i. 4 I will not..crush a Budding virtue. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. xlvii. 94 One unlucky..circumstance blasted..the budding hopes of Melvile. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. iii. 54 This gave a great help to his budding confidence. Derivatives ˈbuddingness n. budding quality or condition. In modern dictionaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11398n.21640adj.1561 |
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