单词 | water drinking |
释义 | water drinkingn. 1. The action of drinking water. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking water water drinking1584 1584 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 503 What clocked knaverie he convoyes, His wattir drincking, his seiknes feinyeit [etc.] 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. Alphabet. Table sig. eeee3v/1 Water-drinking endangereth many. 1698 J. Floyer Treat. Asthma iv. 227 Much Water drinking is injurious to the old. 1725 T. Morgan Philos. Princ. Med. ii. xvi. 325 I have one thing to advise them, and that is, to try before they set out what moderate plain Feeding and Water-drinking will do at home. a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) Prol. I am no fish, save me from water-drinking! 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 511 The second condition which I attach to water-drinking is, that such persons only choose it for their constant beverage, to whom warming, strengthening and nutritive liquids are hurtful. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 410 Water drinking is certainly beneficial between meals. 1940 N. J. Eastman Expectant Motherhood (1947) vi. 113 Copious water drinking, six or eight glasses a day, by continually flushing out the kidneys is a valuable preventative [of pyelitis]. 2002 N. Faass in L. Saputo & N. Faass Boosting Immunity iv. 57 Why haven't we heard more about the importance of water drinking? 2. The action or activity of drinking the waters at a spa or spring. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > taking medicinal waters spa1616 water drinking1684 watering1765 Kur1885 1684 A. Walker Fax Fonte Accensa 160 These rich Wells are in a low Valley... The method of our Water-drinking is instructive: We begin with fewer Glasses, and rise gradually till we arrive at a due Proportion. 1697 J. Floyer Enq. Use Baths Pref. sig. c4v By Water-drinking, and bathing at Buxton, I have procured to my self better Health. 1735 T. Morgan Mech. Pract. Physick xv. 277 People having in this manner worn out Life to its bare Threads, are often set upon Riding, Change of Air, Bathing, and Water drinking, at some distant Mineral Springs. 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. vi. 230 In many cases much advantage has been gained by the administration of medicines in conjunction with the course of water-drinking. 1829 T. C. Croker Legends Lakes I. xi. 226 As this well was situated within a few yards of the murmuring tide, the place was calculated both for sea-bathing and water-drinking. 1893 Med. Rec. 22 Apr. 483/1 Water-drinking is not a popular prescription. 1933 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Nov. 828/1 The treatments of arthritis and gout are carefully discussed in relation to water drinking and local applications. 1998 D. P. Mackaman Leisure Settings i. 18 The extent to which water drinking was a medically supervised affair is open to some speculation. Compounds General attributive, as water-drinking place, water-drinking habit, etc. ΚΠ 1680 J. Peter Treat. Lewisham Wells vi. 86 Help is as necessary, when you have finisht your Water-drinking Course. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda II. xvi. 133 She never once recollected her vicinity to this fashionable water-drinking place for a month afterward. 1911 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 July 27 The water drinking hall is pleasantly disposed in a garden. 2013 B. Harper & G. Critser Jumpstart to Skinny i. 14 By changing your water drinking habits you also shift the way your body deals with water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1584 |
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