单词 | wrapping |
释义 | wrappingn. 1. a. The action of covering with or enveloping in a wrap or wrapper. Occasionally with adverbs, as round, up. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] wappingc1440 wrappingc1440 circumplication1567 overwrapping1950 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 533/1 Wrappynge, or hyllynge, coopercio, involucio. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 171 Which [arrow] he pulled out and without wrappinge of his wound called for his horse. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Emmaillotement, a swadling, or a wrapping in swathe bands. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 73 A wrapping round of inconvenient considerations with an inpenetrable cloud of the plainest-seeming words. 1872 March. Dufferin Canad. Jrnl. (1891) 52 The children play in the snow... Their nurse, Mrs. Hall, dislikes the wrapping up. b. The action of interlacing or intertwining; the fact of being interwoven. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] interlacing1532 twisting1552 wrapping1553 wreathing1553 interweaving1578 interlacement1603 contexture1649 intertexture1649 entwinementa1670 pleach1670 entwining1674 implexion1678 intertwisting1753 intertwine1817 intertwining1832 interramificationa1839 intertwinement1840 inweavement1842 interweavement1843 intertwist1870 twists and turns1884 interlace1904 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vi. f. 105 By reason that the wreathing & wrappinge togither of the bowes kept them of from the bodies of the tres. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Implexus A wrappyng of armes crosse one within an other. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. iii. 96 Yet this artful wrapping together of the one with the other, this blending of things so dissimilar, will not accomplish the object designed. 2. a. Something used or designed for enveloping or wrapping up; a wrap or covering. Also in figurative context. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping wrapping1387 fardela1425 wrapc1460 wrapperc1460 fold1497 out-band1621 wrappery1662 embalment1697 emballage1714 woolding1729 enwrapment1753 wrappage1827 lapping1858 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. I. 9 My witt is ful luyte to un-wralle þe wrappyinges of so wonder werkes. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Wisd. vii. 4 Y was nurschid in wrappyngis, and is greet bisynesses. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 298 The wearing of thin shoes and stockings during unsuitable weather, being a dangerous transition from the thick shoes and wrapping worn by the same persons in daily work. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 775/2 Broken leaf tobacco..firmly wrapped round with one or two wrappings of whole leaf tobacco. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 201 The volumes are..carefully swathed up in their yellow wrappings. 1894 ‘J. S. Winter’ Red Coats 78 Dolly was eagerly tearing the paper wrappings off the big box of sweeties. b. An article of dress used or intended for enveloping the figure; a loose covering or upper garment; a wrap, wrappage, or wrapper. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap whittlec900 labey1497 linsel1594 wrapping1635 wrapper1782 wrap1827 wrappage1833 lapping1858 wrappering1862 throw-over1891 1635 E. Rainbow Labour 15 The sheepe..gives us shelter enough from the cold, why should we hunt after more costly furres and wrappings? 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iii. 16 A gentleman in the coach who..looked very large in a quantity of wrappings. 1882 T. Coan Life in Hawaii 35 I..preached in wet clothes, continuing my..labors until night, when in dry wrappings I slept well. 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 30 No stiff wooden figure made up of corset and wrappings, but a woman of flesh and blood. Compounds C1. attributive in sense of ‘used or designed for wrapping or covering’, as wrapping-cloth, wrapping-silk, wrapping-wire. Π 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 75 A cup of sylver for the communion with ij wrappinge clothes for yt. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Windel,..a Wrapping-cloath. 1860 E. F. Rimbault First Bk. Pianoforte 183 Modern pianofortes have steel wire throughout, with about one octave in the bass closely lapped. The wrapping wire is of soft iron for the upper part of the octave, and of copper for the lower. 1883 Daily News 24 Apr. 5/8 The four main cables are 15¾ inches in diameter... There are 243 miles 493 feet of wrapping wire on each. 1890 Cent. Dict. at Silk Wrapping-silk, a fine strong floss employed in the manufacture of artificial flies. C2. In sense of ‘used or worn as a wrapper or enveloping outer garment’, as wrapping cloak, wrapping coat, wrapping mantle, wrapping pelisse, wrapping robe. Also wrapping-gown n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > other cod-pieced1579 pectoral1616 peasecod-bellied1650 wrapping1787 tunical1805 shad-bellied1832 odalisque1837 peplum1866 pubic1892 sack-back1892 middy1894 sarong1913 hip-hugger1932 bloused1935 snake hook1944 1787 F. Burney Diary 8 Nov. (1842) III. 452 What was my surprise to see..; a large man, in an immense wrapping great coat, buttoned up round his chin..; ! 1800 Lady's Monthly Museum Nov. 408 White muslin wrapping robe, with full sleeves. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. viii. 164 His dress [was] a horseman's wrapping-coat. 1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour II. 11 The birrus or large wrapping cloak. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. x. 208 The large wrapping man's cloak which she wore. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 198 He came, and to the floor he cast His wrapping mantle. C3. With adverbs, as wrapping up department. Π 1883 W. D. Curzon Manuf. Industries Worcs. 101 [In] the wrapping up department..girls are busily engaged wrapping goods of all kinds. C4. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > fastened in specific way cockerc1390 spit-boot1707 wrapper1808 wrapping boot1808 button boot1831 Balmoral1857 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) iii. App. 41 Their dress is..the wrapping boot with the jack boot, and permanent spur over it. wrapping-paper n. a special make of strong paper for packing or wrapping up parcels. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > wrapping-papers cap-paper1577 packing paper1590 cap1620 German Lombard1712 wrapping-paper1715 butter paper1727 whitey-brown1761 kitchen paper?1782 emporetic1790 tea-paper1814 needle paper1852 small hand1853 grocer's paper1861 tobacco paper1877 grocery-paper1883 greaseproof paper1894 chip paper1935 toffee paper1958 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > material of > specific cap-paper1577 pack paper1585 cap1620 wrapping-paper1715 tea-paper1814 bubble pack1956 bubble wrap1965 bubble plastic1978 buveera1994 kaveera1994 1715 A. Pope Corr. (1956) I. 317 If the Fruit is not so good as I wish, let the Gallantry of this Wrapping-paper make up for it. 1768 J. Lyndon Let. 17 June in Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1861) VI. 548 One paper mill, at which is manufactured wrapping, package and other coarse paper. 1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. (1834) 1st Congress 1 Sess. App. 2130 The several duties shall be aid on the following goods... On all writing, printing and wrapping paper. 1809 M. L. Weems Lett. II. 435 Not wronging you even of a bundle of wrapping paper. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Wrapping ,..2a. Used or designed for wrapping or covering; as wrapping paper. 1842 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. (ed. 3) 470 Strong common brown wrapping paper. 1883 W. D. Curzon Manuf. Industries Worcs. 80 The manufacture of the heavy and coarse sorts of wrapping paper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wrappingadj. That wraps, covers, or envelops. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] wrapping1582 circumplicated1694 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 28 In vayne Laocoon..Is to sone embayed with wrapping girdle y coompast. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xxxi. ii Preserve me from the wyly wrapping nett, Which they for me..have sett. 1813 L. Hunt in Examiner 31 May 351/1 Give me..a small wrapping silence about me. 1869 Daily News 13 Oct. The necessity of plunging through a deep gulph of air before one meets the wrapping and oblivious wave. DerivativesΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adverb] under covert1477 cloakedlya1500 disguisedly1631 umbrageouslya1649 incognito1649 wrappingly1649 incog1709 1649 J. Canne Snare Broken 12 It would not have been so ambiguously, darkly, wrappingly given forth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1387adj.1582 |
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