释义 |
ˈugging, vbl. n. [f. ug v. + -ing1.] Dread, fear, horror, loathing.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 950 Ðo cam on him vgging [L. horror] and friȝt. Ibid. 2826 Vgging and dred me haueð numen. a1340Hampole Psalter, Song Moses ii. 13 He fand him in land deserte: in stede of vggynge [L. in loco horroris], and in waste wildirnes. Ibid., In þe wrechidnes of þis life, in þe qwilke is vggynge for drede of wa. 1650–1R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1842) III. 126 The ugging of sundrie good people to see numbers of grievous bloodshedders ready to come in. |