| 释义 |
▪ I. gulfing, vbl. n.|ˈgʌlfɪŋ|
[f. gulf v. + -ing1.]
The action of plunging or sinking in a gulf.
1818Keats Endym. iii. 659, I beheld the wreck; The final gulphing; the poor struggling souls.
▪ II. gulfing, ppl. a.|ˈgʌlfɪŋ|
[f. gulf v. + -ing2.]
That gulfs, in senses of the vb.
1813Scott Trierm. ii. xxiv, Like the shrill sea-bird's wailing scream, Heard o'er the whirlpool's gulfing stream. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 88 Boughs..That overhang some gulphing brook. 1842Tupper Proverb. Philos. Ser. ii. 182 Neither congealing of the grave, nor gulphing waters of the firmament..shall avail. |