| 释义 |
▪ I. pouncing, vbl. n.1|ˈpaʊnsɪŋ|
[f. pounce v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of pounce v.1 in various senses. Also attrib.
c1386[see pounce v.1 2]. 1591Percival Sp. Dict., Entrepunƈasura, pricking, pouncing, interpunctio. Ibid., Punçon,..a pouncing yron,..graphium. 1598Florio, Broccaglio, a bodkin or pouncing iron. 1601Holland Pliny Explan. Words, Scarification, is a kind of pouncing or opening of the skin by way of incision slightly, with the fleame or launcet. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. v. vii. §2. 38 Their going naked,..their cutting, pinking, and pouncing of their flesh with garnishments..of sundry shapes.
▪ II. ˈpouncing, vbl. n.2
[f. pounce v.3 + -ing1.]
The action of pounce v.3, q.v. pouncing-machine, a machine used in hat-making to smooth the nap, the hat-body being caused to rotate against a revolving cylinder of sand-paper.
1593[see pounce v.3 3]. 1601Dent Pathw. Heaven (1831) 35 They have spent a good part of the day in pranking and pouncing. a1619Fletcher, etc. Knt. Malta ii. i, What can you do now, With all your paintings and your pouncings, lady? a1626Bacon Inquis. Compound. Metals Wks 1879 I. 241/2 It may be also tried by incorporating powder of steel or copper dust by pouncing into the quicksilver. 1627May Lucan ix. (1631) 923 As in pouncing of a picture, forth Through every hole the pressed saffron goes. 1868[see pounce v.3 1].
▪ III. pouncing
see also pounce v.1 and v.2. |