| 释义 |
▪ I. clogging, vbl. n.|ˈklɒgɪŋ|
[f. clog v.]
1. The action of the verb clog; encumbering, obstruction, etc.; also concr. that which clogs.
1647H. More Song of Soul ii. ii. iii. xxv, Truth doth..pierce, open, and disgregate All ascititious cloggings. 1666Bunyan Grace Ab. ⁋164. 26 Such a Clogging and heat at my Stomach. 1846Greener Sci. Gunnery 257 The ‘fouling’ and ‘clogging’ up of the barrel.
2. a. The soling with wooden soles; b. The putting on of clogs (nonce-use).
1640Wilmslow Churchw. Acc. in Earwaker E. Cheshire I. 110 Paid for the clogginge of a paire of clogges for Manners Newton iiijd. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 226 Oh, the shawlings, the cloakings, the cloggings!
▪ II. clogging, ppl. a.|ˈklɒgɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That clogs; encumbering, hampering, obstructing; see the verb.
1576Fleming Panoplie Ep. 444 Richesse, free from clogging carefulnesse. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 200 The clogging burthen of a guilty soule. 1735Somerville Chase i. 262 Moil'd in the clogging Clay. 1889Athenæum 17 Aug. 216/3 In spite of his clogging surroundings. |