单词 | cheering |
释义 | cheeringn. 1. The action of comforting, encouraging, or cheering up a person or thing; the fact of becoming more cheerful; an instance of any of these. In early use also: †entertainment, feasting; a feast (cf. cheer v.1 2) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food liverancec1390 cheeringc1443 boarding1530 banqueting1535 potluck1592 refection1601 collationing1652 regality1672 suppering1675 blithemeat1681 treat1690 regalement1708 regale1753 bed and board1756 bed and breakfast1910 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > [noun] womb-joyc1300 feastinga1325 messing1340 comessationa1425 cheeringc1443 mangerya1470 epulation1542 junketing1555 coshering1577 coshery1582 collationing1652 potlatching1865 tuck-in1886 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering relevation?1418 heartening1534 cheering1580 enliving1602 brightening1642 enlivening1674 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consoling or relieving froveringc1200 lissing1357 consolationc1374 relieving1389 assuring1530 cheering1637 balming1843 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 264 (MED) Breed and wijn into her chering and feding. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 371 The ouerplus..is spend..into her honest chering and weel fare. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Kiiv For the cheryng of the company. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 280 Only at certain great feasts and chearings. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Caresse, chearing, welcomming, making much of. 1637 J. Milton Comus 13 T'would be some solace yet, some little chearing. 1680 T. Gouge God's Call to Eng. 154 May we not justly fear the relief that we have, may be no other than a faint chearing before a miserable death? 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxi. 135 Worthy of the Company and Chearings of Three such Friends. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 117 To us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow. 1888 A. T. Perry Let. in A. S. Roe Dorothea Lynde Dix (1889) 16 Quantities of beautiful things, pictures and the like, for the cheering of the sick rooms, had been entrusted to me. 1902 Harper's Monthly Mag. Sept. 577/1 His look of bodily weariness wore away a little; but the cheering of his spirit lagged appreciably behind the cheering of his flesh. 2007 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 9 June m26 [A book] for two to 10-year-olds plus any big kid who needs cheering of the soul. 2. Shouts of encouragement, acclamation, or jubilation; cheers. Sometimes: spec. the organized cheers and chants of spectators or cheerleaders at a sporting event; cf. cheerleading n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > shouted applause shoutingc1405 cheer1707 huzzaing1708 cheering1779 three times three1813 chuck-up1915 zindabad1938 1779 St. James's Chron. 17–20 Apr. Was the Cheering so immediately after the Answer, that some Part of it might not have been heard? 1812 Examiner 4 May 280/1 (Parliament. Rep.) Loud cheering from the Treasury bench. 1846 Daily News 7 Oct. 3/4 The pound-keeper gave up the cattle to the owner, amidst the most enthusiastic cheering of the demonstrators. 1854 M. E. Braddon Three Times Dead vi. vii. 215 Three cheers for the happy pair! At last the cheering is over. 1904 Nassau Literary Mag. Dec. 218 There should be a cheer-leader..deputed to have charge of all the cheering and singing. 1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) xvii. 360 ‘The Queen. Vivat Regina!’ Such a roar of cheering and vivats went up. 1990 Los Angeles May 141/1 ‘Baseballettes’ led the cheering. 2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 233 To further laughter and cheering, he rolled his sleeves up as if getting ready to fight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cheeringadj. 1. That makes a person cheerful; comforting, encouraging, uplifting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheering or suggestive of cheerfulness comfortative1377 comfortive1377 cheerfula1440 comfortablec1460 cheering1549 sunny1565 sunshine1594 heartsome1596 sprightly1598 livening1605 brightening1642 exhilarating1644 encheering1652 cheery1655 spiriting1671 sunshiny1686 riant1720 sonsy1721 genial1747 cheerfulizing1840 cheer-up1846 enlivening1862 exhilarative1864 exhilarant1866 exhilaratory1871 heartening1895 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adjective] > giving consolation or relief comfortable1377 comforting1382 easefulc1425 solaciousc1450 unctious1477 consolativea1492 consolatorya1500 comfortful1552 recomfortable1581 cordial1584 relieving1597 comfortizing1600 balmya1616 lenifying1617 consolating?1650 easinga1665 balsamic1667 relief-ful1699 consolinga1704 assuasive1713 solacing1721 soothing1746 consolate1748 reassuring1753 alleviative1770 cheering1796 assuaging1801 sooth1819 paramuthetic1854 soothful1886 1549 W. Baldwin Canticles of Salomon v. sig. g.ii My cheryng wyne, the strongest of my truth. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 76 Seas ringing with cheering clamorus hoyssayle. a1677 I. Barrow Of Love of God (1680) iii. 72 We feel it in..the cheering freshness of the air. 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 64 Did not the Arctic Tract, spontaneous yield A cheering purple Berry. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. i. 14 I now had recourse..to a chearing glass of claret. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus iv. 128 A cheering promise Of better things to come. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 119 The aspect of affairs was, on the whole, cheering. 1905 R. Fry Let. 9 Jan. (1972) I. 229 Thanks for your cheering letter. 1977 Time 18 July 44/3 Less cheering was an uptick in the unemployment rate. 2009 Church Times 7 Aug. 12/4 It was cheering to read about the more open relationship now in place between Newnham and the chaplaincy at Selwyn. 2. That shouts cheers of encouragement, acclamation, or jubilation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [adjective] > applauding > by shouting huzzaing1708 cheering1811 1811 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 462/1 Soon shall a cheering crowd my presence greet. 1872 A. C. Sampson Scarborough Belle II. xxi. 200 Mr. Merriman performs a series of somersaults..then [lights] upon his feet, making a bow to the cheering audience. 1927 Daily Express 16 Mar. 9/2 Cheering workgirls surrounded the Prince of Wales. 1986 Times 16 Sept. 7/4 Mr Lech Walesa..urged his cheering supporters on Sunday to be patient. 2011 Review (Rio Tinto) June 26/1 That hard won moment of glory in front of the cheering crowds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1443adj.1549 |
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