单词 | chirping |
释义 | chirpingn. The action of chirp v. 1. literal. Of birds and certain insects. (Formerly used more widely.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > twitter or chirp > action of chatteringa1250 writelingc1275 jargoning?a1366 chitteringc1374 jargonc1386 chirpingc1440 chirming1481 garrulingc1550 chirruping1579 twittering1773 twitteration1805 chippering1879 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by sound > particular sound > chirp > action of chirping chirping1841 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 76 C [h] yrpynge or claterynge of byrdys. 1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 38 Against the chirping of the frogs, which perhaps seem to disquiet the Gardner in the sommer nights. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 42 The cherping of a Wren. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 164 Its song..is only a disagreeable kind of chirping. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xv. 304 The chirping of several Orthoptera seems to have a similar origin;..the edges of their hard pergamentaceous wings being..scraped against each other. 2. transferred. The making of a sound like this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > chirp or chirrup chirping1548 chirrup1788 chirp1801 chirruping1871 1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Buffa, the dispisyng blaste of the mouthe that we call shirping. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 297 A kind of whistling or chirping with the lips. 1850 J. S. Blackie in tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. Pref. p. xi The cheerful chirpings of the lyre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020). chirpingadj. 1. That chirps. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that whistles or chirps pipient1607 chirping1611 cheeping1708 cheepy1841 yeeping1945 the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > singing or chirping chatteringa1250 chantinga1529 chippering1593 pipient1607 chirping1611 twittering1628 chittering1821 weeting1852 chirming1854 garrulous1854 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > chirping chirpinga1763 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gazouillard, singing, chirping, or warbling, as a bird. 1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 10 Chirping Sparrows. a1763 W. Shenstone Odes (1765) 182 Now chirping crickets raise their tinkling voice. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ii. 29 Each time the horse put its foot on the fine siliceous sand, a gentle chirping noise was produced. 2. Merry, hilarious, lively. (Cf. chirpy adj.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 a1637 B. Jonson Christmas his Masque 203 in Wks. (1640) III [He] has beene in his dayes a chirping boy, and a kill pot. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Chirping-merry, very pleasant over a Glass of good Liquor. 1725 New Canting Dict. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine viii Drink..made him chirping and merry. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xli. 169 A chirping, healthy..fellow. 3. Producing merriment, cheering.[The original notion here is not quite clear: perhaps the word was properly a verbal noun used attributively, ‘chirping-cup’ being = cup (productive) of chirping. In later use the phrase is merely traditional, without analysis.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > producing merriment (of a drink) chirping1645 chirruping cup1683 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > cheering chirping1645 chirruping cup1683 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. xxv. 30 The Fannian Law..allowes a chirping cup to satiet, not to surffet. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 412 To take a chirping cup: Bibere ad hilaritatem. 1710 W. King Art of Love (new ed.) x. 1480 Bacchus with his chirping cup. 1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 18 Sir Balaam..takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 205 Sir Dudley North loved a chirping Glass in an Evening. 1801 Monthly Mag. 12 224 That stimulation, which succeeds to a seasoned dinner and a chirping pint. Derivatives chirpingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adverb] merryOE feastlya1325 gailya1375 gay?a1400 festivally?c1400 merrilyc1400 jocundly1471 mirthfully1508 jolly1615 chirpingly1650 jollily1670 jovially1704 festively1793 gleeishly1828 gleesomely1850 gleefully1862 hilariously1863 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 15 To be chirpingly drunk, and sing away sorrow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1440adj.1611 |
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