crushingn.

/ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < crush v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of crush v.

†1. Crashing, smashing: see crush v. 1. Obsolete.

2. Compressing violently so as to bruise or destroy; violent pressure or squeezing. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming

quench?c1225

stanchingc1400

suppressingc1400

suppression1528

suffocation1567

crushing1580

suffocating1621

pulverization1643

overwhelming1645

depression1656

stifling1805

burking1827

spiflication1839

restinction1891

stamping1897

submergence1898

snuffing1922

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Froissement, a crushing in pieces.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 39 The crushing..and the overwhelming of his afflicted servants.

1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 6 Cornelius Seaman lost his Ship by the squeezing and crushing together of the Ice.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 123 The sound produced by the crushing of the fragments.

1890 Spectator 31 May All delays, discomforts and crushings were met with good~humour.

3. spec. Bruising or comminution of ore, quartz, oil-seeds, etc. for economic purposes; also attributive and in other combinations, as crushing-machine, crushing-mill, crushing-seed, etc.

ΚΠ

1760 J. Smeaton in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 168 The crushing of rape seed.

1796 Hull Advertiser 10 Sept. 2/2 Fifty lasts of fine Koningsburg Crushing Linseed.

1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. (ed. 2) xxxii. 333 The Crushing Mill, used in Cornwall and other mining countries.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 43 The crushing for the year is 9,782 tons of quartz.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crushingadj.

Etymology: formed as crush v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrushing.

That crushes; bruising, overwhelming, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > causing weariness or exhaustion > other spec.

crushing1577

breathing1684

punishing1833

winding1842

gruelling1852

costing1900

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming > completely

crushing1577

confounding1595

prostrative1817

annihilatory1825

spiflicating1852

dishing1895

knock-out1938

1577 Whetstone in Gascoigne's Steel Glas (Arb.) 22 Crusshing care.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. v. 34 Crushing penurie.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 206 The blow must be quick, and crushing.

1876 G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay II. ix. 137 A..crushing censure upon Lord Ellenborough.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	crushing
释义	crushingn. /ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < crush v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of crush v. †1. Crashing, smashing: see crush v. 1. Obsolete. 2. Compressing violently so as to bruise or destroy; violent pressure or squeezing. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming quench?c1225 stanchingc1400 suppressingc1400 suppression1528 suffocation1567 crushing1580 suffocating1621 pulverization1643 overwhelming1645 depression1656 stifling1805 burking1827 spiflication1839 restinction1891 stamping1897 submergence1898 snuffing1922 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Froissement, a crushing in pieces. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 39 The crushing..and the overwhelming of his afflicted servants. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 6 Cornelius Seaman lost his Ship by the squeezing and crushing together of the Ice. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 123 The sound produced by the crushing of the fragments. 1890 Spectator 31 May All delays, discomforts and crushings were met with good~humour. 3. spec. Bruising or comminution of ore, quartz, oil-seeds, etc. for economic purposes; also attributive and in other combinations, as crushing-machine, crushing-mill, crushing-seed, etc. ΚΠ 1760 J. Smeaton in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 168 The crushing of rape seed. 1796 Hull Advertiser 10 Sept. 2/2 Fifty lasts of fine Koningsburg Crushing Linseed. 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. (ed. 2) xxxii. 333 The Crushing Mill, used in Cornwall and other mining countries. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 43 The crushing for the year is 9,782 tons of quartz. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). crushingadj. Etymology: formed as crush v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrushing. That crushes; bruising, overwhelming, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > causing weariness or exhaustion > other spec. crushing1577 breathing1684 punishing1833 winding1842 gruelling1852 costing1900 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming > completely crushing1577 confounding1595 prostrative1817 annihilatory1825 spiflicating1852 dishing1895 knock-out1938 1577 Whetstone in Gascoigne's Steel Glas (Arb.) 22 Crusshing care. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. v. 34 Crushing penurie. View more context for this quotation 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 206 The blow must be quick, and crushing. 1876 G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay II. ix. 137 A..crushing censure upon Lord Ellenborough. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1580adj.1577
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