单词 | crowding |
释义 | crowdingn. The action of crowd v.1, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > fullness > crowdedness crowdingc1384 thickness1398 crowdedness1823 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 269 Ful moche prees of folke ther nas Ne crowdyng. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 105 Crowdynge, caryynge wythe a barowe, cenivectura. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 139 We saw a dozen Persians ride up a breast without crowding. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xx. 305 The company numerous, even to crowding . View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). crowdingadj. That crowd, or press closely: see the verb. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 19 In crowding Ranks appear. 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia 151 The Crouding Sails from ev'ry Station press. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xx. 160 The crowding tenants of the air, the Brent goose [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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