单词 | disarming |
释义 | disarmingn. The action of disarm v. (in various senses); esp. the action of depriving of arms or weaponry. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [noun] > depriving of weapons disarming1548 society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > disarmament > [noun] disarming1548 disarmy1548 disarmament1710 disarmature1852 unilateral disarmament1929 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxiv The two kynges bet their countre parties to disarmyng. 1590 T. Digges Breife Rep. Proc. Reliefe Sluce sig. F1 (table) Deserving in right Martiall Discipline ignominious disarming, by running away when his Souldiers are butchered. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. i. 265 After all the warre fully ended, a generall disarming had been requisite. a1698 W. Row Contin. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) 548 The disarming of the militia..occasioned much outcrying. 1722 I. Kimber et al. Hist. Eng. III. 78 The Privy-Council issu'd out Warrants for the disarming of Popish Recusants. 1775 London Evening-Post 28 Jan. He (Lord Rochford) had made the proposal of disarming. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 37 In the departments de La Sarthe, de La Mayenne..some disarmings were effected without violence. 1891 G. B. Malleson Indian Mutiny of 1857 xiii. 192 The only event of importance which marked the day was the disarming of the native irregular cavalry. 1926 Lubbock (Texas) Morning Avalanche 27 Jan. 4/1 There is one evil that demands..correction—the disarming of the private citizen. Good citizens do not carry pistols. 1960 Dædalus 89 1040 Our plan for building up world law must match our plan for disarming. 2015 C. Woodall Atonement ii. 104 Christ's victory over Satan and his disarming of the powers associated with him at the cross. Compounds Disarming Act n. now historical any of several Acts of Parliament passed after the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745 prohibiting the unauthorized possession or use of weaponry by anyone in the Scottish Highlands.Disarming Acts were passed in 1716, 1725, and 1746, and were repealed in 1782. The 1746 Act (enforced from 1747) was officially called the Act of Proscription. ΚΠ 1753 Trial J. Stewart 273 The part of the country where the pannel lives, fell under the disarming Act. 1894 Daily News 29 June 5/2 This mode of protection [sc. paint] was unknown to the Highlanders, when they hid their weapons, after the Disarming Act. 2006 Sc. Hist. Rev. 85 322 Under the 1747 Disarming Act only the king's servants could wear highland dress and carry arms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disarmingadj. That disarms (in various senses of the verb); esp. that allays suspicion or hostility, chiefly by means of charm or attractiveness. Hence simply: charming, winning. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective] gracious1340 glorious skinnyc1400 drawing1435 gracefulc1449 attrayant1477 well-favoured1539 alluring1567 graceda1586 attracting1589 attractive1592 winning1596 appealing1598 taking1603 allicient1613 enchantinga1616 motive1615 temptinga1616 allurant1631 catchinga1640 gaining1642 canny1643 charmful1656 charming1664 mignon1671 disarminga1718 prepossessing1737 seducing1749 seductive176. eye-catching1770 sweet1779 catchy1784 attaching1785 engaging1816 cute1834 cunning1843 taky1854 cynosural1855 smart1860 fetching1880 seductious1883 fruity1900 barry1923 hot stuff1928 swoony1934 dishy1961 dolly1964 jiggy1996 aegyo2007 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > appeasing or propitiatory propitiatory1536 conciliatory1576 placatorya1640 conciliating1661 mollifying1713 disarminga1718 conciliative1819 anti-inflammatory1842 propitiative1853 propitial1863 placating1873 conciliant1882 placative1903 accommodational1907 a1718 T. Parnell Posthumous Wks. (1758) 92 I'll send my light with sharp disarming ray. 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 302 Beckoned us to approach with winning and disarming smiles. 1895 A. De Koven Sawdust Doll vi. 94 ‘No,’ she said,..with a disarming glance from frank wide-open eyes. 1923 G. W. Bullett Street of Eye 121 ‘We were very young,’ she said, with disarming simplicity, ‘and we loved each other very much’. 1937 A. Christie Dumb Witness (2002) xiv. 183 His eyes had an agreeable and humorous twinkle and his grin was one of the most disarming I have ever encountered. 1993 S. P. Lee Morality, Prudence, & Nucl. Weapons (1996) v. 149 The ability to destroy almost all of an opponent's strategic nuclear forces in an initial counterforce attack is..a disarming first strike. 2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Dec. 8/2 Chinese literary pornography..possesses artistry and a disarming sense of humor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548adj.a1718 |
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