单词 | dulling |
释义 | dullingn. The action of dull v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] > dulling the senses dulling1581 obtusion1605 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [noun] > action of dimming dimminga1400 effuscation1624 dulling1894 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions v. 33 The dulling of the childe, & discouraging of the maister. 1684 R. Baxter Acct. Twelve Arguments 24 in Catholick Communion Defended The dulling of Affection in hearing still the same words. 1894 Athenæum 24 Nov. 719/2 A general dulling of the field [of the telescope]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). dullingadj. That dulls: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > dulling narcotic1526 narcotical1587 dulling1592 obtunding1645 narcotizing1846 obtundent1891 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > making or becoming dim dimming1734 bedimming1810 dimmening1828 dulling1849 1592 L. Andrewes Wonderfull Combate i. f. 10 So hath his temptation a dulling force to the Diuell. 1696 T. Tryon Misc. ii. 42 Strong Drinks..send dark and dulling fumes into the Head. 1822 C. Lamb Let. 20 Mar. (1935) II. 319 I have a dulling cold. 1849 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 18 The dulling clouds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1581adj.1592 |
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