单词 | drumbling |
释义 | drumblingn. Now rare. The action of drumble v.1; droning, blathering. ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C Without more drumbling or pausing, if you will vndertake it.., I warrant you are made while you liue, you neede not care which waie your staffe falles. 1783 J. Ritson Remarks Last Ed. Shakspeare 88 Never sure was there so much drumbleing..as this simple passage has given rise to. 2010 K. Cushman Alchemy & Meggy Swann ix. 66 Enough of your prattle. Cease your drumbling, take these bellows, and encourage these flames. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). drumblingadj.1 Now rare. That drumbles (in various senses of drumble v.1); droning.In quot. 1594: (apparently) that may be made the subject of lengthy and ill-informed discussion (cf. drumble v.1 1). ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Eiijv This drumbling subiect of dreames, from whence I haue bin tost off and on I know not how. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. vi. 125 I did not know if it was you in the parlour, or a big bumble-bee in the kitchen, as was making that drumbling noise. 1885 E. Douglas Queen of Hid Isle iii. i. 64 Many a wondrous green habiliment, That, like a breastplate of enamelled metal, Sheathes up the drumbling beetle for the wars. 1964 E. Dahlberg Alms for Oblivion 154 Perhaps Samuel Johnson was a great man; he was certainly a drumbling one. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). drumblingadj.2 rare. Drumming, rumbling. Cf. drumble v.2 ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming drumming1582 drumbling1630 drummy1831 trampling1841 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium viii. 73 Let the nimble hand belabour The whisteling Pipe, and drumbling Taber. 1929 P. W. Mackaye Weathergoose-woo! 77 Under the high-tall crick-timber his drumblin' drums drumbled more deeperer than a thousand of pa'ttidge birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594adj.11594adj.21630 |
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