单词 | encountering |
释义 | encounteringn. The action of encounter v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > [noun] mootOE gain-racea1340 again-cominga1382 encountering1482 rencountering1525 occursionc1540 encountrance1592 occurse1603 occurrence1607 affront1614 occursation1615 encountera1641 collision1664 vis-à-vis1867 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of > a hostile encounter encounter1297 counterc1330 brusha1400 recountering1410 recountera1470 encountering1482 re-encounter1525 re-encountry1569 passage1608 congression?1611 confronta1626 traverse1640 clash1646 congress1646 conjunction1648 head-to-head1899 go-around1912 mano a mano1950 face-off1956 bitchfest1985 1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden iii. vi. 121 In the encountrynge and fyghtyng Brutus..and Arnus..slough eyther other. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlviii. 69 And dyuers encountrynges was bytwene them. 1581 Apol. or Def. Prince William sig. B2v That nothing be more to be wished for a man, than the race and course of his life, to be..prosperous, and vpright, without..any wicked incountring. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. v. 50 By reason of the opposition and encountring of some other current. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 72 So many Shadowes cast out and caused by the encountring of these Superior Celestiall Bodies. 1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a1 The accidental encountring of a single Thought. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). encounteringadj. That encounters. In the use of G. M. Hopkins (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > [adjective] encountering1586 meeting1593 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending > meeting in hostile manner encountering1586 confronting1798 1586 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. ii. vi. 19 Let us put on our meet encountering minds. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xi. 219 Keepe the bankes that lead Along th' incountring Current to his head. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 220 Millions of fierce encountring Angels fought. View more context for this quotation 1737 R. Glover Leonidas v. 350 Betwixt th' encountring chiefs. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 50 The encountering winds shall oft Muster their wrath again. 1878 G. M. Hopkins Let. to R. Bridges 30 May (1935) 53 The rhythm is anacrustic or, as I should call it, ‘encountering’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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