单词 | heaping |
释义 | heapingn. The action of heap v.; making into a heap; accumulation. Also concrete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > accumulation > heaping or piling up heapingc900 upheapingc1374 aggeration?a1425 piling1434 coacervation1495 pilement1597 bulking1602 acervation1614 aggestion1659 exaggerationa1676 pyramiding1910 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) v. xiv. [xiii.] 440 In heapunge eowerre niðerunge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 235/2 Hepynge, cumulacio. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxv. 7) In that unmeasurable heaping of the earth. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 389 This Better Resurrection is a heaping, even of that Fulnesse. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 549. ¶1 Grown old in the heaping up of Riches. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xx. 156 Circular mounds or heapings-up of the crumbled limestone. CompoundsΚΠ 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 198 The Latines called it Congeries and we the heaping figure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). heapingadj. U.S. Of a spoonful: heaped. Also figurative mounting up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [adjective] > heaped heaped1530 upheaped1549 heaping1868 1838 Congress. Globe June 470/2 App. The amount of money..is a very high and heaping price. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xi. 169 Amy..took a heaping spoonful, choked..and left the table precipitately. 1908 Smart Set June 25/1 Aunt Natica waddled off..to fetch Thorndyke a heaping portion of the dulce. 1965 C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar (1966) xi. 221 He had just been served a heaping ration of rice and beans, a special treat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.c900adj.1838 |
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