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单词 indrawing
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indrawingn.

/ˈɪnˌdrɔːɪŋ/
Etymology: in adv.
The action of drawing in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > drawing in
indrawing1398
indraughta1682
indrawal1869
indraw1899
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum iii. xv[i]. (Add. MS. 27944) lf. 23/1 Þe kepinge of þe kinde hete is a temperat indrawinge of coold aier.
1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia xvi. 147 The frock-coated officials..bow with ceremonious reverence and indrawings of the breath.
1904 F. Lynde Grafters xxii. 280 His smile was a mere indrawing of the lips.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

indrawingadj.

Etymology: in adv.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈinˌdrawing.
That draws in or inward.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > drawing or sucking in
sucking1513
indrawing1589
soakinga1616
1589 J. Dee in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 249 Purposely described all the Northerne islands, with the indrawing seas.
1886 C. A. Young in New Princeton Rev. Jan. 51 The moon is continually moving faster and faster, as if upon an indrawing spiral which ultimately would precipitate her upon the earth.
1892 Ld. Tennyson St. Telemachus Borne along by that full stream of men, Like some old wreck on some indrawing sea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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